The Wisconsin hackerspace movement was recently featured on the 45 North with Anne Strainchamps radio show on Wisconsin Public Radio. The segment included Chris Meyer of Madison’s Sector67 and James Carlson of Milwaukee’s Bucketworks. The hackerspace movement, as well as the background and some of the ongoing projects at the local spaces, were highlighted. There …
Fishidy recently announced that its fishing resources will be available in approximately 2,600 Walmart stores nationwide to help anglers of all kinds maximize their upcoming fishing outing. Fishidy is a network of anglers and fishing resources, and offers fishing maps of over 8,000 bodies of water nationwide. Through signage and a display interface found in …
gener8tor just kicked off it’s Summer 2013 Program in Milwaukee. The 12 week program will provide 5 teams capital, mentorship, expertise, and more and will culminate with a Launch Day event on August 29 where each team will pitch their company to a crowd of community members and potential investors. “The Summer 2013 Program consists …
Bokos, maker of a one-piece rubber sandal, was recently featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. The article highlights their journey getting their company off the ground, in particular focusing on the unique challenges they encountered sourcing manufactures for their product. “I’ve always been a bit of an entrepreneur. You get to do a lot of …
Fetch Rewards won the $10,000 Innovative Minds Prize on May 10 at UW-Madison. Fetch Rewards is a mobile application designed to reinvent the grocery shopping experience by adding several benefits to the environment. The mobile phone application lets shoppers directly scan purchases into their phones, providing a running tab of the grocery bill and automatically …
Educational training game maker Ronin Studios and Consulting was recently featured in InBusiness magazine. Ronin makes mobile and web based games used by businesses and organizations for corporate training and other business objectives. Ronin’s games put a new spin on traditionally dry corporate training. For more on Ronin, check out the full article here.
The 2013 Burrill Business Plan Competition at UW-Madison wrapped up last week. This year’s competition attracted 32 different entries from UW students that competed for $27,500 in prizes. The top teams included: 3in1 Holders – A self adjusting fishing rod holder that keeps bait at a steady height even in choppy waters. Re Prosthetics – …
Capital Entrepreneurs co-founder Nathan Lustig was profiled in the Isthmus recently. His roots, as well as his role in the Madison entrepreneurial community and abroad, where highlighted. He is a serial entrepreneur, and after being selected for the first Startup Chile class in 2010 he has lived primarily in Chile – but remains very much …
The Madison startup ecosystem and its supporting groups were highlighted in a recent article in Madison Magazine. The tech startup ecosystem is a key driving force behind Madison’s quest to be among the top cities for tech. Retaining talent, funding, collaboration, and mentors were highlighted as crucial pieces to foster successful new companies. The growing …
Justin Beck and Forrest Woolworth of PerBlue were named to the 2013 University of Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Forward Under 40 list. The Forward Under 40 award is given out to a small set of UW graduates each year who embody the Wisconsin Idea. This is the sixth year for the award, with 9 alumni in …
EatStreet (formerly UConnect) has just completed a $2 million Series A financing round led by Cornerstone Opportunity Partners, with Great Oaks Venture Capital, Independence Equity, and Gener8tor also participating in the round. EatStreet is a free online ordering service that connects customers with restaurants, and the new capital will enable EatStreet’s expansion into new markets. …
Codiqa was recently featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. Codiqa is in the middle of their 3 month TechStars Cloud accelerator experience, and they join Capital Entrepreneurs members Murfie, Vidmaker, and Spill as being a TechStars company. Codiqa is a prototyping and interface-building tool for jQuery Mobile that makes it easy to create mobile websites …
Capital Entrepreneurs was featured in the Sunday edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently. The article focused on Capital Entrepreneurs and Startup Milwaukee, two grassroots groups formed as homegrown support groups for entrepreneurs. The article touches on much of the value these groups provide in building a startup community. The importance of these types of …
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Bendyworks was featured this week in the Isthmus. Bendyworks is a software and web development firm specializing in Ruby on Rails. The article touches on the roots of Bendyworks, where they are today, as well as their visions for information technology companies being the stars of downtown Madison’s 21st-century economy. “The tech community in Madison …
Capital Entrepreneurs member company Echometrix recently received FDA approval for their EchoSoft ultrasound technology. EchoSoft is Echometrix’ first commercial offering. It is a powerful software package that is used with diagnostic ultrasound to assist with the diagnosis and monitoring of musculoskeletal conditions. EchoSoft’s proprietary technology generates color maps to help trained clinicians visualize structural characteristics …
Mobile and social gaming company PerBlue is being honored this month at the White House as part of the Empact100. The Empact100 list is comprised of the top 100 companies in the Empact Showcase, a compilation of the United States’ leading entrepreneurs who are age 30 and under, and whose annual revenues or operating budgets …
SnowShoe CEO Claus Moberg was featured on TechCrunch while attending TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this week. Claus was joined by Matt Lea, and led the Livebolt team which took the top spot out of 147 teams. They utilized their SnowShoeStamp technology to make a cloud-based identity management system that consists of an aluminium block …
Capital Entrepreneurs co-founder and Startup Chile participant Nathan Lustig was featured on The Next Web. His startup Entrustet was part of the first Startup Chile class in 2010, and he compiled a summary of the alumni from his Startup Chile class. After 2 years, 45% still have businesses running in Chile and they have raised …
Capital Entrepreneurs companies took the top spots in the 2012 Madison Favorites “Tech Startup” category, published by the Isthmus. PerBlue finished at the top, followed closely by Murfie. Thanks to everyone who voted!
PerBlue Co-Founder and CEO Justin Beck kicked off the Game Developers Conference Europe this week with a presentation titled “Bootstrapping 101”. The session highlighted the fork-in-the-road moments of PerBlue’s path from bootstrapping, to raising money, to today. PerBlue’s “Parallel” series of location-based RPG mobile games have over 1.5 million players worldwide. PerBlue also sees Android …
