Founder and Managing Director Arboretum VenturesAnn Arbor SPARK CEO Podcasts: Conversations on Economic Opportunity capture the flavor of my one-on-one conversations with over one hundred key economic leaders in the region, including private sector CEOs, elected and appointed public sector leaders, and the executive leadership of key non-profit and academic ...
Ann Arbor-based Arboretum Ventures, one of the top venture capital firms in the Midwest, has hired the former CEO of the Ann Arbor biotech firm Aastrom Biosciences. George Dunbar, who stepped down as CEO of Aastrom last month, is joining Arboretum as a venture partner. That means he'll help Arboretum, ...
Ann Arbor-based RPM Ventures raised $60 million for a new investment fund - its first new capital in nine years - for investment in promising information technology, officials said today. “Reaching $60 million is no easy achievement,” said LeAnn Auer, executive director of the Ann Arbor-based Michigan Venture Capital Association. “This ...
Reconstructing Michigan: It's our collective mandate. Arboretum Ventures is helping remake Michigan, and the Ann Arbor-based venture capital firm is making money along the way. In fact, Arboretum seems to be in the business of making can’t-miss investments. The firm, buoyed by successful fundraising efforts and a stellar investment record, ...
University of Michigan Zell Lurie Institute executive director Tom KinnearAs major venture capital firms in California and Boston shift their attention toward late-stage investments to mitigate risk, opportunity emerges for Michigan investors willing to take the risky plunge into early-stage ventures. The potential benefits of an early-stage strategy for Ann ...
More than $200 million in government funds allocated to Michigan-based venture capital investors in recent years will enable Ann Arbor’s VC sector to prevent the financial crisis from becoming a crippling blow, local experts said. National observers have notably predicted that the financial crisis would liquidate one out of every ...