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Mahendra Ramsinghani

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Mahendra manages Invest-Detroit’s First Step Fund, a micro-finance fund that is focused on seed and early stage investments in the region. Since its launch, the Fund has invested in 40+ companies across technology, healthcare and energy sectors. At the MEDC, he led the efforts for development of two Fund-of-Funds programs that was signed into a legislation and currently deploys $200 million in VC Funds.

Mahendra is the author of “The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies (Wiley Finance). See: http://amzn.com/0470874449

Recent Milestones

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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — Invested in Llamasoft.com - leaders in Supply Chain Simulation (10/30/12)
  Posted 10/30/12 at 9:16pm via cbslocal.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — Invested in Livio Series C Round (8/20/12)
  Posted 8/21/12 at 3:30pm via prnewswire.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — Invest Detroit (First Step Fund) invested in Molecular Imaging Inc. Series A round (2/24/12)
  Posted 2/24/12 at 3:09pm via annarbor.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — Invested in DeNovo Sciences www.denovosciences.com (12/30/11)
  Posted 8/21/12 at 3:49pm via concentratemedia.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — "The Business of Venture Capital" book released. "If you read only one guide to becoming a successful VC, this is the one to read." writes Paul Maeder, Chairman, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) (10/25/11)
  Posted 2/11/12 at 6:55pm via amzn.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — Invested in "Are You A Human"? www.areyouahuman.com (7/25/11)
  Posted 8/21/12 at 3:38pm via bizjournals.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — Invested in Delphinus Medical Technologies www.delphinusmt.com (7/1/11)
  Posted 8/21/12 at 4:20pm via metromodemedia.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — Invested in Local Orbit www.localorb.it (7/1/11)
  Posted 8/21/12 at 3:33pm via modeldmedia.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — Invested in Fusion Coolant www.fusioncoolant.com (5/16/11)
  Posted 8/21/12 at 3:35pm via modeldmedia.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani — Invested in Accio Energy www.accioenergy.com (5/1/11)
  Posted 8/21/12 at 3:34pm via modeldmedia.com
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  Mahendra Ramsinghani added a position as Managing Director at First Step Fund. (3/1/10)
  Posted 2/24/12 at 3:03pm

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