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Four More Michigan Companies Receive Support from Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:11:35 +0000

Four more Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. To date, 38 Michigan companies have received seed funding from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a collaborative effort of Michigan’s SmartZones. Combined, Mandy & Pandy, Algal Scientific, Axenic Dental, and RealBio Technology received $924,000 from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. read more…

Michigan Capital Available

Skip Simms — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:07:46 +0000

Next Tuesday we are updating everyone on all the state funded programs that can put cash in the bank account of start-ups and early stage companies. Andy McColm at U of M Office of Tech Transfer, Ned Staebler from the MEDC and Iwill explain the ins and outs of the many programs available. We will explain the qualifications for eligibility and processes to apply.

The program will be streamed on the web live for those who cannot attend. Go to http://www.annarborusa.org/start-ups/pre-seed-fund/live/ to watch the presentation. You will also be able to ask questions from this site. A few days after the presentation we’ll put a recording of it on the site.

There is limited space at SPARK Central so you must register to get in. Parking will be a challenge as the Ann Arbor Art Fair starts the next day and a lot of surface parking spaces will be unavailable. There are lots at 4th & Washington, 4th & William and on Maynard south of Liberty.

If you are a technology based start-up or in your early stages of growth, or you consult such companies, or you are in the financing industry including banks or private equity, you should try to attend.

Presentation will start a little after noon. If you are attending in person it’s a brown bag lunch affair. We’ll provide the water and sodas. We are planning on two hours to get through all the material and answer all your questions. Hope you learn a lot.

Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund Presentation

Skip Simms — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:51:08 +0000

Over 100 people, representing early stage start-up companies, attended the SPARK sponsored presentation on available capital for early stage companies. The program was intended to offer entrepreneurs and their advisors the opportunity to hear about several ‘pre-seed’ type funding sources available to them.

Making presentations were Tom Anderson with Automation Alley, Jim Croce from Next Energy, Gregg Hammerman representing the Frankel Fund, and Skip Simms of Ann Arbor SPARK, the administrator of the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund.

Attached is the Power Point presentation for the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. Several more documents, including an FAQ, Due Diligence Checklist, and Technology Sector Definitions, will be added to the web site www.annarborspark.org very soon. We will let you know as soon as they are posted.