Phil Vella

Phil Vella

2025 Midwest startup funding: Year in Review.

Midwest Startup Founder Stories: Year in Review 2025

Founder Stories: Charlie & Madeline of Intero Biosystems

Midwest Innovation: the AI Forum building a regional center of gravity

Founder Stories: Scott & Bryce of Midwest vs… the Rest?

Founder Stories: Ryan Rybolt of Payload

Founder Stories: Kerry Duggan of Energy Security Partners

The Story of Midwest House Part 2: Changing Names

Ohio’s Experiment: The O.H.I.O. Fund Bets on Itself

The Story of Midwest House Part 1: Ten Years to Community

Founder Stories: Ben Kvalo of Midwest Games

Midwest Startup Fundraising – Q3 2025: Uneven, Outlier-Driven, and Sober.

Founder Stories: Laura Markewicz of Lotza

Can a $1.25M pitch competition impact Michigan’s startup trajectory?

Founder Stories: Troy M. Morris of Kall Morris Inc

Maker, Maker. Doctor… Quantum Physicist? Midwest Fundraising by Industry by State

Founder Stories: RJ Talyor of Backstroke

Is Deep Tech Quietly Exploding in the Midwest?

Founder Stories: Beth Hussey from Shifty

Michigan Angel Collective: Speed of Entrepreneurship vs. Speed of Risk

The Summit for VC collaboration in the Great Lakes region

Founder Stories: Heather Jackson of iXplore

Vote in the 2025 SaaS Benchmarks Survey

Founder Stories: Blake Mischley of MeetYourClass

The Start Midwest University Rankings: 2025

Does Brand Matter in B2B SaaS? Yes. That means even for YOUR startup.

The Midwest is a fundraising under-performer. What can be done to change that?

If a Midwest startup raised $40m and no one knew, did it make a sound?