by IG_Admin | Oct 8, 2024 | News
Coverage from VCWIRE TECH, published 2024-10-08. Industry newsletter VCWire reported that Kalamazoo Forward Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, had launched with a $50 million investment fund. The brief described the firm as Black-owned and...
by IG_Admin | Oct 7, 2024 | News
Coverage from Black Enterprise, published 2024-10-07. Black Enterprise profiled Kalamazoo Forward Ventures, the seven-man collective that announced a $50 million capital commitment on Sept. 24, 2024 to support underrepresented founders in Southwest Michigan across...
by IG_Admin | Oct 1, 2024 | News
Coverage from Crains Grand Rapids, published 2024-10-01. Crain’s Grand Rapids Business detailed how the partners behind Kalamazoo Forward Ventures intend to combine investment returns with social equity to lift the Kalamazoo economy. Over a ten-year horizon the...
by IG_Admin | Sep 27, 2024 | News
Coverage from Face2Face Africa, published 2024-09-27. Southwest Michigan gained its first Black-owned venture capital firm with the arrival of Kalamazoo Forward Ventures, known as KZFV, which opened with a $50 million capital commitment. The firm is the work of seven...
by IG_Admin | Sep 26, 2024 | News
Coverage from Second Wave Media, published 2024-09-26. Kalamazoo Forward Ventures, billed as Southwest Michigan’s first Black-owned investment fund, introduced its $50 million commitment to about 120 guests at Kalamazoo Country Club on Sept. 24, 2024. The...
