Mark Kendall
Investment Partners play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Michigan Investment Partners. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top Michigan Investment Partners
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Dan Gilbert
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Dan Gilbert is Founder and Chairman of Quicken Loans Inc., the nation’s second largest mortgage lender. He is also Founder and Chairman of…
Robert Mylod Jr.
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Robert Mylod is the Founder and Managing Partner at Annox Capital Management since 2013. From 1999 to 2011, Robert held several roles at…
Chris Thomas
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed, Venture
Chris Thomas is a co-founder and partner of Assembly Ventures. Prior to Assembly Ventures he co-founded the Detroit Mobility Lab and the Mi…
Mary Barra
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mary Barra is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Company. Barra was elected Chairman of the GM Board of Directors on Jan…
Ted Serbinski
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ted Serbinski is a tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist investing in founders around the world building the future of transportation. Te…
Ken Washington
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Dr. Ken Washington is Vice President of Research and Advanced Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, Ford Motor Company, effective June 1…
Jonathon Triest
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jonathon Triest is the founder and Managing Partner of Ludlow Ventures where he has invested in over fifty technology companies. Prior to…
Casey Cowell
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Casey G. Cowell serves as Principal at Boomerang Catapult, LLC. He serves as Principal Owner at Durandal Inc. He also serves as an Advisor a…
Toby Brzoznowski
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
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Toby is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of LLamasoft. Over the last decade, he has helped bring supply chain design into the corpo…
Kate Hernandez
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
California native drawn to Detroit’s passion and creativity. Recovering lawyer/ banker/ consultant, and avid collector of antique keys and H…
Lindsay Aspegren
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Lindsay is a general partner at North Coast, an early stage, technology investment fund with $130 million in capital under management. A…
Jan Garfinkle
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Founder and Managing Partner, Arboretum Ventures.
Swamy Kotagiri
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Swamy Kotagiri
Nancy Philippart
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Nancy Philippart – General Partner & Co-Founder @ BELLE Michigan, LP
Jason Nolte
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jason Nolte – Founder & Investor @ NAX Group
Brian Hermelin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Founder & Chairman of Rockbridge Growth Equity, Chairman of Active Aero Group, and resident comedian. Sits on more boards than we can compre…
Doug Neal
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Doug Neal is Co-Founder and Managing Director of eLab Ventures.
Louis Cannon
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Dr. Cannon is a former Judith Volkman Scholar In Residence, and is the Founder and Senior Managing Director of BioStar Ventures. He has been…
Adrian Fortino
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Adrian Fortino is the Managing Director at Mercury Fund.
Carolyn Cassin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Carolyn Cassin is the founder and general partner at The BELLE Michigan Impact Fund.
Ken Van Heel
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Ken Van Heel – Executive @ Motorcity Systems
Rob Ball
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Rob Ball – President & CEO @ Magnesium Development Company
Jake Cohen
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Co-Founder of eatBlue.com, Ugrub.com and Ubars.com. JD, MBA, BA from U of M. Wolverine Venture Fund alum. Wishes Trey Burke would stay for f…
Charles P. Rothstein
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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As founder, Charlie manages Beringea and is directly involved in identifying, analyzing, making and exiting investments, as well as providin…
Jacob Cohen
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Jacob Cohen is a Partner at Detroit Venture Partners.
Brett deMarrais
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Brett deMarrais is a Partner at Ludlow Ventures. Before that, he was the Founder of Wedit.
Donald Parfet
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Don Parfet has over thirty years of experience in all aspects of life sciences business launch, management, and exit. It was his vision to l…
Hugo Braun
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Hugo has been an active venture capital investor in the Midwest and California since 1987. Hugo has evaluated hundreds of investment opportu…
Matthew Bell
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Matthew Bell – Director, SC Launch Program @ South Carolina Research Authority
Mark Donnelly
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Mark Donnelly presently serves as a managing director at Runway Growth Capital. Prior to Runway, he was a board member at various companies …
Tim Petersen
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Tim Petersen specializes in investments in medical device, equipment, and healthcare information technology companies, leveraging his broad …
Tim Streit
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Tim is a Co-Founder and Partner at Grand Ventures. Prior to Co-Founding Grand Ventures, Tim Co-Founded Huron River Ventures (HRV) an early-s…
Francis Collins
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, has served as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since August 17, 2009.Collins is a physic…
Marc Rosenmayr
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Marc Rosenmayr
Jonathan Murray
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Prior to joining Early Stage Partners as Managing Director in late 2000, Jonathan was President of Incubation Services, a strategy consultin…
Paul McCreadie
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Partner & Chief Operating Officer at Arboretum Ventures.
