Levi Ring

UpRound is a venture capital student organization dedicated to interdisciplinary undergraduate venture capital education, engaging the broader venture community with Southeastern Michigan, and creating a stronger sense of community within Michigan entrepreneurship. - UpRounds first initiative was a student venture capital competition that simulates an accelerated investment process - Obtained status as the official Michigan qualifier for the national uVCIC competition - Built partnerships with several VC firms, corporate sponsors, and university offices - Created training sessions to teach how a VC firm works, research and due diligence, and term sheets - Engaged over 200 students - Hosted VC guests from firms with a combined $5B under management

StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to our clients. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices, and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals. StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private market portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt, and real estate asset classes.

UpRound is a venture capital student organization dedicated to interdisciplinary undergraduate venture capital education, engaging the broader venture community with Southeastern Michigan, and creating a stronger sense of community within Michigan entrepreneurship. - UpRounds first initiative was a student venture capital competition that simulates an accelerated investment process - Obtained status as the official Michigan qualifier for the national uVCIC competition - Built partnerships with several VC firms, corporate sponsors, and university offices - Created training sessions to teach how a VC firm works, research and due diligence, and term sheets - Engaged over 200 students - Hosted VC guests from firms with a combined $5B under management

Our mission is to expand the startup entrepreneurial ecosystem in the midwest by connecting the best up-and-coming startups with top venture funds