Madison was recently highlighted as a “vibrant tech hub” in Fast Company. Madison has seen significant growth in the tech space, and is now home to many established tech companies as well as a burgeoning tech startup community. The article highlights the first tech startup wave to hit Madison almost 20 years ago and its …
The Isthmus has added a “Favorite Tech Startup” category to their yearly Madison Favorites poll. That’s right, now along with voting for your favorite Food Cart, Beer Bar, and Coffee Shop you can cast your vote for your favorite Madison area Tech Startup! Can we get a Capital Entrepreneurs member company to take the top …
Capital Entrepreneurs member company Portable Scores recently completed Haxlr8r – the first accelerator program for startups building hardware products – based in Shenzhen, China and the Bay area. Portable Scores is a portable, connected scoreboard. It’s small enough to fit in a backpack but big enough to see across a field and can be controlled …
Capital Entrepreneurs member company Style Shuffler was recently featured in the “Hot Trends” segment on NBC 15. Style Shuffler allows shoppers to use the scan function on their mobile phone to scan the tag on their favorite item at a clothing store and Style Shuffler automatically recommends complementary in-store pieces that pare well with the …
Capital Entrepreneurs member company UConnect was featured in this week’s Executive Q&A section of the Wisconsin State Journal. UConnect is a food ordering company that connects restaurants around the country with customers. Over 100 local restaurants are signed up on UConnect’s Madison based site BadgerBites. UConnect is now in 14 different markets around the country …
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Madison and Milwaukee based seed incubator and accelerator gener8tor is officially off the ground. With roots from 94labs, gener8tor looks to provide money and mentoring to young tech companies. The first class of 5 teams for gener8tor’s 12-week incubator program starts this summer in Milwaukee, while the next class will start January 2013 in Madison. …
Madison based social media marketing company Shoutlet has raised $15 million in a Series C funding round. The round was lead by FTV Capital of San Francisco and New York. Shoutlet has raised a total of $24.2 million since launching in 2010, and plans to hire 100 people in the Madison area over the next …
Capital Entrepreneurs member company PerBlue was recently featured on Forbes. The article featured PerBlue Co-Founder and CEO Justin Beck as he tells the story of launching PerBlue from his college apartment in 2008. The article dives deep into the early history and culture of PerBlue, and many of the obstacles the core team faced. “The …
A business plan is a very important and strategic tool for entrepreneurs. A good business plan not only helps entrepreneurs focus on the specific steps necessary for them to make business ideas succeed, but it also helps them to achieve short-term and long-term objectives. Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are …
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CE member Murfie was one of 13 companies to demo at the 4th annual TechStar’s Boston demo day this week. Murfie is a friendly online music marketplace and has already raised $1.4 million in funding. Check out more info on demo day here. From The Next Web: TechStars operates in 4 cities nationwide including Boulder, …
The first ever Startup Weekend in Wisconsin was a huge success. Startup Weekend Madison had over 100 participants who pitched 61 different ideas. Of these, 15 projects were chosen and teams worked on them over the weekend. The full list of projects (with details) is available here, and the prizes are available here. The experience …
CE member company StyleShuffler.com will launch its fashion mobile app this Friday, May 4 at The Gap, 341 State Street, during a public event from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Founded by Madison entrepreneurs Aaron Larner and Pitt Fagan, StyleShuffler has the potential to change the way consumers shop and the way retailers and manufacturers …
Capital Entrepreneurs Week kicks off today and runs through May 6. Capital Entrepreneurs Week brings two of the premiere startup events in the world to Madison – Startup Weekend and 3 Day Startup. The week-and-a-half of entrepreneurship and startup focused events includes speakers, sessions, and more. The burgeoning Madison startup scene has seen a lot …
CE member Spill took home first place and $25,000 at the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Spill was chosen from an initial pool of more than 600 entries to GSVC in a record 50 countries. More information on the competition is available here.
CE member Sconnie Nation has launched the latest addition to the Sconnie brand: beer. Kegs of Sconnie Beer rolled out to multiple downtown Madison bars last week, and 16-ounce cans will also be available at a later date. Sconnie Beer is an American lager similar to Miller High Life or PBR. Read more here.
CE member Vidmaker recently demoed their cloud video editing platform at the debut of the first class from TechStars newest accelerator located in San Antonio. Vidmaker joins CE companies SPILL and Murfie as past and present TechStars participants. Vidmaker makes it easy to manage and edit videos on any device, anywhere and with anyone. The …
Capital Entrepreneurs member Entrustet was acquired by Switzerland based SecureSafe, the market leader in Digital Estate Planning and online data safes. Announcing the acquisition today, DSwiss CEO, Christian Schwarzer, said the acquisition also shows our business partners, investors and other competitors that we plan to stay at the top of this market. According to Schwarzer, …
CE alumni Andrew Ferenci, Corey Capasso, and Dan Reich will be telling the story of their social commerce and analytics startup Spinback Tuesday, April 10. Andrew (entrepreneurship), Corey (entrepreneurship), and Dan (computer science) each had their own CE company in Madison, then moved to New York City where they started Spinback which was sold to …
The Wisconsin Technology Council in partnership with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp has put together the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Toolkit designed to introduce entrepreneurs to the many resources available to them. Wisconsin has become more well known as a great environment for startups (especially Madison in particular) over the last few years. This Toolkit offers a …
CE founding member PerBlue launched their latest mobile game today. The deep, location-based RPG titled Parallel Mafia is the first major addition to PerBlue’s family of “Parallel” games since 2008. Parallel Mafia joins the successful Parallel Kingdom, which now has over 1 million players worldwide. Set in a futuristic and crime-ridden world, Parallel Mafia players …