Dan Kidle
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Dan Kidle joined Arboretum Ventures in 2011 as an Analyst. His efforts are focused primarily on reviewing new investment opportunities and p…
Mike Morin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mike Morin is the Director at Seamless Wellbeing.
Michael Gross
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Michael is responsible for investment sourcing, deal execution and portfolio management, with a focus on healthcare, technology enabled serv…
John Draper
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
John Draper Chief Executive Officer at Viridian Equity Partners.
Prem Bodagala
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Prem began his career in venture capital as an Associate at Michigan Accelerator Fund I in Grand Rapids where he led the sourcing and dilige…
Sachin Lawande
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Sachin Lawande is currently President of HARMAN’s Infotainment Division. Mr. Lawande is responsible for all worldwide operations, direction,…
Ryan Waddington
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ryan has over 15 years of experience in investing, operating and consulting roles in the alternative energy and environmental sectors, and i…
Evan Ufer
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Evan joined Plymouth Ventures after nearly 10 years of experience in private equity and corporate M&A. Prior to joining Plymouth, Evan was a…
Matthew Hare
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Matthew Hare – Partner, CFO & COO @ Huron Capital
Gabe Karp
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Executive team at ePrize, Inc. Crain’s Business General Counsel 2011 Winner for state of Michigan. Led efforts on multiple acquisitions, ven…
Sherwin L. Prior
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Sherwin Prior was named Managing Director, General Motors Ventures LLC effective September 1, 2010. Prior to this appointment, he worked …
Jeff Wesley
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jeff Wesley
Patricia Glaza
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ms. Patricia (Patti) Glaza serves as Vice President, Invest Detroit and Managing Director, First Step Fund and Detroit Innovate. Ms. Glaza …
Maitlan Cramer
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Maitlan Cramer
Ralph Christoffersen
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Ralph Christoffersen joined Morgenthaler Ventures in 2001. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he focuses on biotechnology investments. Previousl…
Cynthia Muller
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Venture
Cynthia Muller – Director, Mission Driven Investment @ The W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Achyut Jajoo
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Achyut Jajoo
Kevin Prokop
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Kevin Prokop – Director @ Questor
George Dunbar
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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George Dunbar joined Arboretum Ventures in 2010 as a Venture Partner. George utilizes his extensive healthcare operating experience as the …
Josh Linkner
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Josh Linkner is the Keynote Speaker, New York Times Best Selling Author, Entrepreneur, Innovation & Creativity Expert at Platypus Labs.
Edward Saenz de Viteri
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Edward Saenz de Viteri
Jason Duzan
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jason Duzan
Brook Critchfield
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Brook joined Plymouth Growth Partners as a Partner in 2017 where he is involved in all aspects of the firm’s investing activities. Prior to…
Steven Carrel
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Steven Carrel – Managing Director @ Transportation Resource Partners
Marcy Klevorn
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Marcy Klevorn
Carl B. Erickson
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Carl is the CEO of Atomic Object, a software design and development company with offices in Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Ann Arbor. Carl’s ser…
Michael Psarouthakis
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Prior to my current job as the Director at the University of Michigan Venture Center, I was the Vice President of Business Acceleration at t…
Jeff Barry
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jeff is an experienced finance professional with over 20 years of experience working in investments and banking. He joined Plymouth Ventures…
Thomas Shehab
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Managing Partner at Arboretum Ventures.
Ian Bund
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Ian has been active in venture capital investing and building companies since 1969 and brings deep financial and technology expertise to Ply…
Steve Downing
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
CFO at Gentex Corporation.
Charlie Moret
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Charlie Moret is the Chairman, President, and CEO at Invest Michigan.
Mark Horne
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Mark joined Plymouth as an investor and advisor in 2005 as an outgrowth of his long term friendship with Ian Bund, Plymouth’s founder. Since…
Nick Barker
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Nick Barker
Pietro Gorlier
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Pietro Gorlier
Joseph Fadool
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Joseph Fadool President and General Manager at BorgWarner Inc.
Kevin Terrasi
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Kevin is a professional with more than 15 years of experience in management positions in technical, operations, and business development are…
Lois DeBacker
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Lois DeBacker serves as managing director of The Kresge Foundation’s Environment Program, which focuses on helping communities build resilie…
Damato Paul
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Damato Paul – Managing Director @ Trout Creek Ventures
Luke Plumpton
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Luke Plumpton – Partner @ O2 Investment Partners
Bryan Finnerty
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
Bryan Finnerty
Joe Vallee
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Joe Vallee – Vice President @ O2 Investment Partners
Steve Haakenson
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Steve Haakenson
Patrick Corden
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Patrick Corden
Michael Lunt
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Michael Lunt
Marten Van Pelt
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Marten Van Pelt
Josh Hundt
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
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Josh Hundt is an Executive President & Chief Business Development Officer at Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
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