Category Archives: General & Events

Build Madison Takes Place on Saturday

Build Madison is playing host to its fourth annual “create-a-thon” Saturday and Sunday at Sector67, the organization announced. The event is free to attend. Like the other hackathons in Madison,…

D2P

UW, WARF Launch D2P

University of Wisconsin faculty and students now have a gateway for accessing resources for commercializing their ideas. As expected, UW and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation today announced the official…

State Crowdfunding Bill Becomes Law

Gov. Scott Walker signed into law the CASE for Jobs Act, which allows state businesses to raise money through crowdfunding, at a ceremony held today at University Research Park. “This…

ESS Panel Provides Investment Update

More investment capital is on the horizon, according to “Emerging Funds” panelists at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium Wednesday at the Monona Terrace. Chris Prestigiacomo of the State of Wisconsin…

TechStars Co-Founder Speaks at ESS

TechStars Co-Founder Brad Feld discussed topics ranging from investing to communities during the opening keynote at the annual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium Tuesday at the Monona Terrace. On the Series…

TechStars Co-Founder Headlines ESS

TechStars co-founder Brad Feld will serve as the keynote speaker for the Wisconsin Technology Council’s annual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium, held Nov. 5-6 at the Monona Terrace. “We’re excited to…

LGBT, Madison Chambers Work to Help LGBT Investors

The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce announced today they are taking steps to try to change an SEC rule that affects LGBT investors….

CityHack Aims to Improve Madison

Making Madison a better place to live is the purpose of a civic hackathon taking place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the Central Library. The event, called CityHack,…

Startups Host Tour on Thursday

Two businesses, two coworking spaces and a hacker space will be stops on a startup crawl taking place from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Thursday. All tours of Bendyworks, Murfie,…

Apply Now for 3 Day Startup Madison

The annual 3 Day Startup (3DS) Madison, taking place Nov. 22-24 at the University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences Building (1210 W. Dayton St.), is accepting applications to participate until Sunday,…