VC & Entrepreneurs. From the University Michigan, to the University Of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, to University of Southern California, Korea and the London School of Economics, and back to Michigan, Trista has a Mission.
Listen to Trista Van Tine, who currently serves as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Michigan Founders Fund, a nonprofit network of high-growth entrepreneurs in Michigan. This organization develops unique programming to help company builders succeed with their ventures while connecting them with community needs and providing them with a simple mechanism to ensure a portion of their success contributes to the continued growth and prosperity of Michigan.
Since 2020, she has created and launched the state's first Social Impact Startup Pitch Competition, first and only Founders Retreat for early-stage companies, and the first Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Internship Program to pair underrepresented college students with Michigan-based tech companies and VCs. Listen to Trista and Ed as she covers her crisscross of paths across the globe that ultimately brought her back to Michigan and the dynamic mission she currently serves. You can also read the transcript from our conversation.