Please join on Zoom for the kick-off event of our distinguished speaker series. The speakers will talk about how VC funds select early- and later-stage companies for investment, how VCs decide on the deal structure and valuation, how they grow their companies, and exit their investments. They will highlight the impact of COVID-19 on VC…
Please join us for Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Finance’s Speaker Series: “How do Venture Capitalists invest and raise funds?” with Kelly Ford (General Partner, Edison Partners); Vince Nystrom, (Principal, Renaissance Venture Fund), and Ryan Rathman (Senior Portfolio Manager, State of MI Retirement System). The panelist will discuss how Venture Capital funds select early-stage…
{Open to MSU Community} Please join us virtually for our second installment of the CVCPEEF Speaker Series. The panelists for this event will discuss the Financial Services Industry and how it is operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specific topics to include; Sourcing, Risk Management, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation. Panelists: Merritt Lutz (MSU BA, MA ’67) –…
Kelly Ford Buckley, Spartan Alumna and Advisory Board member of the Center for Venture Capital will share her experiences as a serial VC-backed tech entrepreneur, and venture capitalist at Edison Partners. At Edison, she leads investments in enterprise software and fintech, advising portfolio companies in go-to-market strategies and execution, organization design, and alignment. She has…
