Gabe Freeman, Author at Capital Entrepreneurs

StartingBlock Gains Donors and Executive Director

Capital Entrepreneurs, Madison News / By Gabe Freeman

With donations from two more prominent foundations, StartingBlock Madison is gaining momentum. Following significant investments from American Family Insurance and the City of Madison, the most recent donations from the MG&E Foundation and Evjue Foundation come as StartingBlock recently named Scott Resnick as executive director of the future entrepreneurial hub in Madison. “Our innovative enterprise …

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Quickstep Technologies Acquired by Pivotal

Capital Entrepreneurs / By Gabe Freeman

Quickstep Technologies, a big data startup founded by a UW professor, was recently acquired by Pivotal. This is now the third startup that Jignesh Patel has sold as a co-founder. Patel is a long time computer science professor at UW, but he will now take a year away to serve as chief scientist at Pivotal. …

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Governor’s Business Plan Finalists Chosen

Capital Entrepreneurs, Madison News / By Gabe Freeman

The Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Content has selected 13 finalists from a field of over 200 startups. A majority of this year’s finalists are from the Madison area, including AltusCampus, bluDiagnostics Fertility Finder, ConfPlus, CountAbout, Élevé Technical Innerwear, KIINCE, Nutrient Recovery and Upcycling, OnLume, and Hunt Butler. The competition will conclude at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ …

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Fetch Rewards Raises $4M in funding

Capital Entrepreneurs, Madison News / By Gabe Freeman

Fetch Rewards raised $4 million in Series A funding recently. The company, which has developed an innovative app for grocery shoppers, will use the money to scale their business from 10 stores to as many as 100. The service allows customers to track their purchases as they go and apply coupons when they are available. …

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SnowShoe Raises $1M in Funding

Capital Entrepreneurs, Madison News / By Gabe Freeman

Madison and San Francisco based startup SnowShoe recently announced a $1M funding round. They had previously raised $2.5M in earlier rounds. Founded by three UW graduate students in 2011, SnowShoe sells an intelligent piece of plastic that interacts with touch screens. Among its many uses, the plastic stamp allows users to instantly download music, authenticate …

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Madworks Graduates Third Class

Capital Entrepreneurs, Madison News / By Gabe Freeman

Capital Entrepreneurs would like to congratulate the eight companies who just completed the Madworks Seed Accelerator program. The most recent class featured a variety of different tech innovations, cashmere baby wraps, a new yoga music company, a product to aid event promotion, and a foot care device for the elderly. Madwork’s 10 week course, which …

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Gabe Freeman

StartingBlock Gains Donors and Executive Director

Quickstep Technologies Acquired by Pivotal

Governor’s Business Plan Finalists Chosen

Fetch Rewards Raises $4M in funding

SnowShoe Raises $1M in Funding

Madworks Graduates Third Class

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