WomStreet has just made their online contest hosting platform open to anyone. An online contest enables any person or organization to simultaneously crowd-source content, engage with their community, and promote their cause. The host puts up a prize, users submit their entry, and their community votes on their favorite. WomStreet contests are very interactive and …
Asthmapolis, maker of a smart asthma inhaler, was recently featured in Scientific American. The article focuses on several US cities currently running large scale asthma studies utilizing Asthmapolis’ inhalers that are topped with a small sensor that wirelessly broadcasts when, where and how often the device is used. Data collected by the sensor can be …
SnowShoe just launched the latest addition to their line of mobile device interfacing stamps. The Stamp Rocket brings simple task automation to your iPhone or iPad. Stamp Rocket allows you to quickly and easily automate every-day tasks like emails, text messages, and alarm clocks. The system is built around Stamp Rockets: small plastic stamps that …
Capital Entrepreneurs would like to welcome our newest Featured Sponsor – Godfrey & Kahn. Sponsors provide financial support to fund core Capital Entrepreneurs operations and meeting events. If you would like to get involved as a sponsor, contact us. Godfrey & Kahn has long been involved in the Wisconsin entrepreneurial community. Some of Godfrey & …
Aaron Larner is a Madison entrepreneur and CTO of The Art Commission. Aaron shares his experience A/B testing his database version tool DevJoist via Hacker News. This past Monday I shared DevJoist on Hacker News. I posted around 10:30am CT and quickly reached the front page, hovering around spot #8 until about noon. I've summarized …
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New tech businesses are thriving in Wisconsin – and your odds just got even better! Could your idea become the next Sonic Foundry or match.com? On Monday evening, March 4 at Monona Terrace, join Accelerate Madison, Foley & Lardner, LLP and Capital Entrepreneurs in welcoming TechStars Chicago to Madison. TechStars Chicago’s co-founders are prominent entrepreneurs …
EatStreet (formerly UConnect) has just completed a $2 million Series A financing round led by Cornerstone Opportunity Partners, with Great Oaks Venture Capital, Independence Equity, and Gener8tor also participating in the round. EatStreet is a free online ordering service that connects customers with restaurants, and the new capital will enable EatStreet’s expansion into new markets. …
The coworking movement in Madison is alive and well, and has seen much activity recently. The Isthmus covered much of what is going on in a recent article on how new coworking space bolsters Madison’s tech scene. Much of this momentum started with the Horizon Coworking pilot (hosted by Murfie), which began less than 2 …
If you grab an Isthmus this week you’ll notice a number of Capital Entrepreneurs companies featured in the cover story on Apple app development in Madison. The article profiled 8 local developers, including PerBlue, SnowShoe, Asthmapolis, Pinpoint Software, Door 6, Fishidy, TheoryThree Interactive, and MobileIgniter. The article focused on what it’s like to be an …
Mobile and social game developer PerBlue has had a busy week, launching two significant updates for their mobile games. PerBlue’s flagship game, Parallel Kingdom, saw the release of the fifth “Age” for the game. This was the first Age to be released in nearly 2 years, and contains a huge swath of new game features. …
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Max Lynch is a Madison entrepreneur and co-founder of Codiqa. Codiqa provides rapid HTML5 mobile prototyping in the cloud. Max shares his journey through the TechStars Cloud program. One month ago Drifty Co. (creators of HTML5 dev tools Codiqa and Jetstrap) started our three months of TechStars Cloud in San Antonio, TX. TechStars is a …
Murfie co-founder Matt Younkle joins the growing number of Capital Entrepreneurs members named some of the most successful and influential people under 40 in the greater Madison area. The 2013 class was chosen from more than 120 applicants, and resulted in a very diverse set representing business in a wide variety of industries. Be sure …
WomStreet is making a splash in the national concert scene. Their platform acts as a competitive social media hub, and has allowed big name acts such as Pretty Lights and Big Gigantic to crowd-source their opening acts. This enables local DJs to compete for very unique opportunities, and ultimately helps promote local talent. WomStreet’s platform …
The first ever Madison Startup Fair was a success. The event showcased 25 startups and entrepreneur groups and was attended by over 150 people at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. The goal of the event was to raise the awareness of Madison startups and connect them with UW students and the broader community. Capital Entrepreneurs …
Codiqa was recently featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. Codiqa is in the middle of their 3 month TechStars Cloud accelerator experience, and they join Capital Entrepreneurs members Murfie, Vidmaker, and Spill as being a TechStars company. Codiqa is a prototyping and interface-building tool for jQuery Mobile that makes it easy to create mobile websites …
Mashable has named SnowShoe one of the Top 10 Under-the-Radar Tech Startups to Watch. The list was put together by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), and includes startups “solving real problems and changing the way we interact with our daily technology, from hardware that authenticates smartphone transactions to digital billboards to Near Field Communication (NFC) …
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The 2013 Madison Startup Fair features successful startups from the Madison area. Anyone interested in technology and entrepreneurship can talk one-on-one in an informal environment with startup founders and employees about their experiences. Find out more about the burgeoning Madison startup scene and the opportunities startups have to offer, including ways you can get involved …
The Doyenne Group is organizing a 2 day Design-A-Thon event to take place on February 9-10 at HotelRED in Madison. The Design-a-thon is an event where women can explore and have fun with the entrepreneurial process. Women will register in advance, propose ideas, work in teams to explore/build the idea for 24 hours, and then …
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For the Madison digital startup scene, 2012 was a year of growth and validation. The number and impact of startups within the Capital Entrepreneurs community continued to grow, and many of those startups saw a lot of success. In 2012, Capital Entrepreneurs companies created over 125 full time jobs, raised $10.6 million in funding, and …
The past year has been a whirlwind of new games and some amazing local and national recognition for PerBlue. We were so proud to have been recognized by several organizations within the last year. PerBlue was a finalist in the GetDiscovered! Contest, recognizing awesome Android apps. Pocket Gamer named us one of the top 10 …
