Jose L. Villalba

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.

BOXABL has created a building system that’s compatible with scalable factory mass production. Our mission is to significantly lower the cost of homeownership for everyone.

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.

Acumen America backs entrepreneurs building innovative solutions to the urgent challenges of unequal workforce development, health inequities, and financial instability.

We are the platform for the next generation of investors and founders. Our vision is to provide the "in-road" platform to the venture ecosystem, helping the next generation of investors and founders invest and scale world-changing companies.

The Venture Cooperative is a free educational program and inclusive community that makes Laconias investments, processes, and learnings accessible for the next generation of early stage investors. The first of its kind, this structure expands financial access into the asset class and sheds light on the inner workings of a venture firm. . Members financially share in our success, participate in our investment processes, share expertise within our community, and collaborate with early stage founders. Apply for our next cohort here: https://bit.ly/3e0VPjm

Octave is an early-stage, founder-centric fund investing in enterprise data opportunities. As former founders, we deeply understand the highlights and lowlights of the founder journey. We strive to be close partners of the companies we invest in and take a hands-on approach to helping navigate the ups and downs of early company building. Our belief that machine learning is the transformative technology of our time is built on a deep experience building data products. Were excited by new ideas that help unlock the power of machine learning by solving key problems in Infrastructure, Applied ML, Dev Tools, and Security and Privacy. Data is at its Kitty Hawk moment and were thrilled to be a lifting force for the next generation of founders seeking to defy gravity. If youre in the early stages of company-building, wed love to connect with you. Please consider making a short intro video and sending us the link via the Airtable form below: https://airtable.com/shrr4lsIQtc4yYNkO