Jon Oberheide, the CTO of Resonant portfolio company Duo Security, was recently honored in Forbes “30 Under 30″ List of Technology Entrepreneurs. Jon was selected for digging up major security bugs in the Android operating system, as well as co-founding Duo Security. Duo specializes in modern two factor authentication, allowing individuals to secure [...]
Jen Baird, the CEO of Resonant portfolio company Accio Energy, was recently named as the MVCA Entrepreneur of the Year. Along with Colin Rich, Jen co-founded Ann Arbor-based Accuri Cytometers Inc., which was sold in February to New Jersey-based Becton, Dickenson and Co. for $205 million. Congrats Jen!
“There is no question that the underlying technology is a complete paradigm shift in wind generation. With that said, we invested in the team’s approach to the problem. Their methodology has allowed them to move through engineering challenges at a rate comparable to what we would expect to see in the information technology [...]
The small scale of Michigan’s venture capital community means many ground-floor opportunities for investment. Bay Area émigrés Michael Godwin and Jason Townsend of Resonant Venture Partners wax on the need for a new generation of VC investors and peek into the realm of “dirty tech”. Read the full article in this month’s edition of [...]
Mary and Brian Campbell will be honored with lifetime achievement awards on March 10 at the annual mergers and acquisitions awards event co-hosted by Crain’s Detroit Business and the Association for Corporate Growth. Resonant is extremely proud to have the mentorship of the Campbells and look forward to many more years together! Read [...]
For the 19th year, Crain’s Detroit Business honors 40 of the community’s high achievers with its 40 under 40 awards. This year’s winners have started companies, helped grow established businesses and strengthened nonprofits and governmental units. The goal is to honor the best and brightest in Southeast Michigan who have made their marks in business [...]
Jon Oberheide, the CTO of Resonant portfolio company Duo Security, was recently honored in Forbes “30 Under 30″ List of Technology Entrepreneurs. Jon was selected for digging up major security bugs in the Android operating system, as well as co-founding Duo Security. Duo specializes in modern two factor authentication, allowing individuals to secure [...]
Over the past 4 years only 6% of all venture capital has been deployed in financing rounds between $1-4M, with 70% of the financings going to only three states – California, Massachusetts and New York. The Innovation Fund will target this gap, providing a 1:1 match to private capital raised by early stage seed funds. [...]
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow startups to raise money via crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter. Dirty cap tables – here we come! We’ll see if the Senate and President share the House’s enthusiasm. In the mean time, you can read the details and full bill here.
Jen Baird, the CEO of Resonant portfolio company Accio Energy, was recently named as the MVCA Entrepreneur of the Year. Along with Colin Rich, Jen co-founded Ann Arbor-based Accuri Cytometers Inc., which was sold in February to New Jersey-based Becton, Dickenson and Co. for $205 million. Congrats Jen!
Accel Partners just announced that they will be dedicating $100M of their existing capital towards the theme of Big Data. IDC reports big data will drive $22 billion in cloud storage and spending alone by 2015. Accel also believes much of the innovation in this space will be driven by smaller firms. [...]
TechCrunch posted an article talking about the “Barbell” situation in the VC space. Unsurprisingly, it got my attention. It refers to the large amount of angel and late stage VC capital available, combined with a small amount of Series A capital. The article has some quality stats and reiterates that this is [...]
The number of semiconductor companies spawned with VC funding has been steadily declining for nearly a decade. In 2003, VCs gave life to 63 new chip companies. Last year the number was 13. It’s a trend that promises to reshape the semiconductor industry. I can’t say I didn’t see that trend happening during my [...]
Tom Henderson from Crain’s wrote an article regarding Mary Sue Coleman’s announcement that the University of Michigan Endowment will finally be investing in its own startups. Resonant and Arboretum were profiled as two local firms which make seed stage investments and would be able to benefit from a university co-investment.
The Wall Street Journal made an interactive map of the distribution of VC funding in the first six months of 2011. Check it out here
“There is no question that the underlying technology is a complete paradigm shift in wind generation. With that said, we invested in the team’s approach to the problem. Their methodology has allowed them to move through engineering challenges at a rate comparable to what we would expect to see in the information technology [...]
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