Madison’s 6th annual Startup Weekend will take place April 7-9, 2017 at University Research Park. For more information and to register, go here. Startup Weekend is a weekend long event where developers, designers, marketers, and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. To get a better idea about …
EatStreet continues their rapid growth as they recently acquired assets from a Philadelphia-based startup in order to aid expansion to cities they operate in across the U.S. The startup, called Zoomer, has agreed to sell EatStreet certain assets of the business including restaurant contracts in 10 markets for for an undisclosed amount of money. In addition, …
Redox just completed a $9M Series B funding round, led by RRE Ventures. Redox is a local startup that is accelerating technology adoption in healthcare with cloud-based applications. These applications are revolutionizing the way healthcare data is shared among healthcare organizations, patients, researchers, and technology providers. Redox plans on using the funding to continue improving their technology …
Sector67 has raised $450,000 of their $600,000 capital campaign goal that will go towards building a new home in downtown Madison. But Sector67 still needs your help! The non-profit organization, which recently celebrated their 6-year anniversary, is a community hackerspace where entrepreneurs are empowered to build, learn, and help each other innovate. Some of the many …
Propeller Health, an Asthma tracking startup, raised $21.5 million in series C funding. They will use the new funds to expand their product portfolio, which already includes 45 programs. According to CEO David Van Sickle, Propeller would also like to expand globally. The company launch in 2010 and has been growing rapidly thanks to relationships with …
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EatStreet is reported to have raised 11 million in another big round of funding. The mobile food ordering platform is growing rapidly as they now serve 15,000 restaurants in over 250 cities across the US. EatStreet recently moved to new offices on the Capitol Square as they continue to expand. The Madison based company has now raised …
The widely popular mobile role playing game, DragonSoul, was recently acquired from PerBlue by GREE International Entertainment. The DragonSoul franchise has become a household name in mobile gaming with over 9 million players worldwide. GREE international plans to build upon the success of DragonSoul and further increase its reach across Europe and around the world. …
HealthMyne, a Madison-based health IT startup received $6.9 million in a recent funding round. This includes an investment from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. HealthMyne’s technology analyzes tumor images to help radiologists identify and track cancerous tumors. The product has been approved by the FDA and there are already pilot products in three hospitals. You can …
HealthX Ventures has raised a total of $20 million for an investment fund that focuses on early stage health startups. Founded in 2015 by Mark Bakken, HealthX is already invested in 5 companies (Redox, EnsoData, MovingAnalytics, HealthiPASS, and Epharmix), and they plan to invest in another 5 to 7 companies in the coming few years. The portfolio …
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Moxe Health has recently announced a $5.5 million round of funding. The Madison-based company has developed tools that improve the flow of data in the healthcare industry. Among its many uses, Moxe’s software aids in the transfer of information between healthcare systems that use different software for handling patient records. The additional funds will allow Moxe to …
Madison health IT startup Catalyze recently raised $6.5 million in funding. The growing Madison company does cloud computing for hospitals, facilitating communication between their electronic systems and other digital health companies. Catalyze will use the new funds to expand their team and develop new products that will help the broader healthcare industry use data to analyze the quality of …
ABODO recently announced a $4.8 million round of funding. The Madison-based startup is the creator of a popular software used by renters to locate apartments. Their service is already offered in 30 cities across the US, and they plan to use the funding to double that number by the end of 2017. In addition, the …
Ionic recently announced an $8.5 million round of funding. The company, which is based in downtown Madison, is the creator of the popular software development kit (SDK) used to build mobile apps. Ionic has differentiated itself from similar software by integrating their SDK with HTML5 and the Angular JS Javascript framework. By using a web-based …
Madison based startup, AkitaBox, recently announced a $1.1 million round in seed funding. The young company, which was founded in 2015, has developed a software that is used for managing buildings. More specifically, building operators use AkitaBox as a tool for optimizing operations and automating workflow. Previously, building operators had to spend an excess amount …
Understory recently announced that they raised $7.5 million in a Series A round. In addition, the company formerly known as Subsidence is moving its headquarters back to Madison, Wisconsin. Founded in 2012 and a graduate of the Gener8tor accelerator program, Understory is a tech startup that has developed a device that monitors information about the …
EatStreet just announced that they raised an additional 15 million dollars in funding. The series C round, which was led by VC 4490 Ventures and Lumia Capital, will make EatStreet competitive with the biggest online food ordering services on the market. EatStreet was founded in 2010 by three UW-Madison students, and five years later they have …
Build Madison is back! Come join us for at the 6th annual hackathon event coordinated by Capital Entrepreneurs and Sector67. The event, which will be hosted at Sector67, gives entrepreneurs an awesome opportunity to get going on that project you have been putting off for too long. The 24 hour community create-a-thon will start Saturday, …
StartingBlock Madison has just announced a crowdfunding campaign in order to help close a final funding gap. The exciting new entrepreneurial hub, which is set to break ground this winter, has already raised 85% of the necessary funds. They are now looking for community members to contribute and play a direct role in helping bring …
The 2015 Forward Festival is a wrap! This year’s Festival was a huge success drawing 3,000 attendees over the course of 8 days and 34 events. After a few weeks to take it all in, we have compiled a summary of the two headline Capital Entrepreneurs events: the Startup Showcase and the Capital Entrepreneurs Open …
Gener8tor has announced a free accelerator program for early stage startups tied to Wisconsin State Universities. The six week course, called gBETA, is designed to provide resources and mentoring to young companies in both the Madison and Milwaukee area. It will function similar to Gener8tor’s three month long accelerator; however, companies will not exchange any …
