Ann Arbor
The Midwest has established itself as a fast-growing region in the national venture capital market. Nowhere is that growth more evident than in Ann Arbor: with nearly 60% of the startups that raised venture capital funding in Michigan in 2021 located here and 80% of capital invested in Ann Arbor companies.
Gunderson Dettmer’s Ann Arbor office was founded in 2015 to bring our deep experience, practical advice and extensive industry relationships to founders, emerging companies and venture capital and growth equity investors in the Midwest. Since then, our team has grown significantly while remaining deeply connected to the firm’s offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, Boston, and other tech hubs, offering local startups and investors world-class advice from a team passionate about their ecosystem.
Our team’s entrepreneurial spirit has made us a great match for this growing market. Our attorneys remain singularly focused on the startup and emerging company market, representing venture capital and growth equity investors and private companies at all stages and in a variety of industries, including cybersecurity, mobility, life sciences, consumer, fintech, and software. We built our firm to scale up with our clients while remaining nimble enough to keep pace with rapid industry shifts, allowing us to address clients’ goals at every stage of their businesses.
Our Ann Arbor team has closed over $21 billion in venture and growth equity financings for company and fund clients. Gunderson Dettmer also handled public company client Coupa’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of Llamasoft, a transaction that is recognized as the largest venture-backed startup acquisition in Michigan history.
While we are invested in the Midwest ecosystem, our work also takes us far beyond the region. Attorneys in our Ann Arbor office also represent companies and investors on both coasts, and in transactions around the world.
Our team has preeminent experience in what are the most important strategic needs of high-growth companies, venture capital and growth equity funds.
