Data Report · Fund Formation by State · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Venture Fund Formation in Michigan: 18 Funds Filed (Sep 2025 to Aug 2026)
18 venture funds filed a Form D from a Michigan address in the twelve months to August 2026, 0.2% of every US venture fund filing in that window. Every figure here is computed from the filings themselves.
Written by Michael Kaufman · Reviewed against our editorial standards · Updated
Quick Answer
Between September 2025 and August 2026, 18 venture capital funds filed a first Form D from a Michigan address, out of 114 pooled-fund filings from the state and 9,169 venture filings nationwide. That is 0.2% of US venture fund formation and ranks Michigan 24th among the states. The 10 filings that named a dollar target are seeking $407.1M combined, with a median target of $27.5M and a largest single target of $165M; 8 filings declared an indefinite or undisclosed target and are excluded from both figures. 18 of the filings (100%) came from issuers with no earlier filing anywhere in the warehouse. Busiest month: May 2026 with 4 filings; quietest: Oct 2025 with 0. Figures as of September 15, 2026.
Key Takeaways
- 1.Michigan recorded 18 venture fund filings in the window, 24th nationally and 0.2% of the 9,169 filed across the country.
- 2.Venture funds were 15.8% of all 114 pooled-fund filings from Michigan, against 42.6% nationally.
- 3.The 10 filings naming a target are seeking $407.1M combined; the median is $27.5M and 8 filings named no amount at all.
- 4.18 filings (100%) came from first-time vehicles, and 0% of the state's venture filings carry series-vehicle names, against 65.6% nationally.
- 5.Southfield accounts for 16.7% of the state's venture filings (3 of 18).
18
venture fund filings from Michigan addresses
24th nationally, 0.2% of the 9,169 filed nationwide
$407.1M
combined disclosed target offering
across the 10 of 18 filings that named a dollar target
$27.5M
median disclosed target
largest single target $165M
18
first-time fund vehicles
100% of the state's venture filings came from an issuer with no earlier filing on record
Month by Month: Venture Fund Filings from Michigan
Filings are counted by SEC filing date. Peak month May 2026 at 4, low month Oct 2025 at 0.
- Sep 20252 venture
- Oct 20250 venture
- Nov 20251 venture
- Dec 20250 venture
- Jan 20262 venture
- Feb 20261 venture
- Mar 20263 venture
- Apr 20261 venture
- May 20264 venture
- Jun 20260 venture
- Jul 20263 venture
- Aug 20261 venture
The data does not explain why any month moved the way it did. Form D records that a filing happened, its target and its address. A month-to-month change in these counts is a change in filing behaviour, and nothing in this dataset attributes it to a cause.
The Largest Venture Targets Filed from Michigan
Ranked by disclosed target offering, across the whole window. “Sold at filing” is the amount reported sold as of the Form D date: a fund showing $0 has not reported sales yet, it has not failed to raise.
| # | Fund | Target | Sold at filing | City | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RPM Ventures Space, L.P. | $165M | $0 | Ann Arbor | Jul 10, 2026 |
| 2 | Ludlow Ventures Detroit V LP | $60M | $0 | Oak Park | Jan 27, 2026 |
| 3 | Assembly Ventures Select Fund I, L.P. | $40M | $0 | Detroit | Feb 9, 2026 |
| 4 | Hantz Ventures - PF III (QP) LLC | $36M | $36M | Southfield | May 5, 2026 |
| 5 | RPM Ventures Space A, L.P. | $35M | $0 | Ann Arbor | Jul 10, 2026 |
How Michigan Compares
Michigan holds 0.2% of US venture fund filings, which is 24th of the 26 states with enough filings to publish. An even split across those states would be 3.85% each, and the median state in this series filed 13 venture funds against Michigan’s 18, a factor of 1.4.
Inside the state, venture funds were 15.8% of the 114 pooled-fund filings recorded, against 42.6% nationally. The median disclosed target was $27.5M, against $520K across all US venture filings in the same window.
Read the count with the address in mind. Southfield carries 16.7% of the state’s venture filings (3 of 18), and 0% of those filings carry series-vehicle names of the “a series of” or “Series 12” form, against 65.6% nationally. Form D reports the issuer’s principal-place-of-business address, which for a fund is often a legal, administrative or platform address rather than where the manager sits. A high concentration in one town, paired with a high series share, means the count is measuring deal vehicles filed through a platform rather than distinct firms raising funds.
Methodology
Source. Public SEC EDGAR Form D filings, collected by VC Beast’s daily automated ingest into our Form D warehouse (coverage 2024-07-01 through 2026-09-15). Figures on this page are as of September 15, 2026.
Scope. Industry group 'Pooled Investment Fund', original filings only (amendments excluded). Venture filings are those whose Form D investmentFundType is 'Venture Capital Fund'. The window is the twelve full months from 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31, and filings are bucketed by SEC filing date.
Form D reports the issuer's principal-place-of-business state, which for a fund is often a legal or administrative address rather than where the manager sits. Delaware's count in particular reflects vehicles administered at their Delaware domicile address.
Form D discloses a target offering amount (frequently 'Indefinite') and the amount sold as of the filing date. Neither equals final closed fund size, and they are reported separately here.
First-time vehicles are issuers (by SEC CIK) with no earlier filing anywhere in the warehouse (coverage begins 2024-07-01). Each fund vehicle files under its own CIK, so this measures first-time vehicles, not first-time management firms.
Filings are bucketed by SEC filing date, not by fund close or first sale.
Which states get a page. A state gets a page only when it recorded at least 12 venture fund filings in the window — roughly one a month. Below that the monthly series is mostly zeroes and the medians rest on a handful of filings, so the state is excluded from both the route params and the sitemap rather than published thin. 26 states and territories cleared it; 25 did not and have no page.
Reproducible. Every figure on this page is regenerated by node scripts/reports/generate-state-fund-formation.mjs, and the California count is cross-checked against a direct count query on each run. Corrections: our corrections page.
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VC Beast, Venture Fund Formation in Michigan, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from SEC Form D filings, published September 15, 2026, https://vcbeast.com/reports/fund-formation/michigan
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Sources & References
- 1.SEC Form D filings via VC Beast's daily EDGAR ingest(Primary data source: original Form D filings from SEC EDGAR)