# Carolyn Cassin

> Carolyn Cassin is a seed investor at BELLE Michigan, LP backing Recycling. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BELLE Michigan, LP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/belle-michigan-lp)
- Location: Detroit, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-cassin-22364512/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/carolyn_cassin

Carolyn Cassin is a seed investor at BELLE Michigan, LP in Detroit focused on Recycling and Manufacturing. Carolyn Cassin is the founder and general partner at The BELLE Michigan Impact Fund.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recycling | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vartega | Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds. | $5M | Seed | Aug 16, 2022 | http://www.vartega.com/ |
| Vartega | Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 | http://www.vartega.com/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Rockies Venture Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockies-venture-club) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Autodesk Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autodesk-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rockies Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockies-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Texas HALO Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/texas-halo-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acadian Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acadian-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arizona Tech Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arizona-technology-investor-forum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BELLE Michigan, LP

VC Fund · Troy, United States

The BELLE Michigan Fund, LP is an early stage investment fund building great companies in Michigan, the Midwest, and other regions. We provide a premier source of human and financial capital to women-led companies. We look for capital-efficient enterprises with a unique product or service that fill an urgent market need.BELLE Michigan partnersbelieve human capital is just as valuable as financial capital. We seek investments in high growth, capital efficient and scalable enterprises that welcome our expertise and insight, and seek to leverage our leadership and experience. We seek high net worth investors, who are new to early stage investing, and provide them with the opportunity to engage with our portfolio companies. BELLE Michigan targets investments in technology-enabled services, life sciences/medical devices, mobile/internet/IT, advanced manufacturing and CleanTech market sectors. We invest in companies who have female leadership or commit to recruiting women to the C-suite and Board of Directors. We seek teams with strong domain expertise, and proven commercialization and entrepreneurial experience.

3 contacts available at BELLE Michigan, LP.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nancy Philippart | General Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nancy-philippart |
| Terese Hunwick | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/terese-hunwick |
| Carolyn Cassin | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolyn-cassin |

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## FAQ

### What does Carolyn Cassin invest in?

Carolyn Cassin invests primarily in Recycling, Manufacturing and Advanced Materials startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Carolyn Cassin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Carolyn Cassin closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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