Badger State entrepreneurs — especially those with ideas for creating health-care or agriculture-related software companies — shouldn’t be shy about looking south to Chicago for funding and networking, a pair of Windy City investment pros said Tuesday.

“Madison is connected to Chicago and Chicago connects Madison to the rest of the Midwest,” Jeff Carter, a co-founder of Chicago’s Hyde Park Angels to a Wisconsin Innovation Network gathering.

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