GRAND RAPIDS — A venture capital fund that plans to invest in minority-owned businesses has named Ollie Howie as its first managing director.
Officials with the New Community Transformation Fund say the Howie’s hiring is a “big, big milestone” that could help land new investors and reach the fund’s $25 million target, as MiBiz Senior Writer Mark Sanchez details in a new story.
MiBiz Managing Editor Andy Balaskovitz appeared on WOOD-TV’s “Daybreak” program on Monday morning to discuss the hire and the fund’s investment plans.
