Venture Capital

The Ann Arbor Region has a wealth of venture capitalists and Angel investors.The mission of these private firms is to make equity investments inearly stage and emerging growth companies. Further info on venturecapitalists in Michigan can be obtained through the Michigan EconomicDevelopment Corporation.
medc.michigan.org

Below is a list of the venture capital firms in the region and their contact information.

Ann Arbor Angels
www.annarborangels.org

Arboretum Ventures
334 E. Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.998.3688
Fax 734.998.3689
www.arboretumv.com

Beringea
32330 West Twelve Mile
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
(248) 489-9000
www.beringea.com

Chrysalis Ventures
737 Bolivar Rd. Suite 2500
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 864-0237
www.chrysalisventures.com

EDF
425 North Main Street
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104
734.663.3213
Fax 734.663.7358
www.edfvc.com

Endurance Ventures
122 S. Main St., Ste 200
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
www.enduranceventures.com

Frankel Fund
http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/
vc_pe/frankel_fund.asp

MacBeedon Partners
217 3rd Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
(734) 222-4655
www.macbeedon.com

North Coast Technology Investors
206 South Fifth Avenue, Suite 550
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104
734.662.7667
www.northcoastvc.com

Plymouth Venture Partners
3840 Packard Rd., Suite 110
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48108
734.747.9401
www.plymouthventurepartners.com

RPM Ventures
320 North Main St., Suite 400
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104
734.332.1700
www.rpmvc.com

Seneca Partners
300 Park St., Suite 400
Birmingham, MI 48009
(248) 723-6650
www.senecapartners.com

TGap Ventures
259 E. Michigan, Suite 208
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
(269) 217-1999
www.tgapventures.com

Venture Investors
201 S. Main Street, Suite 900
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 274-2904
www.ventureinvestors.com

Wolverine Fund
University of Michigan Business School
701 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48901
734.936.3920

The Great Lakes Entrepreneurs' Quest (GLEQ)isa non-profit program that awards prize money in an annual businessplancompetition aimed at encouraging and educating entrepreneurs onthecreation, start-up, and early growth stages of high-growthbusinesses.Additional information is available at www.gleq.org

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a great resource for start-ups. Between 35-40% of SBA loans are to start-up companies. Criteria include:

Outstanding business plan
Good management experience
Concept/product has good potential to succeed

www.sba.gov/financing

SBA Export Expresscombinesthe SBA's small business lending assistance with itstechnicalassistance programs to help small businesses that havetraditionallyhad difficulty in obtaining adequate export financing.