Venture Capital

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Start-up Saagara plans for growth in Ann Arbor


Michigan Microloan Fund makes $170K in new loans


U-M's HistoSonics hires 5, takes in $11M in financing


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Ann Arbor's Lycera receives $36M in venture capital, to add 6 jobs


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Ann Arbor VC funds reap big returns from HandyLab sale


Wolverine Venture Fund invests in Direct Flow Medical


U-M student start-ups score $50K in Dare to Dream grants


Ann Arbor SPARK collects on one of its first investments


Ann Arbor's EDF Ventures secures funding for 2 firms


Microloans fill small-scale funding gap for Ann Arbor entrepreneurs


Ann Arbor's venture capital leaders envision vibrant recovery


Ann Arbor SPARK's Micro Loan Fund takes aim at east side


Ann Arbor venture capitalists raise $73 million for 2nd fund


RPM Ventures receives $4M from Renaissance VC Fund


Where's VC cash? UM spinoffs, Ann Arbor companies early winners


Early Stage Partners plans to open VC office in Ann Arbor


U-M students launch downtown incubator - TechArb


If innovation is the engine, investment is the fuel. For Michigan to transform its economy and nurture homegrown high-tech companies, it must develop a robust venture capital community. Ann Arbor understands this better than most.

In conjunction with the University Of Michigan, SPARK, the MEDC and the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (held in Ypsilanti every year), entrepreneurs are starting to see a change in attitude about local investment. Ardesta, EDF, Arboretum Ventures, Plymouth Venture Partners and the University's Wolverine Fund are just some of the firms trying to change Michigan's economic landscape.