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Eye on ID Ventures – February 2023

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ID VENTURES IN THE NEWS


ID Ventures Top VC Firm in Mobility and Fintech

ID Ventures named top Mobility and Fintech venture capital firm.

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PORTFOLIO NEWS

EVOQ Therapeutics signs $685M licensing deal

EVOQ Therapeutics signs a licensing agreement with public biopharmaceutical company Gilead Science, Inc.
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PORTFOLIO NEWS

AVS raises $20M in Series B funding

AVS has raised a $20M Series B financing round, let by BioStar Capital, to accelerate clinical trial timelines.
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PORTFOLIO NEWS

Pocketnest raises $2.6M in Series Seed funding 

Pocketnest raises $2.6M to boost financial wellness fintech’s growth, led by Reseda Group.
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RECENT IDV INVESTMENTS

Blue Conduit

BlueConduit is a water analytics company that has developed cutting-edge, predictive machine learning software to locate lead service lines.
 

ID VENTURES NEWS

Welcome Lee Rawlings!

ID Ventures welcomes Lee Rawlings as Investment Director. In this new role, Lee has responsibility for leading ID Ventures due diligence efforts, fostering its technical/investing advisory board, and helping support ID Venture’s portfolio of over 110 active investments.Prior to joining ID Ventures, Lee was a partner at GM Ventures and held various roles at GM’s Urban Mobility unit, including Mobility Strategist and Head of Performance. Before GM Ventures, Lee sourced and led acquisitions for Cruise Automation, a driverless car startup, acquired by GM in 2016.Lee has a BS in mechanical engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
 

ID VENTURES NEWS

Aditi moving to Good Growth VC

It is with great sadness that we announce Aditi Rajagopal will be leaving ID Ventures. Aditi is going to work for Good Growth VC, an out-of-state venture fund that specializes in data science, climate tech & life sciences. It’s a great opportunity with a growing fund that is majority women-owned. The good news is that she is staying local, working remote. Aditi has been instrumental to the ID team over the past couple of years. Please send Aditi your well wishes and connect with her on LinkedIN.
 

ID VENTURES NEWS

Patti Glaza receives award

Congratulations to our own Patti Glaza on being named Startup Community Champion from New Enterprise Forum! This is a new award which recognizes an individual who has made a huge positive impact by devoting their time and energy to building a robust startup community in our region and who has directly and indirectly fostered the growth of numerous entrepreneurs.
 

IDV PARTNERS

2023 Black Founders Fund & Latino Founders Fund

Google for Startups Black and Latino Founders Funds provide non-dilutive cash awards, Google Cloud credits and hands-on support to help you build and grow. Sign up with these links to get notified when the application is live!Black Founders FundLatino Founders Fund
 

Ecosystem Events

Startup Detroit Happy HourIn personFebruary 21, 2023TechTown Coworking Drop-in DayIn personFebruary 22, 2023Founders Fireside: Straight Talk for StartupsIn person and virtualFebruary 22, 2023Changing the Narrative: Celebrating Black Founders & Inspiring the Future of Black Entrepreneurship in MichiganIn personFebruary 23, 202320Fathoms Open HouseIn personFebruary 23, 2023 &March 30, 2023Hacking with the Homies Developer ConferenceIn person and virtualFebruary 24, 2023Desai Accelerator 2023 Cohort Info SessionVirtualFebruary 27, 2023TCNewTech Pitch EventIn personMarch 7, 2023Customer Discovery – The Secret to Startup SuccessVirtualMarch 15, 2023New Enterprise Forum Panel Discussion and Showcase PresentationIn person or virtualMarch 16, 2023Startup Detroit Open Pitch NightIn personMarch 16, 2023Startup Detroit Happy HourIn personMarch 21, 2023The Myths & Reality of Tech Entrepreneurship & Getting FundedIn personMarch 22, 2023Velocity Center – Burnout Proof Your TeamIn personMarch 22, 2023Startup Detroit Happy HourIn personApril 18, 2023SAVE THE DATE: Renaissance Venture Capital DEI UnDemo DayVirtualMay 9, 2023INTEGR8: The Industry 4.0 ConferenceIn personMay 9, 2023Midwest Growth Capital SymposiumIn personMay 23 & 24, 2023 

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