The New Enterprise Forum

Upcoming Event

Topic: WHO NEEDS A @#! VENTURE CAPITALIST?
When: September 18, 2008 - Registration & networking 5:00 p.m.; Program begins at 5:45 p.m.
  You may view them as funding gatekeepers, but venture capitalists are actually one part of an interconnected economic ecosystem that includes participation between the state, companies, pension funds, and venture firms to produce prosperity. Join us to understand why you and your local VC might have more in common than you thought...
Where: SPECIAL LOCATION: SPARK Central, 330 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor (Click here for map)
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The New Enterprise Forum (NEF) is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1986 to help entrepreneurs prosper and grow. We link entrepreneurs to management expertise, potential joint venture partners, mentors, business services, capital, and other critical resources.

Since its founding, NEF has been a model for similar groups and a magnet for entrepreneurs and investors throughout Michigan and the Midwest. Our success has captured national media attention and is unique among organizations of its kind in longevity, dynamism, and the number of deals assisted.

NEF Program Partners


Stakeholder Members
Inner Circle Media LLC Bank of Ann Arbor
GDI Infotech, Inc Online Technologies Corporation
Wright Griffin Davis and Co. Dykema Gossett, PLLC
MI - Small Business Technology Develop Center Plante and Moran
PR Newswire National City
The Dow Chemical Company Venture Capital Hutchins Crang Marketing Group
Mitechnews.Com Business Review Washtenaw Livingston
University of Michigan Business School, Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
ALCOS Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Arbor Partners, LLC Menlo Innovations
Butzel Long
U of M Tech Transfer