The ice fishing angler’s new best friend BlueTipz was recently featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. BlueTipz is a wireless transmitter that sends an alert to your smartphone when you have a fish on your ice fishing tip-up. Invented by Bob Baddeley and Brad Zdroik, BlueTipz brings high tech to an industry that has changed …
Murfie was named as one of the “upworthiest” technologies of the year by the writers of Yahoo Tech. Murfie is the planet’s largest online CD marketplace where people can send in their CDs which are then converted to a digital format that plays on any device: Mac, PC, phone, tablet, even the Sonos. Check out …
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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 …
The fourth annual Isthmus Indie Awards honor Madison movers and shakers, awarding creativity, innovation, sustainability and bold leadership. Winners were announced in eight different categories, with Michael Fenchel of 100state taking the honor for the “Dane and Beyond” category. 100state helps Madison entrepreneurs put ideas into action. They also host “problem-solving soirees” in which groups …
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 …
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. …
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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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 …
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, …
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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SnowShoe was recently ranked as one of the Top 10 Coolest Cloud Startups of 2013 by CRN. SnowShoe develops the SnowShoe Stamp, which is a small device used for authenticating cloud-based mobile transactions. SnowShoe won the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon last year. They were accepted into TechStars earlier this year and are currently out in Boulder …
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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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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Drifty Co was recently highlighted in a feature in InBusiness Magazine. Drifty builds the mobile and web development tools Codiqa and Bootstrap, which have received tech community acclaim including being spotlighted on the jQuery Mobile website. Drifty recently returned from TechStars Cloud, and has set their roots down at their new King Street office. Be …
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, …
Nextt has completed a $700,000 seed funding round lead by Venture Investors and Great Oaks Venture Capital. Nextt is focusing on the “future of social” and is building a private social network that focuses on connecting friends around real-world events and experiences. The startup was founded by serial entrepreneur Mark McGuire (of NameProtect.com and Jellyfish.com), …
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 …
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 …
Codiqa (aka Drifty Co) was rated as one of the “100 AngelList Startups To Watch In 2013” by ReadWriteWeb. Codiqa ranked among the top “Design Startups” on the list. The list contained 9 different startup categories, and represents a powerful cross-section of today’s best technology startups. Drifty Co is a cloud based software company whose …
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