eLab Ventures

Founded in 2012, eLab Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It focuses on early-stage technology startups with disruptive innovations and capital-efficient business models, primarily outside Silicon Valley.

Paul Brown JD

Partner

Past deals in Michigan

MemryX

Series B in 2025
Founded in 2018, MemryX develops high-performance, low-power edge AI processing solutions. Its proprietary compute-at-memory technology and dataflow architecture enable efficient AI computations for industries such as transportation, IoT, and industrial applications.

Voxel51

Series B in 2024
Founded in 2016, Voxel51 specializes in computer vision and machine learning analytics for video and image understanding. The company enables AI builders to simplify workflows by transforming raw footage into actionable intelligence, facilitating exploration, visualization, curation, and testing of datasets alongside models to build production-ready visual AI systems.

MemryX

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2018, MemryX develops high-performance, low-power edge AI processing solutions. Its proprietary compute-at-memory technology and dataflow architecture enable efficient AI computations for industries such as transportation, IoT, and industrial applications.

Refraction AI

Seed Round in 2021
Refraction AI, Inc. is an autonomous delivery robot company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing and deploying robotic platforms that facilitate last-mile goods delivery in urban environments. Its flagship product, the REV-1, is designed to autonomously navigate through city streets using an array of cameras, radar, and ultrasonic sensors, allowing it to pick up goods from restaurants, pharmacies, and grocery stores and deliver them directly to customers' homes. Refraction AI's technology is engineered to operate in various climates and can be monitored and operated remotely, ensuring efficient and reliable service. By enhancing the delivery process, Refraction AI aims to meet the increasing demand for faster, safer, and more cost-effective delivery solutions.

Refraction AI

Funding Round in 2020
Refraction AI, Inc. is an autonomous delivery robot company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing and deploying robotic platforms that facilitate last-mile goods delivery in urban environments. Its flagship product, the REV-1, is designed to autonomously navigate through city streets using an array of cameras, radar, and ultrasonic sensors, allowing it to pick up goods from restaurants, pharmacies, and grocery stores and deliver them directly to customers' homes. Refraction AI's technology is engineered to operate in various climates and can be monitored and operated remotely, ensuring efficient and reliable service. By enhancing the delivery process, Refraction AI aims to meet the increasing demand for faster, safer, and more cost-effective delivery solutions.

Voxel51

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2016, Voxel51 specializes in computer vision and machine learning analytics for video and image understanding. The company enables AI builders to simplify workflows by transforming raw footage into actionable intelligence, facilitating exploration, visualization, curation, and testing of datasets alongside models to build production-ready visual AI systems.

MemryX

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, MemryX develops high-performance, low-power edge AI processing solutions. Its proprietary compute-at-memory technology and dataflow architecture enable efficient AI computations for industries such as transportation, IoT, and industrial applications.

Refraction AI

Funding Round in 2019
Refraction AI, Inc. is an autonomous delivery robot company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing and deploying robotic platforms that facilitate last-mile goods delivery in urban environments. Its flagship product, the REV-1, is designed to autonomously navigate through city streets using an array of cameras, radar, and ultrasonic sensors, allowing it to pick up goods from restaurants, pharmacies, and grocery stores and deliver them directly to customers' homes. Refraction AI's technology is engineered to operate in various climates and can be monitored and operated remotely, ensuring efficient and reliable service. By enhancing the delivery process, Refraction AI aims to meet the increasing demand for faster, safer, and more cost-effective delivery solutions.

Bindplane

Series B in 2017
Blue Medora Inc. is a software solutions provider based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializing in enhancing the visibility of cloud system management and application performance management. Founded in 2007, the company develops a range of product extensions for major platforms such as VMware vRealize Operations, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and IBM Tivoli Monitoring. Its offerings include management solutions that integrate with various databases and applications, such as Oracle, SAP HANA, Microsoft SQL Server, and NetApp Storage. Blue Medora's solutions facilitate the monitoring and troubleshooting of IT environments, providing analytics and capacity planning capabilities. The company also addresses limitations in traditional IT monitoring through its BindPlane service, which connects performance data across diverse sources. Blue Medora distributes its products through resellers and has established strategic partnerships with VMware, Oracle, and IBM to enhance its service offerings.

