Do Michigan Rise and Techstars invest together?

Yes — Michigan Rise and Techstars appear together in 6 tracked portfolio companies, including Airspace Link, Approva, blueflite, EcoG, Gildform.

How do Michigan Rise and Techstars compare on check size?

Michigan Rise typically writes checks of $50K – $150K, while Techstars writes $220K.

Two firms that co-invest: side by side on stage, sector, check size, and track record, from public filings and the firms' own sites.

	Michigan Rise	Techstars
Type	Government fund	Accelerator
HQ	East Lansing	Boulder
Founded	1973	2006
Check size	$50K – $150K	$220K
Stages	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors	Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, Biotech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Defense Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Medical Devices, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors	AI & Machine Learning, Energy, Fintech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Mobility & Transportation, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech
Tracked investments	135	5,595
Exits (acquired/public)	1	25
Dated deals, last 24 mo	2	47

Do Michigan Rise and Techstars invest together?: Yes — Michigan Rise and Techstars appear together in 6 tracked portfolio companies, including Airspace Link, Approva, blueflite, EcoG, Gildform.
How do Michigan Rise and Techstars compare on check size?: Michigan Rise typically writes checks of $50K – $150K, while Techstars writes $220K.