Capital Entrepreneurs alumni Andrew Ferenci, Corey Capasso, and Dan Reich were recently named to THE SILICON ALLEY 100: The Coolest People In New York Tech This Year. They were the founders of Spinback, a social commerce and analytics platform that was acquired by Buddy Media last year. Buddy Media was acquired earlier this year by …
A hand full of Capital Entrepreneurs members took part in the 2012 Startup Paintball Battle last weekend. Participants from Murfie, PerBlue, Vidmaker, and more ducked, dodged, and darted around the paintball fields. The competition was fierce, but everyone had a great time.
Capital Entrepreneurs was featured in the Sunday edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently. The article focused on Capital Entrepreneurs and Startup Milwaukee, two grassroots groups formed as homegrown support groups for entrepreneurs. The article touches on much of the value these groups provide in building a startup community. The importance of these types of …
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Bendyworks was featured this week in the Isthmus. Bendyworks is a software and web development firm specializing in Ruby on Rails. The article touches on the roots of Bendyworks, where they are today, as well as their visions for information technology companies being the stars of downtown Madison’s 21st-century economy. “The tech community in Madison …
Capital Entrepreneurs member Murfie has been selected to join START, which is the new invite-only sister event to the acclaimed f.ounders. START brings together “150 of the world’s most exciting and disruptive startups” plus a mix of investors and media at an exclusive gathering in Dublin on October 17 and 18. Congrats Murfie! Read more …
Capital Entrepreneurs member company WomStreet is hosting a city-wide Battle of the Bands contest for this year’s Freakfest Halloween celebration in Madison via their video contest platform. WomStreet is working in conjunction with Frank Productions and the City of Madison for Freakfest and the contest. Read more about this here and view the contest entries …
Capital Entrepreneurs member company Echometrix recently received FDA approval for their EchoSoft ultrasound technology. EchoSoft is Echometrix’ first commercial offering. It is a powerful software package that is used with diagnostic ultrasound to assist with the diagnosis and monitoring of musculoskeletal conditions. EchoSoft’s proprietary technology generates color maps to help trained clinicians visualize structural characteristics …
Gener8tor is now accepting applications for their Winter 2013 class based in Madison. Gener8tor is a seed accelerator and invests its capital, expertise and network in capable, first-stage entrepreneurs with innovative business models. Check out the companies from their Summer 2012 class here. Apply for the Winter 2013 class here.
Project details are now available here. Sunday @ 1:53 PMÂ – Congratulations to this year’s winners: Best in Show – Classr Most Innovative – Audio/Video Sync Most Functional/Polished – Classr Biggest Potential Impact – PIGLET Most Beneficial to Madison Community – CityCiter People’s Choice – PIGLET Sony Creative – Workout Timer, Passive Grille Shutters American Family …
Mobile and social gaming company PerBlue is being honored this month at the White House as part of the Empact100. The Empact100 list is comprised of the top 100 companies in the Empact Showcase, a compilation of the United States’ leading entrepreneurs who are age 30 and under, and whose annual revenues or operating budgets …
SnowShoe CEO Claus Moberg was featured on TechCrunch while attending TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this week. Claus was joined by Matt Lea, and led the Livebolt team which took the top spot out of 147 teams. They utilized their SnowShoeStamp technology to make a cloud-based identity management system that consists of an aluminium block …
Build Madison is back with a few new tweaks and the same old crew to run our 3rd Community Create-a-thon Saturday-Sunday September 22-23, and it’s going to be the best one yet! Come together to show off and build the talent of Madison’s community while making real products from concept to completion in just 24 …
Capital Entrepreneurs co-founder and Startup Chile participant Nathan Lustig was featured on The Next Web. His startup Entrustet was part of the first Startup Chile class in 2010, and he compiled a summary of the alumni from his Startup Chile class. After 2 years, 45% still have businesses running in Chile and they have raised …
Be sure to head on over and check out the Capital Entrepreneurs Members page. It’s been updated all around, and now includes many of our new members. Capital Entrepreneurs now has nearly 200 members, all of which are Madison area entrepreneurs. Our Members page lists many of our member’s startups, and is a great way …
Madison based TrustEgg is launching their public beta today, and was also featured on TechCrunch. TrustEgg provides parents a way to save for a child’s future that’s ultra-simple, gets a market rate of return, and is accessible to families of all income levels. A parent can set up an account for each child in minutes …
The UW-Madison College of Engineering just released their 2012 Annual Report video. The video highlights innovators with ties to UW – including Capital Entrepreneurs members Justin Beck of PerBlue and Chris Meyer of Sector67. UW-Madison is recognizing 2012-13 as the Year of Innovation, offering a chance to reflect on what this concept means to the …
Capital Entrepreneurs companies took the top spots in the 2012 Madison Favorites “Tech Startup” category, published by the Isthmus. PerBlue finished at the top, followed closely by Murfie. Thanks to everyone who voted!
The inaugural class from the Gener8tor seed accelerator program had their Launch Day yesterday in Milwaukee. The class of 7 companies completed a 12 week intensive program, and 4 of the 7 companies are from Madison. Gener8tor’s next class starts in January and will be based out of Madison – the application period for this …
One of the recurring themes throughout panels and sessions at the Forward Technology Conference on Wednesday was the importance for entrepreneurs to have a solid startup “pitch†well prepared. As part of the 2012 Forward Technology Festival, Capital Entrepreneurs hosted a Pitch Panel Thursday evening that gave aspiring entrepreneurs a risk-free venue to practice their …
The 2012 Forward Technology Festival is off to an amazing start. A few tickets still remain for the nearly sold out Forward Technology Conference which takes place Wednesday, August 22. The 2012 Forward Technology Conference represents the summer’s best opportunity to spend a day networking with some of the area’s top entrepreneurs and hearing from …
