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| Oct 10, 2026 | Bloom Raises $3.6 Million Seed Round Led By SNAK Venture Partners | Bloom raised a $3.6 million oversubscribed seed round to expand its AI-native marketplace for hardware supply chains. SNAK Venture Partners led the round. Other participants included Flyover Capital, Mana Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners,... |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Scorbit Secures $5M to Connect Arcades to the Digital World | Scorbit, a gaming platform, raised $5M. They aim to link arcade games online. Investment will fuel expansion and product development. Scorbit seeks to revitalize arcade culture.
Scorbit secured over $5 million in seed funding. The investmen... |
| Nov 16, 2025 | Scorbit: Over $5 Million Seed Funding Raised As Beta Launch Accelerates Market Momentum | Scorbit, a connected gaming platform merging physical arcade play with online community and competition, has closed a seed round totaling more than $5 million after achieving rapid traction in its beta phase. The round was led by Detroit Ve... |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Scorbit Closes Over $5M Seed Funding | Jay Adelson and Ron Richards
Scorbit, an Ann Arbor, MI-based connected gaming platform bringing classic and modern arcade experiences online, closed a $5m seed funding round.
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| Sep 1, 2025 | Relcu Raises Funding to Advance AI System of Action in Finance | Relcu, the all-in-one Unified CRM and AI Agent Co-Pilot built for financial services, today announced it has raised new funding with participation from both new and existing investors, including Menlo Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Clo... |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Relcu: New Funding Raised For AI-Based System Of Action For Financial Services | Relcu, a Unified CRM and AI agent co-pilot designed for financial services, has announced a new funding round with support from Menlo Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Clocktower Ventures, MUFG Innovation Partners, Commerce Ventures, and ... |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Flueid: $8.3 Million Closed For Scaling Verification Of Title Technologies In Real Estate | Flueid, a leading VOT (Verification of Title) company for residential real estate transactions, announced it has secured $8.3 million in capital to accelerate product development, drive business growth, and expand its go-to-market strategy ... |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Flueid Raises $8.3M in Growth Financing | Flueid, an Austin, TX-based VOT™ (Verification of Title) company for residential real estate transactions, raised $8.3M in growth funding.
The round was led by LiveOak Ventures, with participation from Detroit Venture Partners, alongside ex... |
| May 20, 2017 | Why I love the Detroit startup scene | 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!
People often ask me, “Why did you move from San F... |
| May 20, 2017 | Why I love the Detroit startup scene | People often ask me, “Why did you move from San Francisco to, uh, Detroit?” The answer is easy. In 10 years, San Francisco will be as good as it is today, but Detroit will be a roaring city once again, defining a new technology hub at the i... |
| Aug 23, 2016 | The unlikeliest new faces of venture capital | Musicians, actors and athletes have been raising their own funds over the past few years
One of the big news items this week was the announcement that NBA superstar Kobe Bryant had launched his own venture capital fund.
Founded along with i... |
| Aug 22, 2016 | Meet your newest venture capitalist: Kobe Bryant | Bryant has teamed up with entreprenuer Jeff Stibel to launch a new $100M fund
It's hard to even imagine a time when athletes weren't paid very much money, making it so that even the biggest stars had to continue to work once they retired. R... |
| May 26, 2016 | Your Guide to Finding Startup Funding in Detroit | When it comes to running a business, there are few things more important than funding. It helps you produce your product, it helps you manage your business, and it allows your to spread the word of your company far and wide. And while many ... |
| May 17, 2016 | As He Bids to Buy Company, What Are Dan Gilbert’s Plans for Yahoo? | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
According to a report published in the Detroit News today, Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert is serious enough about buying Yahoo that he’s lined up financing from investor W... |
| Apr 11, 2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 11, 2016 | Ticket Monster raised $40M; STAT-Diagnostica closed Series C; Marxent received $10M investment
Habito, a London-based online mortgage broker, raised £1.5 million (approximately $2.13 million) in seed funding in a round led by Mosaic Venture... |
| Nov 16, 2015 | How Early Exit Disease Stunts The Growth Of Midwest Startup Communities | Adrian Fortino Contributor
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| Jan 8, 2015 | reach | influence Raises $5M in Funding | reach | influence, a Royal Oak, MI-based retail analytics company, raised $5m in funding.
The round was led by Rich Helppie’s Vineyard Capital Group with participation from Detroit Venture Partners (DVP).
The company intends to use the fund... |
| Feb 11, 2014 | Jason Mendelson Returns to Detroit to Talk Startup Ecosystems | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
When Jason Mendelson delivered the keynote speech at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium two years ago, he made it clear he was feeling bullish about Detroit’s future prospe... |
| Oct 23, 2013 | BoostUp Secures $1M Funding | BoostUp, a Detroit, MI-based social saving platform, secured a $1m round of funding.
