Directory of Michigan Venture Capital and Investment Firms Incubators Accelerators 2018 — Crains Detroit Business

With offices in Kalamazoo and West Bloomfield, Apjohn Ventures focuses on investing within the life sciences sector.www.apjohnventures.com

This venture captal firm has a focus on medical devices. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Ann Arbor, Arboretum Ventures manages approximately $235 million in capital.www.arboretumvc.com

With offices in Farmington Hills and London, Beringea invests capital, consultation and business support to growing companies in a range of sectors, including health care, media, clean technology and IT.www.beringea.com

BioStar invests in companies where it can leverage the clinical expertise of its management team. The key focus of investments is in cardiovascular, orthopedic and neuroscience areas, which account for approximately two-thirds of all medical device areas.www.biostarventures.com

Founded in 2006 by Daniel Bowen, Dempsey Ventures is an active holding company with a focus on medical products. Leveraging extensive experience in the medical industry, Dempsey Ventures makes controlling and minority investments while participating in the operations and management of the companies it controls.www.dempseyventures.com

With offices in Ann Arbor and Ada, EDF Ventures is a leading venture capital firm investing in early-stage health care companies. The fund focuses on young companies that are developing breakthrough technologies to address large, well-recognized problems or transform existing markets.www.edfvc.com

Founded in 2004, Hope River Ventures is a private equity investment company focused on the life sciences sector.

Hopen manages more than $65 million between the Hopen Life Science Fund II LP and the Hopen Fund I that has invested in early- to mid-stage devices, diagnostics, therapeutics, drug discovery enabling technology and health care information technology.www.hopenls.com

Michigan Accelerator Fund I is an investment partnership headquartered in Grand Rapids. The fund size is $15.1 million: $6 million invested by the state of Michigan and more than $9 million from individual and institutional investors.www.maf-1.com

The MMDA is part of Southwest Michigan First, an organization of privately funded economic development advisers that acts as the catalyst for economic growth in southwest Michigan.www.mmdaccelerator.com

With offices in Ann Arbor and Midland, North Coast Technology Investors is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in technology-driven companies with a focus on medical device, materials science, software, communications, manufacturing and fabrication.www.northcoastvc.com

With offices in Kalamazoo and suburban Chicago, Novus Biotechnology is an investment partnership that aims to achieve significant, long-term capital appreciation for its investors through investments in early-stage companies in biotechnology, more specifically medical devices and medical diagnostics. The fund size is targeted to be $15 million with expected participation from limited partners consisting of institutions, industry professionals, practitioners and high net-worth individuals.

Funds managed by Plymouth Ventures invest in growth-stage companies, a niche that is underserved in the Great Lakes region, particularly in Michigan and Ohio.www.plymouthvc.com

RPM Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture firm that generally invests across the Great Lakes region.www.rpmvc.com

SWMF Life Science Fund is a $65 million limited partnership venture fund interested in early-stage life science opportunities in Southwest Michigan.www.southwestmichiganfirst.com

TGap Ventures is a venture capital firm headed by the firm’s general partners, Jack Ahrens and Pete Farner, who have been involved in more than 100 growth companies since 1979. TGap Ventures focuses primarily on early-stage investments throughout the Midwest, including medical devices, software, specialty manufacturing, Internet, telecommunications, health care and other high-growth companies.www.tgapventures.com

With offices in Ann Arbor and Madison, Wis., Venture Investors focuses on making seed and early-stage health care and technology investments. The firm is investing out of its fifth fund and has more than $200 million under management.www.ventureinvestors.com