#0095 - Venture Capitalist Mike Asem From M25 Discusses Investing In Early-Stage Startups

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, we hear from Mike Asem, who is the founding partner at M25 (</span><a href="https://m25vc.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://m25vc.com</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">), which is a venture capital investment firm targeting early-stage, tech-enabled startups in the Midwest. Mike also created a new board game called, “Unicorns To The Moon” and you can find out more about that game at:</span> <a href= "https://www.unicornstothemoon.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.unicornstothemoon.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Our listeners can get a 20% discount by using the code: SOTY20</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also again highlight one of the startups from our community and that company is ecoSPEARS, which is an environmental technology company ushering in the carbonless future of environmental cleanup. ecoSPEARS eliminates toxins like PCBs, dioxins, and other persistent organic pollutants from the environment utilizing non-thermal and non-combusting remediation technology developed by NASA. Learn more about them at</span> <a href="http://www.ecospears.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.ecospears.com</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lastly, we invite you all to join our community today to access the support, expert advice, and resources you need to elevate your startup by going to:</span> <a href="http://www.est.us/join"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.est.us/join</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at</span> <a href="http://www.est.us/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.est.us</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Checkout Startup of the Year at</span> <a href="http://www.startupofyear.c