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Entry	Author	Date	Location
To Help Boost Female-led Startups, More Women Join Investor Ranks	Angela Shah	04/25/19	Texas
MVCA Report Shines Light on Detroit’s Startup Growth and Challenges	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	08/02/17	Detroit Ann Arbor
Distil’s Are You a Human Acquisition Is Big Win for Tech Community	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	05/18/17	Detroit Ann Arbor
Genomenon, Brio Device Score $400K from U-M’s Biomedical Seed Fund	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	11/09/16	Detroit Ann Arbor
Workit Health Receives $1,100,000 Seed Financing Round	VentureDeal	08/10/16	San Francisco
PawnGuru Takes Process of Buying, Selling, and Negotiating Online	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	03/02/16	Detroit Ann Arbor
Michigan Budget Battle Pits Startups Against Road Infrastructure	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	10/21/15	Detroit Ann Arbor
U-M’s Zell Lurie Fund Invests in Reveal Design Automation	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	07/13/15	Detroit Ann Arbor
Detroit’s Cribspot Raises $660K Seed Round, Plans 15-City Expansion	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	09/26/14	Detroit Ann Arbor
U-M Student Startup Seelio Acquired by PlattForm	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	06/06/14	Detroit Ann Arbor
Algal Scientific’s Breakthrough Animal-Health Discoveries Draw Investor Interest	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	05/05/14	Detroit Ann Arbor
Varsity News Network Lands $3,000,000 New Funding	VentureDeal	02/18/14	Detroit Ann Arbor
Ford Acquires Ferndale-based Software Developer Livio	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	10/04/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor’s Kontextual Helps Build Transparent, Metric-Driven Companies	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	08/19/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Sidecar Co-Founder Fortino on Why He Chose to Invest in Detroit	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	08/06/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Covaron Advanced Materials Secures Seed-Round Funding	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	05/29/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Seelio Raises $900K For Online College Student Network	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	04/24/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Seelio Receives $900,000 Seed Financing	VentureDeal	04/22/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Venture Funding in Detroit Down in Q1, Still Higher Than 2011	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	04/19/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
LevelEleven Lands $500,000 Seed Financing	VentureDeal	04/11/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Larky Receives $400,000 Seed Round	VentureDeal	04/02/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Stik Secures $2,300,000 Series A Financing	VentureDeal	03/05/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Detroit Startups Stik.com and UpTo Raise Key Financing Rounds	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	03/04/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
FarmLogs Garners $1,000,000 Seed Round	VentureDeal	01/29/13	San Francisco
U-M’s Frankel Fund Has First Exit, Leads Fusion Coolant’s Series A	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	01/18/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Fusion Coolant Systems Garners $600,000 Series A Funding	VentureDeal	01/17/13	Detroit Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor’s Llamasoft Raises $6M Series A Round	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	11/01/12	Detroit Ann Arbor
Llamasoft Lands $6,000,000 Series A Funding Round	VentureDeal	10/25/12	Detroit Ann Arbor
MoneyTree Report: Q3 Venture Activity in Detroit Strongest Ever	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	10/19/12	Detroit Ann Arbor
Lots of Local Investors Join Livio’s Series C Round	Sarah Schmid Stevenson	08/15/12	Detroit Ann Arbor
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