ANN ARBOR ? Thirty six companies will pitch hundreds of potential investors next week at the 32nd annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium.
Presented by the University of Michigan Zell Lurie Institute at the Ross School of Business, this year?s Symposium will be held May 21-22 at the Marriott Resort in Ypsilanti.
More than 400 entrepreneurs, researchers, investment professionals and business executives are expected to attend and nearly 100 regional and top national venture capital firms will be represented.
The two-day event will host dozens of industry speakers, including a keynote address from Kelly Williams of Credit Suisse?s Customized Fund Invest Group.
The MGCS will also showcase early to later stage Midwest, high-growth companies seeking institutional investment of one million to tens of millions within the next 12 months.
Since the symposium?s inception in 1980, the event has helped more than 800 companies raise funding and has forged countless valuable relationships that continue to foster growth in the region?s startup community.
The 36 companies selected to present represent a broad range of industries. About one third of the companies are from out of state. Following is a partial list of companies:
Algal Scientific ? pioneer of algae-based biological water treatment process to convert concentrated food and beverage industry process streams into valuable bio-products
BuyerCurious.com ? free, online real estate marketplace that enables people who want to buy a home or sell a home cost effectively to do so
Complexa ? biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative therapies for the treatment of inflammatory and metabolic diseases
Cool-X LLC ? nanotechnology oil treatment that burnishes and cools improving fuel economy and saving money
ENT Biotech Solutions ? provides a surgical tool tailored to adenoid removal
Madison Vaccines ? developing a pipeline of proprietary plasmid DNA vaccines designed to prevent bone metastases and associated morbidities for patients with prostate cancer
Mitostem ? a research accelerator that offers both stem cell lines for sale as well as patient cell line generation and expert tissue culture consultation
SpearFysh ? sales technology solution that helps salespeople sell more, managers lead more effectively, and marketers identify opportunities faster and more accurately
TM3 Systems ? enables intelligent management of electricity in remote and off-grid environments
The full list of presenting companies is at MichiganGCS.Com
