ABOUT 21st CENTURY FUND

Selected Managers

Following is an overview of the participating 21st Century Fund fund managers. Please click on Firm name or logo to be directed to their respective websites.

Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Arboretum Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in the healthcare sector. The Firm focuses primarily on investments in medical technology devices and healthcare services.

Early Stage Partners is an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Cleveland, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company invests in opportunities in life sciences, technology, and cleantech.

Maranon Mezzanine Fund was formed to invest in mezzanine and equity securities primarily in the lower middle market.  The Firm provides senior first and second lien debt and subordinated debt financing, along with equity co-investment capital, to private companies and private equity sponsored leveraged buyouts. 

Midwest Mezzanine is a mezzanine firm that partners with private equity sponsors, fundless sponsors, and management teams by providing junior capital to U.S. and Canadian companies in the lower-end of the middle-market.

Nth Power is a leading venture capital firm focused on the identification and investment in clean technology companies.  The Firm invests in promising startup companies in the growing sector of energy technology, materials and other related businesses. 

Quad Partners makes private equity investments in the education industry.  The Firm’s key strategy is to invest in high-quality education businesses with significant growth potential and apply the education-specific operating and financial expertise of the Firm’s Principals to create operational value. 

The Relativity Fund
Relativity was founded in 2006 by Leslie L. Armitage and Joyce Johnson-Miller to make private equity investments in North American middle market businesses

RPM, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is an early-stage venture capital firm.  RPM primarily focuses on investing in information technology (software, semiconductor) or physical sciences (materials, alternative energy) companies selling to Midwest manufacturing and automotive customer base, as well as university spin-outs.   

Venture Investors is a leading investor in seed and early stage venture capital in the Midwest. The Firm focuses on investments in the life sciences, information technology and engineering industries.