Claudia Capos

True to the prediction “If you build it, they will come,” adapted from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, “The Big House” attracted several hundred people to an evening tour, reception and dinner held at Michigan Stadium on day one (May 16) of the joint Michigan Growth Capital Symposium and... Read More

As the tech-based financial-services sector matures, many fintech startups are staking out new territory in the incumbent financial-services industry, said investors and fintech entrepreneurs at a May 16 MGCS panel discussion, entitled “Fintech – Disruption or Innovation in Venture?” Instead of being disruptors, fintech startups are becoming partners with banks.... Read More

Today’s entrepreneurs have broader access than ever before to a growing number of university, community and corporate incubators, accelerators and foundries (which are startup studios that create and develop multiple companies in parallel or rapid succession). In the Ann Arbor area, for instance, startup founders can get mentoring, educational programs,... Read More

Efforts to repeal and replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act have kicked up political dust in Washington and created formidable challenges for health-care investors and startup founders who are looking for a silver lining in this cloud of uncertainty. During a May 16 MGCS panel discussion, entitled “When Obamacare becomes... Read More

Financial technology already is transforming the way money moves and is deployed around the world. But fintech also is leveling the playing field and opening new doors of opportunity to consumers, companies and communities that have been excluded from traditional banking, lending and investing channels, according to Markus Lampinen, the... Read More

This year’s joint presentation of the 36th annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium and the third annual Coulter Investment Forum on May 16 and 17 created an unprecedented hotbed of entrepreneurial activity and fired up angel and venture capital investment deal-making. The two-day event attracted 530 participants from around the country... Read More

Risky addictive behavior in the workplace is costing U.S. employers $400 billion annually in lost productivity and direct health-care expenses. According to a recent Surgeon General’s Report, in 2015 more than 27 million people in the U.S. reported using illegal drugs or misusing prescription drugs, and more than 66 million... Read More

Many startup companies seek venture capital as a way to finance their growth and development. But few ─ about 2 percent ─ are actually equity investable, according to Peter Adriaens, a University of Michigan professor of environmental engineering, finance and entrepreneurship and the co-founder and CEO of Corymbus Asset Management... Read More

Angel and venture capital investors attending this year’s Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, on May 16 and 17, will get an early preview of a number of high-potential U-M spinout companies that are commercializing cutting-edge technologies developed by Michigan faculty, staff and students in the University’s research laboratories. Initially, these spinouts... Read More

For the first time, the University of Michigan will host the Coulter Investment Forum in conjunction with the 2017 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium on May 16 and 17. The annual forum, sponsored by the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, will showcase 25 to 32 emerging companies with life-science innovations that have... Read More