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The Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund (MUICF) is a pre-seed venture capital fund established in 2024 and located in Michigan. The fund focuses on technology companies founded on research from the state’s public universities. MUICF aims to accelerate these startups by providing patient investment capital and business support services.
MUICF invests in technology startups that originate from Michigan's public universities, covering sectors such as AI, healthcare, biotech, fintech, edtech, energy, consumer, robotics, and agtech. The fund provides risk-tolerant capital to early-stage companies, supporting them with essential business services to drive economic growth and job creation in Michigan.
Notable portfolio companies include APT Solar Solutions, which is developing a 3D solar electricity platform; EarthMetric Innovations, offering an AI-driven Remote Monitoring System for agriculture; IASO Therapeutics, focusing on next-generation vaccines; and LearningClues, an AI-driven education technology company. Other companies include M3D, which produces radiation gamma cameras, among others.
Email your pitch deck to info@muicf.org for consideration.
MUICF typically participates in early-stage funding rounds, often leading investments in startups that align with their focus on university research.
The fund is open to follow-on investments, particularly for companies that demonstrate significant progress and alignment with their investment thesis.
The specific size of MUICF's fund has not been disclosed, but it is designed to provide patient capital to multiple early-stage startups.
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