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Made in the Midwest: Founders and VC Funding
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Monica Wheat
Managing Director & Executive Director, Backstage Capital / Venture Catalysts
Detroit
Monica Wheat is a Strategist, Educator, and Venture Developer. A staunch advocate of Detroit's entrepreneurial ecosystem for 14+ years, she is the Managing Director of the Backstage Capital - Detroit Accelerator, a 4-city, global tech accelerator in investing $100,000 each in scaling startups for underrepresented founders. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of Venture Catalysts, a non-profit venture and ecosystem development group focusing on large-scale entrepreneurial initiatives, entrepreneur / investor education, and competitions for over 30,000 attendees.
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