Wisconsin Resources and Contacts

UW-Madison ranks with the likes of Stanford, UCLA and the University of California, San Diego when it comes to award-winning research talent. It allows for innovative collaborations among nearly 750 engineers, biologists, geneticists, neuroscientists, chemists, political scientists and others in the life sciences.

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UW-Madison includes one of the leading technology transfer organizations in the world to help researchers bridge the gap between discovery and the marketplace.

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WAN's mission is to fuel the growth of entrepreneurial, early stage financing throughout Wisconsin. WAN produces and provides resources to the early stage investing community. Those resources include the "Deal-flow Pipeline," an online connection point for investors and entrepreneurs; assisting with angel network and early stage fund formation; facilitating collaboration between investors; on-demand videos, templates and other resources designed to help entrepreneurs seeking capital; and more.

Contact:
Joe Kremer, Director
(608) 442-7557
jkremer@wisconsinangelnetwork.com

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SWIB is the state agency that invests the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System, the State Investment Fund and other state trust funds. As of August 2008, SWIB managed nearly $87 billion in investments.

Contact:
Chris Prestigiacomo,
Portfolio Manager, Private Markets Group 
(608) 266-6723 
Chris.Prestigiacomo@swib.state.wi.us

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WARF is a non-profit organization that supports research, transfers technology and ensures that the inventions and discoveries of UW-Madison benefit humankind. The UW-Madison is a premier research institution with world-class faculty and staff who attract more than $900 million in sponsored research each year. WARF receives about 400 disclosures per year and has taken an equity share in about 40 companies.

Contact:
Carrie J. Thome, Director of Investments
(608) 263-2833
cthome@warf.org

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WiSys is a non-profit WARF subsidiary established to identify innovative technologies developed beyond the UW-Madison campus, primarily within 11 other UW System campuses and Marshfield Clinic Applied Sciences. It helps to bring those technologies to the marketplace for the benefit of the inventors, their universities, Wisconsin’s economy and society.

Contact:
Maliyakal John, Director
(608) 265-2135
maliyaka@wisys.org

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UW-Milwaukee researchers in engineering, business, the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities are looking for partners to bring their discoveries to the world. The campus manages about $30 million in sponsored research each year.

Contact:
Brian Thompson, President
(414) 229-3397
briant@uwmfdn.org

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This agency offers technology loans and grants to qualified companies, assists in site and location matters, and manages the Qualified New Business Venture (QNVB) program for investor tax credits.

Contact:
Mickey Judkins, Executive Director, Global Ventures Division, Department of Commerce
(608) 266-6675<
mickey.judkins@wisconsin.gov
For specific QNVB information contact: Shelly Harkins
(608) 267-0346

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The MCW Office of Technology Development is responsible for managing the discoveries, inventions, and other intellectual property assets of the Medical College of Wisconsin and advancing these discoveries. The MCW conducts about $125 million in sponsored research each year.

Contact:
Joseph Hill, Vice President and Director
(414) 456-4381
jhill@mcw.edu

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DFI's mission is to ensure the safety and soundness of Wisconsin's financial institutions, to protect the consumers of financial services, and to facilitate economic growth. The agency regulates and licenses financial service providers who do business in Wisconsin.  Heinemann serves as chair of the Wisconsin Angel Network advisory board.

Contact:
Lorrie Heinemann, Cabinet Secretary
(608) 264-7800
lorrie.heinemann@wisconsin.gov

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Marshfield Clinic Applied Sciences promotes the exchange of knowledge between patient care services and research programs by helping to determine the commercial potential of advances. The division aligns research projects with health care needs and assists in the patent process. The clinic conducts about $25 million in sponsored research each year.

Contact:
Dr. Robert Carlson, Director of Applied Sciences
(715) 389-5122
Carlson.robert@marshfieldclinic.org

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