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Detroit Venture Partners
Venture capital · Detroit, MI, United States · North America
Detroit Venture Partners is an early stage technology investor that backs and founds companies. It was founded by Dan Gilbert in 2010 and works with the Rock Family of Companies to support its portfolio.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordstechnologyearly stagedetroitentrepreneurship
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Or find every investor that fitsDetroit Venture Partners lists 28 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 10 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 56% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Fintech (18%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (8%). 95% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Annox Capital, General Catalyst and ID Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Detroit Venture Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Detroit Venture Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 9 companies; its own site lists 28. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 11% |
| Seed | 56% |
| Series A | 22% |
| Series B | 11% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 1 |
| '26 | 5 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 65th | 28 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 70th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 29th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Fintech | 18% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Annox Capital | 3 |
| General Catalyst | 3 |
| ID Ventures | 3 |
| Alumni Ventures | 2 |
| Anorak Ventures | 2 |
| Courtside Ventures | 2 |
| Curql | 2 |
| Decisive Point | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers28100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Detroit Venture Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Detroit Venture Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 28 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 15 Sept 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 3 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 21 Aug 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Detroit Venture Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Detroit Venture Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
28 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelius Systems builds autonomous directed energy systems to stop drone threats | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Aurelius Systems is building the future of defense with autonomous directed energy built to stop drone threats at the speed of light, for the cost of electricity, anywhere they appear. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a marketplace for domestic manufacturing and operations services for industries such as drones, robotics, and mobility. | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| CampSnap sells digital cameras. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Carda Health provides virtual cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company insures manufactured homes, providing coverage for homes, belongings, personal liability, and other related risks. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| FriskAI sifts through agent traces and surfaces what deserves attention, such as loops and failed tools | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Aug 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Flex allows users to split and pay their bills, including rent, mortgage, car payments, and everyday bills, in smaller payments on flexible dates | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hush removes personal information from the internet and reduces exposure tied to identity, home, and family | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| GripFusion develops a product called Forceball that captures data on the point of contact between a baseball and a player's hand | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Hayla provides power distribution and optimization solutions for facilities | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Highway 9 delivers AI Wireless Infrastructure as a Service for enterprise networks | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| InvestNext provides a real estate investment management platform for sponsors to manage capital and relationships with investors. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company allows users to order official lottery tickets online | GamingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Loretta simplifies technology management for K-12 schools. | EducationEducation | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Nox Metals sells aluminum and stainless steel plate and bar cut to size, with instant online pricing and delivery options. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and manufactures advanced space systems for connecting, observing, and operating. | Space & Defense | May 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| One Next Energy is a US manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for grid storage, rail and defense applications. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ownwell helps homeowners reduce their property taxes by providing services such as property tax appeals and exemptions. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Relcu provides an all-in-one platform for financial services that drives conversion, retention, and cross-sell across mortgage and deposits | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2025Series B | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- detroit.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 Aug 2021
- Companies checked
- 28
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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