This week, some of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s best minds are learning how to take new ideas to market and launch them into businesses at the Wisconsin School of Business’s Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. The camp is aimed at graduate students studying chemistry, biology, law, engineering and other sciences at UW-Madison. More than 60 graduate-level students …
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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. …
One of the most progressive city open data policies in the country is being introduced in Madison today. The Open Data Initiative Ordinance will make all current and future public city datasets available via open standard APIs. This will improve government transparency and function, while at the same time unleash valuable city data to developers. …
Madison CityCamp, on Saturday, June 16th, will bring together local government officials, municipal employees, programmers, designers, citizens, and journalists to share perspectives and insights about the cities in which they live. CityCamp recognizes that local governments and community organizations have the most direct influence and impact on our daily lives. This event seeks to create …
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 …
Startup Wisconsin officially launches tonight (Thursday, May 31) in Milwaukee. This will be the 23rd statewide organization formed under The Startup America Partnership, which was launched at the White House in 2011. Startup Wisconsin was formed to support, mentor and provide access to resources for the state’s young entrepreneurs. Groups across the state (including Capital …
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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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 …
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 …
We’ve got an action packed week of events coming your way! We’re bringing two of the premiere startup events in the world to Madison, along with multiple other startup focused events, and it’s all happening April 25 – May 6, 2012. Capital Entrepreneurs Week is anchored by Startup Weekend and 3 Day Startup. The events …
Multiple Capital Entrepreneurs members were recently named to the InBusiness 40 Under 40 list, as well as the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Forward Under 40 list for 2012. Forrest Woolworth of mobile and social gaming startup PerBlue was the youngest person named to the 2012 InBusiness 40 Under 40 class. He is an original team member …
Madison based social marketing platform Shoutlet was recently featured on TechCrunch after launching their new trigger-based Social Switchboard service. Social Switchboard lets marketers schedule status updates, Tweets, and much more to be automatically published when a specific trigger is hit (such as reaching a certain ‘Like’ count on Facebook, etc). Read more on TechCrunch.
Madison made the short list of the top 12 Places to Live and Work as a Young Entrepreneur from Under30CEO.com. In the article, CE’s Nathan Lustig highlighted Madison’s vibrant startup ecosystem fueled by CE, Merlin Mentors, and the Forward Technology Festival. We couldn’t agree more!
Madison based Alice.com has raised $3.6 million in funding from a group of Spanish investors. This current round brings the total amount raised to $18.2 million since launching in 2008. Alice.com is the leading digital retail marketplace for purchasing household essential goods and is now home to over 600 manufacturers and thousands of household brands. …
PerBlue’s Parallel Kingdom recently passed the 1 million players milestone. Parallel Kingdom was the first location-based RPG on iOS and Android, and originally launched in 2008. The game has since expanded to the Web and is available on Facebook, Chrome, and Kongregate. It was also a recent finalist for “Best Mobile Game” in the Mashable …
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CE member Murfie.com recently completed a funding round of $1.4 million, led by the DaneVest Tech Fund. Murfie was also selected as one of only 13 companies from around the world to participate in the TechStars Winter 2012 Boston Program. The TechStars program is considered the top accelerator in the world, and Murfie will receive …
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Madison based clean tech company AquaMost has recently completed a $4 million Series B round of funding. AquaMost is developing a new type of water purification technology called photoelectrocatalytic oxidation (PECO), which was invented at UW-Madison. The round consisted of $3 million from investors lead by the Golden Angels Network, and a $1 million phase …
CE member The Madison Fund made its first microloan this Fall. The Madison Fund is a nonprofit which gives microloans to budding entrepreneurs in Madison, and their efforts were recently showcased in the Wisconsin State Journal. They aim to give 10 to 20 loans over the next six to 12 months ranging in size from …
