In an effort to increase connections between Wisconsin’s startups and established corporations, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and gener8tor in partnership with Capital Entrepreneurs, Startup Milwaukee, and Digital Fertilizer launched OnRamp Wisconsin – an event that gives young companies the opportunity to pitch their products and services to established corporations. The inaugural OnRamp event was held …
Sector67 hosted the 4th annual Build Madison on November 23-24th, 2013. This event is an excuse to spend 24 hours straight working on a project of any type, and we saw a ton of interesting ideas this year. Things kick off with quick (
The 2013 Build Madison will be held Saturday, November 23 at Sector67. This will be the 4th iteration of the Build Madison “Community Create-a-thon” event since it started in 2011. Come together to show off and build the talent of Madison’s community while taking real products from concept to completion in just 24 hours. Meet …
Capital Entrepreneurs would like to welcome our newest Featured Sponsor – TriNet HR Corporation. Sponsors provide financial support to fund core Capital Entrepreneurs operations, meetings, and events. If you would like to get involved as a sponsor, contact us. Since 1988, professional services companies throughout the United States have placed their trust in TriNet for …
Madison’s burgeoning tech and startup scene is prominently featured on this month’s cover story of Madison Magazine. The M List recognizes fifty-three entrepreneurs and technologists who’ve launched or grown their businesses this year in an emerging and exciting high-technology sector. The inaugural M List recognizes many of the people in the startup ecosystem, nearly all …
On Friday, October 25 join developers from Hardin Design & Development and Bendyworks in a civic hackathon to work on projects that make Madison a better place to live. Developers, graphic artists, and tinker’ers are free to team up with anyone present, or work on projects before the event. The Mayor is also willing to …
Madison Magazine is highlighting all things entrepreneurial on Thursday, October 24. Join Madison Magazine, co-host Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and keynote speaker Hugh Forrest, director of South by Southwest Interactive, in launching the first annual M List issue. Celebrate the city’s culture, creativity and emerging technology sector as we honor the entrepreneurs and technologists …
Underground Meats is in the midst of a Kickstarter project to create “An open-source, educational approach to sharing the complex process of becoming a USDA-certified meat processor.” In order to distribute on a national level, the government requires a detailed food safety and sanitary practice plan known as a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points …
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Madison based Venture Investors has completed fundraising for their fifth fund, which will target 12-15 early stage life science and technology companies over the next 3-5 years. The VC’s latest fund totals $80 million and will primarily target companies in the Midwest. Venture Investors was established in 1982 with its first four funds totaling $177.6M. …
The 61st Annual Greater Madison Area Chamber of Commerce Dinner attracted over 1,000 business leaders for the largest annual dinner to date. The event focused on three core ideas: “Innovative”, “Entrepreneurial”, and “Identifiable” and threading them all together for how they tie to Madison. Highlighting the important role entrepreneurs and groups like Capital Entrepreneurs play …
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Healthfinch won the grand prize in the nationwide Open App Challenge hosted by Allscripts. Nearly 100 developers submitted applications to “Start a Revolution” by creating innovative applications that integrate directly with Allscripts Open Electronic Health Records (EHR) software. Healthfinch’s mission is to help increase quality and productivity by reducing non-reimbursable physician time and wasted staff …
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AquaMost‘s CEO Todd Asmuth was featured in the Wisconsin State Journal Executive Q&A. The cleantech company uses a process called photoelectrocatalysis to purify water without the addition of chemicals. AquaMost has focused primarily on applications of their technology in the oil fracking industry, and has an industry-leading solution that could have a significant impact on …
Apartment listing service Abodo.com completed its seed funding round of $325,000 recently, led primarily by Wisconsin based angel investors. Abodo has helped more than 40,000 Madison renters find new apartments in the last 12 months, and plans to continue expansion across the Midwest. Abodo employs 5 full-time people and is a graduate of the Winter …
After 10 eventful days, the 2013 Forward Technology Festival has come to a close. We’re still recovering from the 22 different events, and this year saw the most excitement around the Festival and highest caliber of events yet. Though Capital Entrepreneurs and our members were heavily involved throughout the Festival, we hosted two keynote events: …
Graduates from Wisconsin’s premier startup accelerator program will pitch their companies to an audience of investors and fellow entrepreneurs tonight (August 29), at gener8tor‘s Launch Day event in Milwaukee. The 5 high-tech startups in the Summer 2013 class received capital, mentorship, and connections throughout the 12 week gener8tor program. The Launch Day event will feature …
The latest cover story for the Isthmus features the increasing role young entrepreneurs are playing on the future of Madison’s economy. Millennials are the most educated generation in history (but also have the largest student loan debt in history) and are the most connected and tech-savvy. Millennial entrepreneurs founded approximately 1/3 of the recently funded …
The 2013 Forward Technology Festival runs from August 15-24, and encompasses 10 days of tech and entrepreneurship focused events throughout Madison. For a full event list and more information, go here. The 2013 Forward Technology Conference takes place Wednesday, August 21 and represents the summer’s best opportunity to spend a day networking with some of …
The 2013 Forward Technology Festival runs from August 15-24, and encompasses 10 days of tech and entrepreneurship focused events throughout Madison. For a full event list and more information, go here. Accelerate Madison and Capital Entrepreneurs present a lightning round of startup pitches from some of Madison’s most compelling emerging companies on the “big stage” …
The 2013 Forward Technology Festival runs from August 15-24, and encompasses 10 days of tech and entrepreneurship focused events throughout Madison. For a full event list and more information, go here. The inaugural Badger Startup Summit event will take place Friday, August 16 and aims to connect brilliant creative people from across the country and …
The 2013 Forward Technology Festival runs from August 15-24, and encompasses 10 days of tech and entrepreneurship focused events throughout Madison. For a full event list and more information, go here. The Capital Entrepreneurs Open Social kicks off the Forward Technology Festival on the evening of Thursday, August 15 from 6-8 pm on the Capitol …
