“Michigan's next sports team is every founder we back.”.
I’m a Michigander, and I have spent my career investing in the people building here.
Reilly and I started Tuebor in 2023 because we wanted to make our commitment to Michigan founders explicit. Not a thesis. Not a fund mandate. A pledge — the kind of thing you say out loud, write down, and live up to year after year.
Michigan has the talent, the work ethic, and the ambition. What it needs is more of us willing to say “I’m betting on Michigan” in public, and to keep saying it. That’s the whole idea. Show up every year, back at least one Michigan business, and let the next person see you do it.
If you’ve got a Michigan story and a willingness to make the same commitment, I’d love to hear it.