The round was led by Detroit Venture Partners (DVP), with participation from Cornerstone Opportunity Partners, angel investor Patrick Sullivan, and IncWell... |
| Sep 10, 2013 | LevelEleven Raises $2M in Venture Funding | LevelEleven, a Detroit, USA-based provider of enterprise gamification and CRM solutions, raised $2m in additional venture funding.
Backers included from Mashburn Justice Capital Partners, Detroit Venture Partners, Hyde Park Venture Partners... |
| Apr 11, 2013 | LevelEleven Raises Additional $500K Seed Financing | LevelEleven, a Detroit, MI-based developer of enterprise gamification and CRM technology, raised an additional $500k seed financing.
It adds to a $1m funding raised in October 2012 (read here).
The round was led by Detroit Venture Partners,... |
| Feb 28, 2013 | UpTo Raises $1.5M in Second Funding | UpTo, a Detroit, Mich.-based startup that operates an event stream platform, raised an additional $1.5m in second funding.
Backers included Detroit Venture Partners and Ludlow Ventures.
The company intends to use the capital to for key hire... |
| Feb 6, 2013 | Gilbert’s Rockbridge Growth Equity Adds to Tech Portfolio | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Dan Gilbert’s Rockbridge Growth Equity, a Detroit-based private equity firm founded in 2007, announced last month that it has acquired Tampa, FL-based Triad Retail Media, whic... |
| Jan 3, 2013 | Mobile Madness Motor City: Check Out the Agenda for our Jan. 17 Forum | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays is over, we’re getting pretty excited for Mobile Madness Motor City, Xconomy’s inaugural mobile event in Detroit. The half-day f... |
| Dec 20, 2012 | Mobile Madness Motor City is Coming Soon—Join Us! | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
We are now less than a month away from the Mobile Madness Motor City forum, Xconomy’s first mobile event in Detroit. We hope to see you there, and are offering special rates t... |
| Nov 28, 2012 | Inside The M@dison, Downtown Detroit’s Tech Startup Hub [TCTV] | Downtown Detroit has sadly not been known in recent years for having a bustling business vibe, but the people at the M@dison Building are working overtime to turn that around.
Housed in a nearly 100 year old building that used to house Detr... |
| Nov 27, 2012 | Mobile Madness Motor City: Linkner, Song, & More at Jan. 17 Forum | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
All of you smartphone-toting innovators know it’s true: Five short years since the first iPhones sparked lines around Apple stores, mobile computing has completely transformed... |
| Oct 30, 2012 | Top Gamification App On Salesforce.com AppExchange Gets $1M From ePrize and Detroit Venture Partners | The No. 1 gamification app on Salesforce.com AppExchange has secured $1 million from Detroit Venture Partners and ePrize.
Contest Builder is an app designed to motivate salespeople and increase productivity through contests that are built a... |
| Oct 30, 2012 | Detroit start-up LevelEleven zeroes in on gamifying the sales process | A Detroit startup is jumping on to the trend for gamification, or using game mechanics to increase audience engagement with nongame applications. LevelEleven has raised $1 million in seed funding and is spinning out of a larger company to f... |
| Oct 30, 2012 | Detroit start-up LevelEleven zeroes in on gamifying the sales process | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
A Detroit startup is jumping on to the trend for gamification, or using game mechanics to increase audience engagement with nongame app... |
| Oct 30, 2012 | LevelEleven Raises $1M in Seed Funding | LevelEleven, a Detroit, MI-based provider of enterprise gamification and CRM solutions, has launched with $1m in seed funding.
The round was led by Detroit Venture Partners, with participation from ePrize.
Originally developed and incubated... |
| Sep 21, 2012 | Local-search site Stik leaves Silicon Valley for Detroit, announces $2.5 million funding | 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!
DETROIT — How do you succeed online in the crowde... |
| Sep 21, 2012 | Local-search site Stik leaves Silicon Valley for Detroit, announces $2.5 million funding | DETROIT — How do you succeed online in the crowded, noisy, and sometimes scammy local search market? If you’re Stik.com, you succeed by focusing on consumer transactions that are infrequent, expensive, and have a high cost of failure.
And b... |
| Sep 14, 2012 | Are You a Human makes what sucks suck less (and maybe not suck at all) | DETROIT — Any time you can make anything suck less, your chances are good of finding a valid business model. Even when you’re competing with Google.
I’m in Detroit checking out the local startup scene, and one of the standouts is Are You a ... |
| Sep 14, 2012 | Are You a Human makes what sucks suck less (and maybe not suck at all) | 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!
