Funding Sources and Strategies

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ACE'12 Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship, Skyline High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Workshop #2

Funding Sources and Strategies

The panel will represent a cross section of funding sources available to startups within the State of Michigan ranging from very early stage micro-loans, pre-seed loans, early stage investors, SBIR and government grants, and late stage funding venture capital firms. Each panelist will discuss their area of funding, how to approach funding organizations and funding strategies.

Moderator: Andrew McColm, Managing Director, Early Stage Partners (Michigan Office)

Panelists:

Skip Simms

Senior Vice President, Ann Arbor SPARK

Jody Vanderwel

President, Grand Angels

Michael Kurek, Ph.D.

Partner, Biotechnology Business Consultants

Dale Grogan

Managing Director, Michigan Accelerator Fund 1