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Detroit Venture Partners

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We’re a Detroit-based Venture Capital firm on a crazed mission. We back seed and early-stage technology companies who have a purpose.

Our purpose is to help rebuild the Detroit area through entrepreneurial fire. We view business building as a palate for creative expression and an opportunity to make a difference and change the world. If not, why bother?

We are creative business builders, not money managers. We are entrepreneurs helping other entrepreneurs build and grow meaningful companies.

It’s not just about the idea or the industry. To us, it’s about backing passionate entrepreneurs that can both dream and execute. Great thinking trumps fancy diplomas. Imagination beats pedigree.

Looking for investment opportunities in these sectors: internet, digital media, marketing technology, direct-to-consumer, sports & entertainment, social media, e-commerce, software. Your biotech or advanced manufacturing idea may be groundbreaking, but that’s not our focus. We’d just screw it up if we got involved.

Recent Milestones

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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Chalkfly. (3/19/13)
  Posted 3/29/13 at 7:40pm via modeldmedia.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Stik. (3/4/13)
  Posted 3/4/13 at 6:08pm via techcrunch.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in UpTo. (2/28/13)
  Posted 2/28/13 at 7:48pm via finsmes.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in LevelEleven. (10/30/12)
  Posted 10/31/12 at 3:08am via finsmes.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Rockbot (formerly Roqbot). (6/12/12)
  Posted 6/11/12 at 7:57am via techcrunch.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Quikly. (4/1/12)
  Posted 6/27/12 at 11:28am
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Sociocast . (12/1/11)
  Posted 12/1/11 at 6:28am via techcrunch.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners — invested in StyleCaster (11/28/11)
  Posted 9/5/12 at 9:05am via venturebeat.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Own Point of Sale. (11/8/11)
  Posted 11/8/11 at 10:08pm
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  Detroit Venture Partners — Invested in Sociocast. (11/1/11)
  Posted 9/6/12 at 5:45am via businesswire.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in UpTo. (10/1/11)
  Posted 12/23/11 at 7:19am via techcrunch.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Miso Media. (9/14/11)
  Posted 9/14/11 at 6:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Are You a Human. (7/26/11)
  Posted 7/25/11 at 6:34pm via finsmes.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners — Invested in Detroit Labs. (5/1/11)
  Posted 9/6/12 at 5:43am via fundingpost.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Flud. (4/13/11)
  Posted 4/8/11 at 2:22pm via techcrunch.com
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  Detroit Venture Partners invested in Marxent Labs. (1/12/11)
  Posted 3/2/13 at 5:34am via finsmes.com

Investments

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Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
fundingpost.com [edit]
Sociocast Closes $1.5MM Bridge Financing Round to Continue Growth and Development Pace (businesswire.com) [edit]
1. Chalkfly scores $750K Series A round, set to double staff (modeldmedia.com) [edit]
2. Social Recommendations Startup Stik Relaunches, Raises $2.3M From Detroit Venture Partners And North Coast Technology Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. UpTo Raises $1.5M in Second Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. LevelEleven Raises $1M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
5. Roqbot Raises $1.2M From Google Ventures & More To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Social Jukebox (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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7. Sociocast Raises $1.5 Million For ‘Big Data’ Analytics Solutions (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Own Point of Sale Corporation Raises $1.2M in Seed Funding [edit]
9. UpTo Lands Seed Funding To Go “Beyond Status Updates And Check-ins” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Miso Media Raises Another $2.4 Million To Help You Learn Guitar (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Are You a Human Raises $750K in Series A Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
12. News Reader FLUD Raises $1 Million From Cavs Owner, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. Marxent Labs Receives Funding from Detroit Ventures Partners (finsmes.com) [edit]