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Michigan Rise is a wholly owned venture capital subsidiary of the Michigan State University Research Foundation, operated in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. It provides pre-seed and early-stage funding to Michigan-based technology startups to help commercialize innovative technologies.
33% of their portfolio is in Biotech & Life Sciences. Their most common stage is seed (47% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.5M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
13
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Karis D’Alessandro, PhD
Venture Associate
Moody Mattan
Venture Associate
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
15 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Intero Biosystems | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jun 2025 |
| CChurchSpace | Unknown | $1.2M | May 2025 |
 CircNova | Seed | $3.3M | Jan 2025 |
| Intero Biosystems | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2025 |
| SSniffer Robotics | Seed | $2M | Dec 2024 |
 Atlas Space Operations | Growth | $15M | Sep 2024 |
 ATLAS Space | Growth | $15M | Sep 2024 |
 RIVET Work | Seed | $2M | Jan 2024 |
| SSniffer | Seed | $2M | Jan 2023 |
| SSensCy | Seed | $4M | Dec 2022 |
 Genomenon | Series B | $20M | Jan 2022 |
 Akadeum Life Sciences | Series B | $17.5M | Oct 2021 |
| RIVET Work | Pre-Seed | $6M | Jan 2021 |
 BitLyft | Seed | $1M | Jan 2021 |
 Nickels | Seed | $4M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Red Cedar Ventures8 shared
Beringea4 shared
Michigan Capital Network3 shared
Detroit Venture Partners3 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center2 shared
GOOSE Capital2 shared
NewSpace Capital2 shared
Invest Detroit2 shared
Augment Ventures2 shared
Stonks2 shared
Realty Corporation2 shared
Brick & Mortar Ventures2 shared
University of Michigan2 shared
Union Heritage Ventures1 shared
South Loop Ventures1 shared
Service Provider Capital1 shared
Spark Capital1 shared
Flyover Capital1 shared
LifeSpan Vision Ventures1 shared
Berkeley Catalyst Fund1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026