Investor profile
Derek Edwards
Venture capital, Venture debt & Senior Vice President at Invest Detroit
Derek Edwards is a Senior Vice President at Invest Detroit, whose known portfolio counts 25 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- Automotive SecurityCommunity DevelopmentCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SaaSHR TechIoTLogisticsMarketplacesPaymentsReal Estate FinanceSales Tech
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Senior Vice President at Invest Detroit, whose known portfolio counts 25 companies
- TreeHouse
- Filament
- VNN
- Algal Scientific
- Seelio
- CircNova
- Flatdis
- WARPSPACE
- Airspace Link
- Cribspot
- Fescaro
- Fusion Coolant Systems
- and 13 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Consumer, FinTech and Hardware, and focus areas Automotive Security, Community Development, Cybersecurity and Developer Tools fall inside that listing.
Invest Detroit appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Derek Edwards is worth approaching.
Colleagues at Invest Detroit
Patti Glaza
Managing Director
Detroit, United States
Jeff Ponders II
Principal
Detroit, United States
Dave Blaszkiewicz
President and CEO
Detroit, United States
Jason Barnett
Senior Vice President
Detroit, United States
Ka Hyoung Shin
ID Ventures
Seoul, South Korea
Prem Bodagala
Senior Vice President
Ann Arbor, United States
Marcia Ventura
Senior Vice President
Detroit, United States
Martin Dober
Managing Director
Detroit, United States
Sarah McClelland
Investor
Detroit, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Derek Edwards?
Derek Edwards is a venture capital investor and venture debt investor based in Detroit, Michigan, United States, listed as Senior Vice President at Invest Detroit. The known portfolio of that firm counts 25 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Derek Edwards personally.
What does Derek Edwards invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Consumer, FinTech and Hardware; listed focus areas include Automotive Security, Community Development, Cybersecurity and Developer Tools. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Derek Edwards invest at?
Invest Detroit appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Derek Edwards is listed there as Senior Vice President. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Derek Edwards listed at?
Derek Edwards is listed as Senior Vice President at Invest Detroit. 9 other people in the database share a firm with Derek Edwards.
How do I contact Derek Edwards?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Derek Edwards. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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