Preston Austin, Kelly Hiser, and Matt Wheeler co-founded Rabble in August 2014, but our history begins nearly a year earlier. Beginning in the fall of 2013, Preston and Kelly worked with Murfie and the Madison Public Library to create the Yahara Music Library, an online collection of local music freely available the library’s cardholders. We …
Wellbe has closed a new $2.42 million funding round. Wellbe helps hospitals adapt to new market expectations for value-driven care by leveraging patient navigation to reduce risk, improve efficiency and increase competitiveness. The cloud-based platform combines vital tools for patient engagement and care coordination to help patients and care teams achieve satisfying outcomes by actively …
2014 Capital Entrepreneurs Recap Series: This is Day 1 of our multi-day series of posts from Capital Entrepreneurs companies highlighting their year in review. First up: Noble Applications. At Noble Applications, our exciting second full year was highlighted by: Doubling our revenue over year 1 Adding staff and adjusting processes to ensure that we maintain …
2015 To bring us into 2015, we’ll first be looking back at 2014. A lot of great things happened within the Capital Entrepreneurs community and the Madison Startup Scene and we’d like to share them. We’ll be kicking off with a series of posts from Capital Entrepreneurs companies summarizing their year in review, and we’ll …
Vidmaker has been acquired by YouTube for an undisclosed sum. Vidmaker created an online collaborative video editor which enables real time editing, sharing, and management of videos between multiple people. The company was founded in 2011 and previously raised approximately $650,000 in funding. Vidmaker was also a participant in the first class of the TechStars …
At a breakfast event attended by nearly 100 business and community leaders, including Toni Sikes, Mayor Paul Soglin, MGE CEO Gary J. Wolter and American Family Insurance CEO Jack Salzwedel, StartingBlock Madison announced more details of its plan to create a 50,000 square-foot entrepreneurial hub in the Capitol East District of downtown Madison. Headlining the …
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Madison soon will be the newest home of a national program to engage, educate and connect local entrepreneurs. 1 Million Cups based on the notion that entrepreneurs network and discover solutions over a million cups of coffee is a free, weekly gathering in which every Wednesday morning, one or two early-stage startups present their companies to …
Madison and Milwaukee based startup accelerator gener8tor has announced the completion of their latest fund – “gener8tor Fund II”. The $2.1 million raised will provide funding for continued operation and investments of the gener8tor accelerator program. Funding was led by CSA Partners, Venture Management, and Wisconsin Investment Partners. Gener8tor’s 28 portfolio companies to date have …
Madison was ranked as the 2nd best city in the country for young entrepreneurs by finance site NerdWallet. The site compiled ratings based on access to funds, networking and mentoring opportunities, the strength of the local economy, and the cost-of-living. Taking out a personal loan is not bad for your credit score in and of …
Nordic Consulting co-founder and CEO Mark Bakken is stepping aside to launch a new venture fund targeting seed and early stage healthcare IT startups in Madison. Nordic, an Epic consulting firm, has experienced rapid growth in recent years and now employs nearly 500 people. It was also recently recognized as the 46th fastest-growing privately held …
Applications for gener8tor’s “Madison 2015†program are now open. gener8tor is a startup accelerator that invests its community, capital, expertise, mentorship and network in capable, early-stage entrepreneurs with innovative business models. gener8tor is seeking to invest in technology-enabled businesses including software, IT, web, SaaS, e-commerce, and hardware. Accepted companies receive up to $120,000 of guaranteed …
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Murfie was featured in an article in Inc. magazine about “5 Interesting Startups from the Midwest“. The article highlights some of the unique traits startups in the Midwest often have, including homegrown hospitality, lower over head/cost of living/small business taxes, and a little extra heart. Read the full article here.
Last summer the Wayward Nation film crew traveled the country documenting the “New American Dream“. They stopped for a few days of adventure in Madison, where they spent time at Sector67 and PerBlue. You can check out the full season of episodes on Ora TV. The full episode (#9 – “The New American Dream is …
We’re excited to announce the 5th annual Build Madison event coordinated by Capital Entrepreneurs and hosted at Sector67. Build Madison is a 24 hour hackathon that gives you the opportunity to set aside some time over the weekend to finally get to that project you’ve been thinking about for a long time! The weekend starts …
PerBlue‘s latest game, Titan Empires, launched globally just over 3 weeks ago and now has well over 1 million players worldwide. It took over 3 years for their first title, Parallel Kingdom, to reach that milestone. Titan Empires was also featured on the Google Play Store all week. Read more here.
EatStreet has added an additional $4M in funding to the $6M already raised this year, closing a total Series B round of $10M. EatStreet provides an online ordering platform for 15,000 restaurants in 125 cities across the US. This latest $4M round was led by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) and 4490 Ventures. …
The Rise of the Rest Road Trip will kick off with a stop in Madison next week Monday, October 6th. The tour, spearheaded by investor and AOL Co-founder Steve Case, will begin on October 6th and visit five Midwest cities: Madison, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Kansas City and St. Louis. The day in Madison will include …
After months of getting the final pieces to fall into place, the first equity crowdfunding campaign in Wisconsin is finally off the ground. MobCraft Beer officially launched their equity crowdfunding campaign this week via the CraftFund portal and is the first company to utilize this new funding source. MobCraft intended to start their fundraising campaign …
Zendesk has just moved into their new 14,000 sqft Madison office on the Capitol Square. Zendesk was founded in 2007 in Copenhagen, had $72M in revenue in 2013, and recently raised $100M in an IPO in May. The company makes a customer service technology platform that serves 45,000 companies worldwide. The Madison office is the …
The 2014 Forward Festival is a wrap! The 2014 Festival was the best yet, with 20 awesome events over 8 days that drew 2,500 attendees. After a few weeks to decompress and reflect, we were finally able to compile and put together a summary of the two headline Capital Entrepreneurs events: the Forward Festival Startup …
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