Venture Capital

U-M students launch downtown incubator - TechArb


U-M's VC Frankel Fund invests in Accio Energy


Michigan venture capital report shows progress, need


Venture capitalists say time is right for U.S.-Canada investments


Arboretum Ventures makes 2nd investment, plans for 1-2 more


EDF focuses on getting 'capital efficient'


65 VC firms set to attend U-M Growth Capital Symposium


Ann Arbor-area companies lead venture capital deals in first quarter


Ann Arbor entrepreneur Rick Snyder wants to take start-up vision to governor's mansion


U-M Innovation Partnership targets diseases with funding


Ann Arbor's North Coast Tech Investors hits $100M in VC


Tech Transfer


Arbor Photonics gets VC boost from The Wolverine Fund


Arboretum rising on list of Midwest's influential VC firms


Arboretum Ventures raises $73 million for latest fund


Detroit Renaissance Venture Capital Fund makes 2nd investment


Ann Arbor's uRefer hires 5, plans to double staff this year


Ann Arbor's Arboretum Ventures becomes state's leading VC fund


Renaissance VC Fund invests $5 million into Arboretum Ventures


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.