Join your fellow Madisonians for Ignite Madison on September 25th at 8pm at the High Noon Saloon to learn about and celebrate unique ways to stay active in Wisconsin. Ten speakers will each give 5 minute presentations using slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds, covering activities like log rolling, bike polo, juggling, ultra running and …
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 …
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 …
Subsidence has been accepted into the inaugural class of the Bolt accelerator program based in Boston. Bolt is a six-month, intensive accelerator program designed to spur the growth of new hardware-based technology businesses. The Bolt program will provide Subsidence with a package of financial investment, access to world-class prototyping and manufacturing facilities, 24/7 access engineering …
A startup hub in downtown Madison that will be anchored by Sector67 and gener8tor has just been announced. StartingBlock Madison’s goal is to create a centralized location for the Madison region’s entrepreneurial activities. The facility will provide Madison-based startups with affordable, flexible office and co-working space, accelerator support, peer and mentoring resources, education and training, …
PerBlue just released a significant update to their recently released Greed for Glory mobile game for Android. The latest update adds kingdoms, social features, and leaderboards to the 3D combat strategy game. Greed for Glory originally launched in June, and has since garnered over 700,000 installs from around the world. Download and play Greed for …
The growing coworking movement in Madison was featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. Coworking in Madison has continued to gain steam, with existing coworking spaces expanding and new ones forming. The article focuses extensively on the role coworking plays in the startup community, why the spaces are so valuable, and also highlights some of the …
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A new nonprofit fund targeting investment in early-stage Wisconsin companies has formed. The BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation has raised an initial fund of $6 million, and is expected to raise an additional $60 million over the next 3 years. BrightStar’s non-traditional model mixes venture capital investments with charity. Investors in the fund don’t receive a return …
A recent story on NPR focused on how high end restaurants in New York City are having an increasingly difficult time finding quality chefs. A big reason for this is thought to be that young, up-and-coming chefs are going to smaller, more affordable cities with their own vibrant food cultures – places such as Madison …
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The first ever Artup Weekend is taking place in Madison the weekend of July 26-28. Artup Weekend is an event where artists and entrepreneurs work together on teams to build amazing art or art businesses over a weekend. The event was inspired by hackathon style events traditionally held in the tech community, but now with …
Madison made the short list of cities with the highest amount of venture capital investment per capita. The Atlantic Cities released a series of posts examining the new geography of venture capital and high-tech startups. The Silicon Valley (#1) and San Francisco (#2) areas are still by far the top areas for investment, but the …
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Asthmapolis, maker of the FDA-cleared mobile health solution for asthma and COPD, recently received a second investment from the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF). Asthmapolis is designed to improve the care of people with asthma and COPD, advance understanding of symptoms and triggers and help them achieve control of these diseases. The CHCF investment in Asthmapolis, …
Musical performances will be taking place all throughout the city today (Friday, June 21) as part of the inaugural MakeMusicMadison event. The free festival brings together 284 performances at 110 different locations throughout the city. The MakeMusicMadison event is part of the international World Music Day event in cities throughout the world. The matchmaking software …
The Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc (CNI) Annual Meeting will feature Alder Scott Resnick who will present his insights on the growth trends of Madison’s high-tech sector and its affect on the downtown in coming years. Resnick is the District 8 Alder and is also the Vice President at Hardin Design & Development. The CNI Annual Meeting …
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Madison ranked as the 5th Best City for High-Tech Jobs in a recent ranking from the Brookings Institution. The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara region of California (Silicon Valley) came in at the top, and Madison came in at 5th between Seattle (4th) and Boston (6th) with 24% of the workforce in the STEM field. “The Hidden …
Madison based NitricGen, Inc took first place in the 2013 Governor’s Business Plan Contest. NitricGen designed and patented a device that produces nitric oxide from room air which is used to treat chronic foot ulcers, a serious complication of diabetes. The awards were announced at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Conference. Winners share a total of $200,000 …
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Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) has filed papers with the SEC to hold an initial public stock offering which could allow them to raise up to $57M. CDI was founded by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson in 2004, and makes induced pluripotent stem cell lines (iPS). The company has over 100 employees currently and sells …
