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For the fourth consecutive year at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, technology transfer and commercialization officials from leading research universities and medical centers hosted a fast-paced, hour-long presentation of the research opportunities, spending and sector focus at their respective institutions. They also showcased early stage projects emerging from their medical... Read More

Early stage life science companies face a daunting number of hurdles as they try to build great teams with the right leadership and capabilities to accelerate growth and hit key milestones. It’s not as easy as it sounds, agreed a panel of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs during a discussion on... Read More

Major pharmaceutical and med-tech corporations are ramping up their participation as co-investors, or limited partners, in venture capital funds focused on early stage startups in the life science sector. Many also are establishing their own venture investment arms to compete with traditional VCs for early stakes in the most-promising new... Read More

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

Not many people know that early stage dental cavities can be restored with remineralization treatments using fluoride or special toothpastes.  Or that some dental cavities are “inactive” and do not even need treatment.  Most people also haven’t considered that the moment a dentist drills into their tooth, this begins an... Read More