2014 was a year of impact for the Madison startup scene. Capital Entrepreneurs member companies saw another year of record growth – the largest to date. They created 175 full time jobs, and now employ 500 full time people. Madison tech startups raised $44 million in funding in 2014. The first half of the year …
The year of 2014 was a year of big moves for PerBlue. We started out the year by moving to a brand new office. After 3 years in what was intended to be a “temporary” office space, we decided it was time for a change up. In March we moved back downtown and into a …
EatStreet had one thing in mind for 2014: more growth. We set our sights on growing our already talented team, our innovative product offering, and lastly our restaurant clientele. While it was a somewhat terrifying goal, we were determined to grow our restaurant list from 2,500 to 10,000 by year’s end. To fund our aggressive …
It’s been a big year over at Drifty, creators of the popular and fast-growing open source mobile development SDK Ionic. Late last year our company evolved from just building some cool developer tools servicing over 250,000 developers, into a full-blown platform company focused on enabling more people to build top-quality mobile apps using web technologies. …
365 days sounds like a pretty long time, but for a group of people that moves as fast as we do, it quickly flew by. Looking over the past year, Ten Forward Consulting has worked to strengthen our stance in the software consulting space with the help of our awesome clients, team members, and URP. …
In 2014, Digsite went from a great idea to a real product with paying customers. Digsite officially launched in June 2014, based on an idea that had been brewing for a couple of years. Digsite CEO Monika Wingate was running a boutique brand consulting firm. Her clients wanted the kind of in-depth insights they got …
2014 flew by! Murfie continued to grow our member base and inventory numbers, hitting a milestone of one-half million CDs under management in our warehouse. We had some awesome and unexpected media mentions including The Huffington Post, Cracked, USA Today, Inc., and CNET. A crew from The Start Up TV Show came to the office …
With 2014 quickly coming to an end, and no work shortage in sight, the staff at Hardin Design & Development wanted to take a moment to review all that we’ve accomplished. We experienced another year of growth and are excited to have impressive new programmers in the office. One of the things that makes Hardin …
OpenHomes has had a great 2014, starting off the year by closing a successful seed investment round. This year, OpenHomes is active in three MLS regions, covering all of Southern Wisconsin and Door County. In the fall, we were one of 100 startups globally to be selected to pitch at the PITCH ALPHA competition at …
2014 was a year filled with activity and strong growth at FillMyRecipe. During this year, FillMyRecipe experienced growth in revenue and units sold, while expanding its market and introducing a new product line. Our company’s participation at trade shows and in-store demos attracted many new and repeat customers. We participated at various events and presented …
MobCraft is the world’s first crowdsourced brewery, turning ideas into beer. Craft beer fans from around the United States submit ideas for beer recipes, which are voted upon, on a monthly basis. The winning beer is brewed packaged and can be shipped to customers in 40 states. Check out the past winners HERE. In January …
Verdanterra launched in February and 11 months later, we continue to grow and develop exciting new plans for 2015 and beyond. From our successful 2014 start, we envision soon having an established and well-respected brand in the environmental consulting world. We focus on providing regulatory guidance for developers, owners, and operators of energy infrastructure projects. …
We continued to build many great relationships in 2014 as we did the year before. WisBusiness.com now syndicates our news, and the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce is developing a startups events calendar for us. We also enjoyed being a part of the startup ecosystem. We were again active participants in events hosted by gener8tor, …
Preston Austin, Kelly Hiser, and Matt Wheeler co-founded Rabble in August 2014, but our history begins nearly a year earlier. Beginning in the fall of 2013, Preston and Kelly worked with Murfie and the Madison Public Library to create the Yahara Music Library, an online collection of local music freely available the library’s cardholders. We …
2014 Capital Entrepreneurs Recap Series: This is Day 1 of our multi-day series of posts from Capital Entrepreneurs companies highlighting their year in review. First up: Noble Applications. At Noble Applications, our exciting second full year was highlighted by: Doubling our revenue over year 1 Adding staff and adjusting processes to ensure that we maintain …
2015 To bring us into 2015, we’ll first be looking back at 2014. A lot of great things happened within the Capital Entrepreneurs community and the Madison Startup Scene and we’d like to share them. We’ll be kicking off with a series of posts from Capital Entrepreneurs companies summarizing their year in review, and we’ll …
