| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.06.2024 | Findigs: Property Tech Company Secures $27 Million To Simplify Rental Screening | Findigs, a leading property technology company that simplifies rental screening and leasing decisions, announced $27 million in Series B funding. This funding follows the company’s unannounced Series A and Seed rounds, bringing the total fu... |
| 19.03.2024 | Coterie Secures $27M in Growth Funding | Coterie, a Cincinnati, OH-based insurtech MGA company simplifying small business insurance, raised $27M in Growth funding.
The round was led by Hiscox as well as existing investors Intact Ventures, Weatherford Capital, and RPM Ventures amon... |
| 16.02.2022 | Haul Keeps U.S. Supply Chain Flowing By Putting Truckers At The Wheel | Haul provides trucking companies a platform that allows them to connect with a pool of vetted, on-demand drivers to operate their trucks.
CUPERTINO, Calif. (PRWEB) February 16, 2022
Haul, the platform putting truckers at the wheel by connec... |
| 20.03.2020 | Coterie raises $8.5M to build ‘commercial insurance as a service’ | Ohio-based Coterie, a startup working on in the commercial insurance space, has announced today it has raised $8.5 million Series A. The company had previously raised a little over $3 million in early investments, bringing its equity capita... |
| 20.03.2020 | Coterie, an API-based insurance company, raises $8.5 million in Series A funding | The company wants to simplify commercial insurance for both small businesses and freelancers
Coterie, an Ohio-based startup focused on commercial insurance, has announced it has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. With over $3 million ... |
| 30.11.2017 | How Detroit’s automotive roots made it a hub for transportation startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Six years and 59 days ago, I moved from San Franc... |
| 30.11.2017 | How Detroit’s automotive roots made it a hub for transportation startups | Six years and 59 days ago, I moved from San Francisco to Detroit. My friends thought I was crazy moving from one of the fastest-growing American cities to one of the most downtrodden. But I saw an opportunity: the potential for Detroit, an ... |
| 01.02.2016 | RPM Ventures Raises $100M VC Fund | RPM Ventures, an Ann Arbor, MI-based seed and early stage venture capital firm, is seeking to raise a $100m fund.
According to a regulatory filing with the SEC, the vehicle, called RPM Ventures III, L.P., has not raised funds yet.
The docum... |
| 16.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 16, 2015 | Slack revealed $80M fund; Digital Guardian bagged $66M; Springboard raised $1.7M
Education technology company Springboard (formerly known as SlideRule) today announced that it has raised $1.7 million in seed funding from a long list of inve... |
| 04.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 4, 2015 | Letgo raised $100M; 500 Startups bagged $85M; PTC Group Holdings Corp received $75M
Near Field Communication technology, or NFC, is starting to be embraced in commercial products everywhere, from the Apple Watch to customer loyalty keychain... |
| 02.10.2014 | Need More Business Engagement on the Social Web? Qzzr Has It Covered | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Josh Little likes to call himself a “qwizard.” He’s a former teacher and serial entrepreneur who has spent his career building a better mousetrap, so to speak, when it comes t... |
| 24.09.2014 | Qzzr Launches Out Of Stealth With ESPN, Yahoo Partnerships And $2 Million In Seed Funding | Online quiz master Josh Little started Qzzr just five months ago out of his home in Utah. The site officially launches today with an infusion of $2 million in seed money and partnerships from ESPN, Yahoo, Mashable, Reddit, College Humor and... |
| 24.09.2014 | Qzzr gets $2M to give quizzes a shot in the arm | Qzzr is a platform for marketers and publishers to create quizzes to increase social traffic
You may lie about it now, but back when Buzzfeed quizzes were all the rage you were right there with the rest of us, finding out which Beatle, whic... |
| 19.09.2013 | Deliv Closes $6.85M Series A Funding | Deliv, a Palo Alto, California-based provider of a same-day delivery service, closed a $6.85m Series A funding.
Backers included Upfront Ventures, RPM Ventures and others. Read Mark Suster’s post on the investment here.