Bindplane

Series B in 2016
Blue Medora Inc. is a software solutions provider based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializing in enhancing the visibility of cloud system management and application performance management. Founded in 2007, the company develops a range of product extensions for major platforms such as VMware vRealize Operations, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and IBM Tivoli Monitoring. Its offerings include management solutions that integrate with various databases and applications, such as Oracle, SAP HANA, Microsoft SQL Server, and NetApp Storage. Blue Medora's solutions facilitate the monitoring and troubleshooting of IT environments, providing analytics and capacity planning capabilities. The company also addresses limitations in traditional IT monitoring through its BindPlane service, which connects performance data across diverse sources. Blue Medora distributes its products through resellers and has established strategic partnerships with VMware, Oracle, and IBM to enhance its service offerings.

Clinc

Seed Round in 2016
Clinc is a software company that builds conversational AI platforms enabling enterprises to create advanced virtual assistants. Its technology uses natural language processing, machine learning, and deep neural networks to interpret user input—including tone, sentiment, intent, and contextual data—and delivers responses that reflect a composite of knowledge. The platform is applied across banking, automotive, gaming, and healthcare sectors, helping firms improve customer engagement and operational efficiency. Founded in 2015 and based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Clinc was originally known as Clarity Lab Inc.

Strata Oncology

Series A in 2016
Strata Oncology, Inc. is a precision oncology company focused on enhancing cancer care by facilitating access to precision medicine clinical trials and expediting drug approval processes. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the company develops a comprehensive precision oncology platform that supports routine testing and efficient use of molecular data. Strata's offerings include The Strata Trial, a genomic testing program for systematic precision oncology implementation, and StrataNGS, a targeted assay for sequencing DNA and RNA from biopsies. Additionally, StrataPOINT integrates electronic medical record histories with molecular profiling to ensure eligible patients are tested and considered for trial enrollment. The company features a portfolio of pharma-sponsored therapeutic protocols, known as Strata Partnered Trials, aligned to specific biomarkers. Strata also operates The Strata Lab, a cancer sequencing facility, and maintains the Strata Precision Oncology Network, a collaborative entity aimed at promoting precision medicine initiatives. Formerly known as Strata Oncology Research, Inc., the company rebranded in 2016 and has been incorporated since 2015.

Clinc

Seed Round in 2015
Clinc is a software company that builds conversational AI platforms enabling enterprises to create advanced virtual assistants. Its technology uses natural language processing, machine learning, and deep neural networks to interpret user input—including tone, sentiment, intent, and contextual data—and delivers responses that reflect a composite of knowledge. The platform is applied across banking, automotive, gaming, and healthcare sectors, helping firms improve customer engagement and operational efficiency. Founded in 2015 and based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Clinc was originally known as Clarity Lab Inc.

Akadeum Life Sciences

Seed Round in 2015
Akadeum Life Sciences develops bioseparation products that facilitate the removal of target cells from biological samples using microscopic micro-bubbles. Its products enable medical practitioners to efficiently perform downstream testing and analysis.

Bindplane

Series A in 2015
Blue Medora Inc. is a software solutions provider based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializing in enhancing the visibility of cloud system management and application performance management. Founded in 2007, the company develops a range of product extensions for major platforms such as VMware vRealize Operations, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and IBM Tivoli Monitoring. Its offerings include management solutions that integrate with various databases and applications, such as Oracle, SAP HANA, Microsoft SQL Server, and NetApp Storage. Blue Medora's solutions facilitate the monitoring and troubleshooting of IT environments, providing analytics and capacity planning capabilities. The company also addresses limitations in traditional IT monitoring through its BindPlane service, which connects performance data across diverse sources. Blue Medora distributes its products through resellers and has established strategic partnerships with VMware, Oracle, and IBM to enhance its service offerings.

Sight Machine

Series A in 2015
Sight Machine is a manufacturing analytics company that provides a data platform and AI-driven analytics for discrete and process manufacturing. The platform enables real-time visibility and actionable insights for every machine, line, and plant through a Plant Digital Twin and supports multi-factory IoT data ingestion via edge and cloud components, along with a Manufacturing Data Platform and vertical solutions for industries such as paper, packaging, and chemicals. It integrates data from historians, RDBMS, MES, ERP, inspection and quality equipment, PLC endpoints, and spreadsheets. Serving Global 500 manufacturers across aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, electronics, food and beverage, industrials, oil and gas, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals, Sight Machine was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Ann Arbor, Tokyo, and Taichung. The company uses AI and machine learning to continuously analyze assets, data sources, and processes from machine to enterprise to improve profitability, productivity, and sustainability.

Akadeum Life Sciences

Seed Round in 2014
Akadeum Life Sciences develops bioseparation products that facilitate the removal of target cells from biological samples using microscopic micro-bubbles. Its products enable medical practitioners to efficiently perform downstream testing and analysis.
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