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The Week Ahead

The Week Ahead April 10, 2017

For the week of April 10, here’s what’s happening in Madison’s startup scene: Presentations/Pitches 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 12 at Madison Central Library – 1 Million Cups Madison: Veronica Rueckert Coaching Noon-4…

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Cohort Completes Madworks Program April 18

Madworks Coworking Seed Accelerator’s ninth class will graduate following presentations by the nine participating companies at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 at the @1403 building. Startups in the cohort include Chefs…

Linectra Wins Transcend Madison

Linectra, maker of a high-resolution and high-throughput 3D metal printer, was named the winner of the second annual Transcend Madison startup competition for University of Wisconsin students held March 29-30. The…

Report Ranks 2016 Venture Funding

Eight of Wisconsin’s top 10 startups for raising the most venture investments in 2016 came from Madison, according to a report by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Midwestern BioAg ($26 million), Propeller…

The Week Ahead

The Week Ahead April 3, 2017

For the week of April 3, here’s what’s happening in Madison’s startup scene: Presentations/Pitches 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 5 at Madison Central Library – 1 Million Cups Madison: OneEvent Technologies 7-9:30 a.m. Thursday,…

12th Stem Cell Symposium Set for April

Two University of Wisconsin professors will present at the 12th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium, Monday, April 10 at Promega Corporation’s BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, organizers announced recently. According to a release,…

Bascom Ventures Targets UW Alumni

Bascom Ventures announced recently its first fund, which will enable University of Wisconsin alumni to invest in companies with a connection to Wisconsin. “We are directly helping support Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial ecosystem…

Bunker Labs Announces New Program

Bunker Labs Wisconsin unveiled Monday the Muster Across Wisconsin program, which will bring military veteran entrepreneurs and small business owners together with local resources to help them build their businesses. “We are…

Funds Launch to Better Serve Customers

Seeing their respective industries evolve, CUNA Mutual Group and Northwestern Mutual each launched venture funds to better meet the needs of their customers, representatives of the companies said during the monthly Tech…

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UpStart Hosts Small Biz Event

Registration is now open for the WARF UpStart-Heymiss Progress event, “Performance-Image-Exposure: Keys to Small Business Success,” taking place 6-8 p.m. April 19 at the Discovery Building, organizers announced recently. Attendees…