The company intends ... |
| 16.07.2013 | ArborMetrix Closes $7M Series B Financing | ArborMetrix, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based provider of real-time healthcare analytics, closed a $7m Series B financing.
The round was led by RPM Ventures, with participation from existing investor Arboretum Ventures and the Wolverine Vent... |
| 20.05.2013 | Luvocracy Raises $11M in Funding | Luvocracy, a San Francisco, CA-based social marketplace that allows users to buy products recommended by friends, raised $11m in funding.
The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, with participation from:
– CrunchFund,
– Goog... |
| 05.03.2013 | Wide Open Spaces debuts, launching openseason | Social commerce site for hunting, fishing targets 37 million sportsmen
If you want to find discounted Donna Karan bedding or clothes, you might try Gilt Groupe. If you want to find discounts on Shimano fishing reels, you could try your luck... |
| 18.01.2013 | U-M’s Frankel Fund Has First Exit, Leads Fusion Coolant’s Series A | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
University of Michigan’s student-led Frankel Commercialization Fund, in collaboration with the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, announced this week that Arbor... |
| 05.10.2012 | Dear entrepreneurs: 10 bits of wisdom from investors on Twitter | — Marc Weiser (@greatlakesvc) September 12, 2012
Marc Weiser is a former internet and software entrepreneur who’s now the founder and managing director of RPM Ventures, an information technology investor.
Entrepreneurs response: “we’re grea... |
| 10.08.2012 | Mapping the Cloud With Ann Arbor’s DeepField Networks | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
When I was talking to Craig Labovitz last week about his new big data startup, DeepField Networks, there were moments when I wished the Internet really was just a series of tu... |
| 31.05.2012 | Can Develop Detroit Make You a Talented Mobile Developer in 90 Days? | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Starting June 11th, Develop Detroit kicks off its inaugural 12-week program that promises to take attendees from coding novices to capable mobile developers able to build an i... |
| 14.04.2011 | Huron River Ventures: Locked, Loaded, and Ready to Invest In Cleantech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The boys are back in town.
Fresh from the high finance worlds of Chicago and New York, University of Michigan grads Tim Streit and Ryan Waddington have returned to the state t... |
| 07.04.2011 | One Hand Clapping: Entrepreneurship in Ann Arbor | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
I spent a few days in March in Ann Arbor Michigan as a guest of Professor Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Programs, and Doug Neal, Director of Center for ... |
| 07.04.2011 | One hand clapping | Entrepreneurship in Ann Arbor, Michigan I spent a few days in March in Ann Arbor Michigan as a guest of Professor Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Programs, and Doug Neal, Director of Center for Entrepreneurship in the E... |
| 07.08.2009 | Geek Weekend: Ann Arbor, Michigan | If you’re craving city life or a university setting, Ann Arbor, Michigan is the place to be. Ann Arbor is the seventh largest city in the state of Michigan, with a population of 114,386, of which more than 30% are college or university stud... |
| 04.01.2009 | Funding roundup - week ending in 1/2/09 | OpenLane, Taptu, and SocialBomb kick off the new year with funding
Given the holidays, it was a quiet week for fundraising announcements. But there were several companies that started the new year with a new round of capital.
The following ... |
| 31.12.2008 | OpenLane speeds ahead with $10M | OpenLane, an online auto auction service, has brought in $10 million in eighth-round funding from Meritech Capital Partners, August Capital, RPM Ventures and Zilkha Venture Partners — bringing its total capital raised to $75 million, report... |
| 27.05.2008 | Dotcom crash survivor Openlane, a wholesale auto auction site, returns for $25M funding | Openlane, an Internet company that helps auction off automobiles, is just the latest old “B2B” company starting to thrive after struggling in the wake of the first Internet boom.
The company saw 60 percent growth in revenues last year, for ... |
| - | Dear entrepreneurs: 10 bits of wisdom from investors on Twitter | There are lots of great healthcare entrepreneurs sharing their successes, hurdles, and lessons on Twitter. Lucky for them, there are also a lot of investors sharing their advice.
Other Twitter users have collected helpful lists of biotech V... |
