UM Social Venture Fund | Ross School of Business

06/14/2017

UM's Social Venture Fund is among the investors in the Ann Arbor company whose software helps courts relieve backlogs.

04/28/2017

So proud of our rockstar MIINT team! Way to go, Alli Zimmermann Luke Sawitsky Mike Ilardi Monika Johnson!

The University of Michigan’s student-led Social Venture Fund notched its first-ever win at the 2017 MIINT competition in April, receiving the Best Diligence Award for its high-caliber, professional-quality impact investment recommendation to an expert panel of judges. The U-M presentation team of fo...

03/26/2017

UM Social Venture Fund | Ross School of Business Support SVFer Aaron Steiner and AIM Tech by 1) watching their pitch at U of M's The Startup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtgctPrJpZM&feature=youtu.be and 2) voting for them https://apps.facebook.com/my-polls/form/2017rbpc for the Rice Business Plan Competition

AIM Tech (https://www.aimtechhealth.com/) AIM Tech develops high quality, affordable, user-friendly and low-power medical equipment to sustainably provide ex...

03/13/2017

Congratulations to SVF members Holly Price and Aaron Steiner for their success at 2017 Michigan Business Challenge! Steiner was part of the AIM Tech team, which received first place. Price founded Sage & Grace, which took second at the competition. AIM Tech also went on to take top prize at the Cardinal Challenge- University of Louisville's business plan contest. To find out more about both ventures, check out: http://socialimpact.umich.edu/michigan-business-challenge-impact-track-winner-announced/

The winner of the 2017 Michigan Business Challenge Impact Track is AIM Tech, a developer of a safe, low-power infant ventilator for the developing world.

01/26/2017

Let’s get caught up with the latest innovation news from Xconomy Texas. ---First, we have “Five Questions For …” Gabriella Draney Zielke, co-founder and CE

12/21/2016

The Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies kicked off Round 1 of the 34th Michigan Business Challenge (MBC) with over 200 students pitching their entrepreneurial ideas. From this initial round, 20 teams were selected to compete in Round Two on January 20, 2017. Adjacent – Rachel Jaffe (MSI...

09/12/2016

SVF is now accepting business plans for its 2016-17 investment cycle! Help us spread the word and learn more here: http://www.umsocialventure.com/for-entrepreneurs/submit-your-business-plan/

The Social Venture Fund (SVF) at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business accepts business plans on a yearly cycle, from approximately early September through late October. We seek innovative, high-impact, for-profit social enterprises in which to invest. As the nation’s first student-l...

08/09/2016

Proud to see Dean DeRue prioritizing The Ross School of Business's leadership in experience-driven business education!
http://michiganross.umich.edu/ross-news-blog/2016/08/09/poets-quants-dean-scott-derue-has-big-plans-ross

In a recent interview with Poets & Quants, Dean Scott DeRue talked about three main ideas that will help guide the future of

06/01/2016

The University of Michigan’s student-run Social Venture Fund has contributed to a $3 million Series B round for Conversa Health, a Bay Area heathtech compa

04/26/2016

SVF is thrilled about , the fund's first investment in the space! http://bit.ly/24hCChF

The Social Venture Fund, in collaboration with the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, …

01/29/2015

Things we are thinking about this term: health informatics & energy conservation devices for multi-unit residences.

10/15/2014

TODAY is the final day to submit a business plan application for consideration in this year's investment cycle. Visit us here: www.umsocialventure.com.

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