Tuesday, April 27, 2004
In what could be the first collaboration of its kind in the country, eleven banks in Kalamazoo have formed The Bank Consortium for Innovation. The focus will be to build life sciences in Southwest Michigan.
The banking group has initially committed $130,000 of $200,000 needed annually to run Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday, a monthly forum to match entrepreneurs with venture capitalists. Consortium members will use the forums to learn about life-sciences and venture-capital strategies. Learn more.
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Bank consortium for life science start-ups
