On Thursday, December 8th, Accelerate Madison is hosting a panel discussion featuring Capital Entrepreneur members, Brad Grzesiak of Bendyworks and Scott Resnick of Hardin Design & Development. Brad and Scott, along with Bob Vanden Burgt of Yahara Software will be discussing local resources for independent software design and development. They’ll talk about industry trends and …
We’re looking for Wisconsinites who think differently – creatives and entrepreneurs – to engage in a fun brainstorm at Merchant on Monday, December 5 from 6-9pm. We need help envisioning a new health start-up rooted in social innovation and public-private partnership. Questions like: What does a healthy city look like? Can a new health start-up …
Madison based clean tech company AquaMost has recently completed a $4 million Series B round of funding. AquaMost is developing a new type of water purification technology called photoelectrocatalytic oxidation (PECO), which was invented at UW-Madison. The round consisted of $3 million from investors lead by the Golden Angels Network, and a $1 million phase …
Guest post by Justin Beck. Justin is the co-founder and CEO of PerBlue, a Madison based mobile and social gaming company. What does Silicon Valley have a lot of? Churn. Entrepreneurs found a company then move on to work at another company as a VP or create another company. Then they move on to be …
CE member The Madison Fund made its first microloan this Fall. The Madison Fund is a nonprofit which gives microloans to budding entrepreneurs in Madison, and their efforts were recently showcased in the Wisconsin State Journal. They aim to give 10 to 20 loans over the next six to 12 months ranging in size from …
Murfie.com co-founder and CE member Matt Younkle was recently featured in the Executive Q&A section of the Wisconsin State Journal. Murfie is the latest venture from the serial entrepreneur, which turns your physical CDs into digital bits to be traded or sold online. Murfie currently has over 70,000 CDs stored that its members have sent …
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Milwaukee/Madison based technology incubator 94labs will sponsor a Hackathon to benefit area non-profits as a part of Marquette University’s Entrepreneurship Week. The 94labs Social Cause Hackathon will encourage collaboration between students, entrepreneurs, designers, and developers as they work to create applications for the participating non-profits. The apps created will help the agencies raise awareness, increase …
CE member company Style Shuffler tied for the top spot at the Elevator Pitch Olympics held at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. Style Shuffler gives you personalized clothing suggestions based on your style. The company was initially started as Brainsy at the first BuildMadison earlier this year where it took home first place. They were …
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Multiple CE companies have been selected to pitch at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium being held this week, November 2-3. The annual conference will feature investor pitches where companies give a 7 minute pitch to investors. CE companies selected to pitch include Murfie.com, Door 6, Flatt Cola, and Spill. In addition to this, the “Elevator …
Madison startup and CE member Our Ballot Box just launched its free, open polling platform for residents to vote their opinions, on the record, on the issues. Madison Alders and Mayor Soglin can also use the system to send simple questions to residents in seconds. Our Ballot Box is a constituent communication system that represents …
The UW-Platteville Entrepreneurship Program is hosting Capital Entrepreneurs members Justin Beck and Forrest Woolworth of PerBlue, Chris Meyer of Sector67, and Mike Fenchel of 7Cees this week for “Meet ‘n Eat with an Entrepreneur.” The event brings together young entrepreneurs to speak about their journeys as business owners and what it takes to put ideas …
CE founding member and Fast Company Expert Blogger Nathan Lustig was featured today. His Fast Company post offered insight and advice on raising money from friends and family. Key takeaways: 1) Be Prepared 2) Seek Accredited Investors 3) Put Your Cards on the Table 4) Don’t Drink to Much From One Source 5) Set a …
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CE member company Murfie.com was recently featured on NPR. Murfie’s All Tech Considered segment highlighted the company, as well as one of their customers who digitized over 900 CDs. Murfie will burn your old discs to a digital file, recycle the cases and even resell the album online. It’s part garage sale, part iTunes. Read …
CE member PerBlue – a mobile and social gaming company, and PlayMob – a London based social company for gaming and doing good through games, paired last month for a unique fundraising campaign benefiting SOS Children. The virtual giving initiative resulted in a donaion of over 2500 meal vouchers for orphans affected by the droughts …
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CE member Spill has seen a lot of traction recently, and was just featured on MTV’s Act Blog. Check out the post here. About MTV Act: MTV Act is where fist-pumping and lending a helping hand collide. We raise a glass to the risk-takers and change-makers, and make it easy for everyone to take action …
CE member Heidi Allstop and her company Student Spill were recently highlighted in the University of Wisconsin’s 2010-11 Office of Corporate Relations Annual Report. Student Spill is an anonymous, online system that offers messages of support from peers during times of vulnerability. Spill was accepted into TechStars Boston this summer and has also recently been …
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Not only is Madison the most educated city in the US, it was also just rated one of the 10 Great Cities for Young Adults by Kiplinger Magazine. Young, smart people are the cornerstone of Madison’s Capital Entrepreneurs community, and we agree that Madison is an amazing place. Madison consistently ranks as a top place …
Madison hackerspace (and CE member) Sector67 was recently crowned the champion of the Power Racing Series, and subsequently featured in Wired Magazine. Contestants competed with souped-up Power Wheels cars in three challenges: a drag race, a 15-lap mini Grand Prix, and a 75-minute endurance challenge. Check out the full article here.
In what may be the biggest non-biotech venture capital funding ever in Wisconsin, CE member company Networked Insights recently completed a $20 million Series B round of funding. Networked Insights was founded in 2006 and makes a social media listening platform that helps agencies and brand marketers make better strategic and tactical decisions by analyzing …
The second Build Madison proved to be even more successful than the first. Over 60 people gathered at Sector67 on Saturday and pitched 19 different potential project ideas. Teams formed around 13 of these projects and quickly got to figuring out how they were going to turn their idea into a real product in the remaining 23 hours.
Read on for a full recap of Build Madison projects and prizes!