DETROIT — Any time you can make anything suck les... |
| Sep 12, 2012 | Steve Case Talks American Competitiveness And Finding The Next Wave | Detroit might seem like an odd place to hold a tech conference, but when Steve Case, CEO of Revolution and founder of AOL (TechCrunch’s parent company), took the stage this morning at Techonomy Detroit, he said the event was not just a good... |
| Aug 28, 2012 | Detroit resurgent? VentureBeat is coming to the Motor City in September | 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!
A month ago I wrote a snarky column about Detroit... |
| Aug 28, 2012 | Detroit resurgent? VentureBeat is coming to the Motor City in September | A month ago I wrote a snarky column about Detroit, the site of the first satellite location for the U.S. Patent office in its 200-year history.
The response was huge, and the response was immediate: Detroit is alive, Detroit is resurgent, a... |
| Jun 12, 2012 | Roqbot Closes $1.2M in Seed Funding | Roqbot, a Detroit-based startup that provides bars, restaurants, and retail stores with a mobile jukebox app, has closed a $1.2m seed funding.
The round was led by Google Ventures and Detroit Venture Partners, with participation from Accele... |
| May 31, 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... |
| Apr 16, 2012 | Think Like a Startup | I’m often surprised that the most innovative breakthroughs come from startups with almost no money, experience, or resources. In contrast, organizational giants with more cash than small countries get beaten to the punch with startling regu... |
| Apr 9, 2012 | Valley to Detroit: Motor City Woos Laid-Off Yahoo Employees | Last week, Yahoo announced that it would cut 2,000 jobs. Given the employee shortage in Silicon Valley, most of the qualified engineers that lost their jobs in this round of cuts will likely land on their feet pretty quickly. For those who ... |
| Mar 22, 2012 | Flud (Quietly) Relaunches Its Android App | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
When we last checked in with Flud, the Web startup had just launched a new-and-improved version of its iPhone app, which allows users to aggregate, curate, and share news cont... |
| Dec 15, 2011 | Updated Flud Platform Combines News Aggregation and Social Networking | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
According to Bobby Ghoshal, the future of news consumption is in finding new ways for users to interact with content and influence other users’ reading habits, and the develop... |
| Dec 1, 2011 | Sociocast Closes $1.5M Bridge Funding Round | Sociocast, a New York-based provider of Big Data analysis and human behavior prediction tools for decision makers, has closed a bridge funding round totaling $1.5m.
Backers include existing investor Detroit Venture Partners, New York Angels... |
| Dec 1, 2011 | Marxent Labs Receives Funding from Detroit Ventures Partners | Marxent Labs, a Detroit, MI-based mobile app developer, has received funding from Detroit Ventures Partners.
Co-founded by two brothers, CEO Beck Besecker, and CTO Berry Besecker, Marxent Labs has just launched ShopWith.It, a social shopper... |
| Nov 8, 2011 | Own Point of Sale Corporation Raises $1.2M in Seed Funding | Own Point of Sale Corporation, a San Francisco, CA-and Detroit, MI-based social point of sale technology company, has raised a $1.2m seed funding.
The round was led by Detroit Venture Partners.
The company intends to use the funding for pro... |
| Sep 23, 2011 | Motor City Mojo: The Startup Renaissance In Detroit | Editor’s note: This post is authored by guest contributor Jon Bischke. Jon is a founder of RG Labs and is an advisor to several startups. You can follow Jon on Twitter here.
I heard them say they’re shutting Detroit down.
But I won’t leave ... |
| Jul 26, 2011 | 750k for Are You A Human? | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Are You A Human?, the developer of an alternative to the ubiquitous CAPTCHA human-verification test that is designed to block spammers, has raised a $750,000 Series A financin... |
| Jul 21, 2011 | Magic Johnson Joins and Funds Detroit Venture Partners | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Detroit Venture Partners, less than a year old, is adding a big name (and investor) to its roster. It announced today that NBA hall of famer and Michigan native Earvin “Magic”... |
| Jul 21, 2011 | Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson Joins Detroit VC Firm To Invest In Tech Startups | NBA legend Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson this morning announced that he is joining and investing in Detroit Venture Partners, a VC firm that invests in seed and early-stage technology companies primarily located in the heart of downtown Detroit, a... |
| Jul 21, 2011 | Magic Johnson: NBA superstar turned tech investor? | Magic Johnson joins Detroit Venture Partners as a general partner
Detroit Venture Partners announced Thursday that former NBA superstar Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be joining the firm as a general partner, where he’ll invest in seed and ear... |
| Dec 22, 2010 | Area Entrepreneurs Launch Detroit Venture Partners To Turn Motown Into A Tech and Innovation Hub | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
We’ve written about a number of investors and nonprofits looking to attract and keep companies in Michigan as a way to help the state’s economy kick back into gear. But Detroi... |
