Carl Erickson

Founder, retired, Atomic Object

📍 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2015𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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Advisor, Investor
Jun 2015
Envoy is a wholesale B2B platform for your entire team. No matter how large your business, our tools and services are designed to help you create dynamic content, increase your speed of sale, bring you closer to your customer, and excite your IT department. Envoy B2B provides the technology you need to empower your team and grow your wholesale business.
Board Member
Jan 2015
The way we eat is changing. Food buyers and suppliers are reinventing the way they operate to meet consumer demand for local, sustainably produced food. Local Orbit supports emerging supply chains that are changing the way we eat. We provide affordable, thoughtfully designed Sales and Business Management Tools for local food aggregators, distributors, and producers. By enabling efficient, decentralized supply chains that can meet the demand for food produced closer to where we live, Local Orbit is helping people build a more equitable and sustainable food system.
Board Member
Nov 2011
The largest, fastest-growing high school sports marketing and media network. Partnered with over 20% of the nation's high schools, VNN connects local sports communities together.
Experience · 9 entries
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Founder (3)
Board (2)
2019
Board Chair
Jan 2019
MCN is one of Michigan’s most active and consistent investment organizations. Our objective is to build world-class companies and entrepreneurial talent through investment and mentoring. We are only successful if the people with whom we invest are successful. Our group is committed to utilizing our financial, intellectual, and networking resources to help our portfolio companies achieve more. Our commitment is to grow strong entrepreneurs and companies in Michigan and the Midwest region.
2018
Co-Founder
Nov 2018
Mader Mill is a sawmill in Spencer, Indiana producing decking and stringers for shipping pallets in a large range of sizes and species.
2015
Advisor, Investor
Jun 2015
Envoy is a wholesale B2B platform for your entire team. No matter how large your business, our tools and services are designed to help you create dynamic content, increase your speed of sale, bring you closer to your customer, and excite your IT department. Envoy B2B provides the technology you need to empower your team and grow your wholesale business.
Board Member
Jan 2015
The way we eat is changing. Food buyers and suppliers are reinventing the way they operate to meet consumer demand for local, sustainably produced food. Local Orbit supports emerging supply chains that are changing the way we eat. We provide affordable, thoughtfully designed Sales and Business Management Tools for local food aggregators, distributors, and producers. By enabling efficient, decentralized supply chains that can meet the demand for food produced closer to where we live, Local Orbit is helping people build a more equitable and sustainable food system.
2014
Managing Director
Sep 2014
Tappan Hill Ventures is a capital management firm, financing companies within the health care and internet technologies domain. Target companies will possess common characteristics, each with disruptive and proprietary technologies, large potential markets, high volume/sensitive transactions and low volume/value added transactions. The selection of this investment focus has taken into account sectors known for efficient use of capital investment, term to realization and specialized domain experience of the Management Team.
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2011–2015 · 3 investments
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