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The Wisconsin Technology Council hosted a virtual Wisconsin WOMEN reception yesterday to discuss the growing role of women in angel investment, venture capital and entrepreneurship. WOMEN stands for Women, Opportunities, Mentors, Entrepreneurs, Networking. The panel...
Winnow Fund Forges Partnership with Concordia University
Fund Manager Will be University’s Venture Capitalist in Residence MADISON – The Winnow Fund, a woman-led, seed-stage venture capital fund has begun a unique partnership with Concordia University Wisconsin. Through the partnership, Concordia will provide the Winnow...
InsideWis: Removing ‘weirdness’ from being a female early stage investor
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Richelle Martin has a simple goal in mind for how some people may view women like herself who are venture and angel capital investors: “I want it to not be weird anymore.” Not that it’s actually “weird” for women to be early stage...
WEDC: Additional funds added to grant program for small businesses
An additional $70 million was added to the funding for round 2 of the We’re All In Small Business Grant Program, bringing total funding for the second grant round to $120 million and the total for both grant rounds to $185 million, Governor Tony Evers announced in...
WiSys: Tech Council Tom Still joins board
Tom Still was selected to join the Board of Trustees for WiSys—a nonprofit organization that promotes research, innovation and entrepreneurship at the 11 regional comprehensive University of Wisconsin System schools. “Tom is a tireless advocate for innovation and...
AirDeck Raises $3.4M for Seed Round Funding
AirDeck raises $3.4M to transform communication by adding voice and video narration to documents and presentations online Madison, Wisconsin, December 1, 2020 – AirDeck, Inc, an online platform that helps users create narrated presentations and documents for on-demand...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Christopher Johnson of Mappix, Tech Metrics and upcoming events
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. MADISON – The latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show” spotlights entrepreneur Christopher Johnson of Mappix, who won the “People’s Choice Award” during the...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Vital to invest in Black-founded startups
By Milwaukee Ald. Cavalier Johnson The recent news that Northwestern Mutual is committed to investing $20 million into companies founded by Black entrepreneurs through its Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures program, and accompanying partnership with gener8tor to...
InsideWis: A Thanksgiving week appeal to the great techie in The Cloud
By Tom Still MADISON – A techie’s Thanksgiving season prayer to the Great CIO in the Sky: As we (un)gather this Thanksgiving week over socially distanced meals, let us count the blessings of our digital age… using zeros and ones only, of course. We’re grateful for...
It’s a wrap: 2020 Early Stage Symposium!
Our first virtual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium featured a multi-day format on Nov. 9-11 which allowed attendees time to network, interact with sponsors, exhibitors and other attendees. Click here to view the program. More than 500 “Investor Intros” meetings were...
Northwestern Mutual Dedicates $20 Million to Advance Black Entrepreneurs through Venture Capital & a New Startup Accelerator
As part of its ongoing commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion and driving equity through innovation, Northwestern Mutual announced today new initiatives that will support Black startup founders nationally and locally in its headquarters of Milwaukee. The...
InsideWis: Cybersecurity worries mount for businesses, health care during transition
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Among the long list of uncertainties surrounding the presidential transition is how the nation weathers a growing cybersecurity storm over the coming months. President Trump’s firing of Chris Krebs, the widely respected cybersecurity chief...