Join us May 15 & 16, 2012 where over 400 attendees are expected including angel, seed and growth stage investors from across the U.S., executives of early stage and emerging growth companies and related stakeholders.

Celebrating its 31st anniversary, the 2012 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium is the Midwest's leading event for attracting the best investors from across the U.S. and showcasing high-quality investable companies. In the past decade alone, more than 300 companies have presented. About 70% of these have raised capital totaling more than $1.7 billion in investments and nearly 20% have realized successful exits. Video: MGCS Cebebrates 30 Years

Year after year, the MGCS has brought greater awareness and opportunity to startups emerging from research departments of leading universities across the country. Over the past 10 years nearly a quarter of the presenting companies have been university-based spinouts, raising capital totaling some $430 million in investments. About 70 percent (a total of 49 companies) have come from Michigan's University Research Corridor institutions---U-M, Michigan State and Wayne State and one-fifth of these companies have realized successful exits.

MGCS is presented by the University of Michigan Zell Lurie Institute's Center for Venture Capital & Private Equity Finance at the Ross School of Busienss in partnership with the Michigan Venture Capital Association.

MGCS 2012 will Feature:

• 2 Keynote Addresses by industry leaders
• 40 pre-qualified Midwest companies seeking up to $20M in funding
• 5 Expert panels on timely issues impacting investors and entrepreneurs
• 2 days of high level networking

Investment Firms Represented at MGCS 2011: Allos Ventures, Amherst Fund LLC, Angel Capital Partners, Apjohn Ventures, Arboretum Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Arctaris Capital Partners, Azimuth Capital Management LLC, Baird Venture Partners, Ballast Point Ventures, Bank of Ann Arbor, Belle Capital, Beringea, LLC, BioStar Ventures, Boston Financial & Equity Corp, Capital Midwest Fund, Chrysalis Ventures LLC, Credit Suisse, Detroit Community Fund, DFJ Mercury, DTE Energy Ventures, Early Stage Partners, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, Flagship Ventures, Fletcher Spaght Ventures, GM Ventures, Grand Angels, HIG BioVentures, Hopen Life Science Ventures, Huron River Ventures, Landmark Angels, Lumira Capital, MK Capital, Montgomery & Co., Michigan Accelerator Fund, Mutual Capital Partners, North Coast Technology Investors, Open Prairie, Phenomenelle Angels Fund, Plymouth Venture Partners, Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, Resonant Capital, River Cities Capital Funds, RPM Ventures, Rocket Ventures, SV Life Sciences, SWMF Life Science Fund, Seneca Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, State of Michigan Retirement System, TGap Ventures, Triathlon Medical Ventures, Venture Investors LLC, Versant Ventures, Wolverine Venture Fund and more to come…