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Wellbe Closes on $2.4M Round

Wellbe announced today that it raised $2.4 million in its latest financing round. According to a release, the funding–which includes an investment from Mark Bakken, who left his post as CEO…

EatStreet Partners with Meals on Wheels

EatStreet is teaming with Meals on Wheels Association of America and its “Serve Up A Smile” program, the company announced today. The program will help communities across America fight senior isolation…

UW Students Win Collegiate Inventors Competition

The University of Wisconsin announced Thursday that a team of undergraduate students won the Collegiate Inventors Competition last week in Alexandria, Va., for its full-color 3-D printer called Spectrom. Founded…

Hopster Acquired by Inmar

Inmar, a tech company based in North Carolina, announced today its acquisition of digital coupon site Hopster. Terms were not disclosed. “The merger of traditional media messaging with digital offers…

EatStreet’s Series B Jumps to $10M

EatStreet’s previous $6 million Series B funding round has increased to $10 million with the addition of investments from 4490 Ventures and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, the company announced…

Nextt CEO Offers Insights on Closing

The end of social media platform Nextt became official today in a blog post by CEO and Co-Founder Mark McGuire. Nextt was a network designed to allow friends to share ideas…

Company Profile: Manifestly

After being inspired by the book The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande, Mark McEahern and Philip Crawford were determined to think of ways to use checklists in the workplace. Shortly afterward, what…

$14.5M Series B for Propeller Health

Propeller Health announced today that it raised $14.5 million in its Series B financing round, which was led by Safeguard Scientifics. According to a release, Propeller Health will use the money to…

KSK Electrics Uses Kickstarter for Psyren

Perry Kivolowitz and Karu Sankaralingam founded KSK Electrics in October 2013, and after almost a year of business, they announced today they’re running a Kickstarter campaign for their virtual studio…

Company Profile: Little Green Pencil

While sitting in a board meeting to plan Madison Magnet’s annual golf outing, Will Robus couldn’t help but think of ways to make the event more exciting for the organization’s…