The Wisconsin Innovation Index is our “members-only” guide to Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial assets and a convenient portal to reach corporate and other members.
It maps our statewide network of investors, incubators, accelerators, academic resources, professional service firms, regional economic development groups and government resources tied to the growth of Wisconsin’s high-tech economy.
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We provide exceptional IT services to small to medium-sized businesses in the greater Madison and Dane County area.
We help guide our clients through the financial and technical considerations for how to best implement, maintain, protect and secure your business.
We are here to help you make more efficient use of your time‚ and allow you to focus on what’s important – your core business.
Empowered by our dedicated, talented staff, we measure our success by doing what it takes to help our clients succeed. We pride ourselves on being our clients’s trusted advisor and partner, providing them a range of creative IT solutions and a successful, cost effective delivery of services.
Aurora Health Care is an integrated, not-for-profit, and all-for-people health care provider serving communities throughout eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Our approach keeps people in our minds and at the heart of everything we do. We treat each person as a person, not as a patient, an illness or an appointment.
Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) provides engineering leadership for complex projects supporting clients who improve lives and protect the future. From better medicines, climate-sensitive energy supply and sustainable utilization, to cutting-edge healthcare, new paradigm technologies, and education at the highest level, our mission drives us to find unique solutions to solve our clients’ challenges. In so doing, we are an integral element of innovation, positively impacting society.
We serve our clients and support our employees with integrity and humility, displaying project leadership excellence unique to AEI. We develop creative and effective solutions to meet our employee’s and clients’ needs, creating a culture that acknowledges achievements and encourages professional development while providing challenging project work and career advancement.
For more than 80 years, American Family Insurance has given its customers peace of mind by making their insurance experience easy and convenient. Our caring agents strive hard to meet customers’ unique needs by offering just the right mix of American Family’s auto, home, life*, umbrella, business, health, and farm & ranch insurance, as well as retirement* products. Located throughout our 19 operating states, American Family’s independent contractor agents serve as local, expert and trusted advisors to our customers. They get to know you like family.
We operate at the forefront of insurance, and we’re not alone. Our ecosystem of limited partners, founders, and innovators, from across all major lines and beyond, join us in pursuit of one goal:
American Transmission Co. was founded in 2001, as the first multi-state, transmission-only utility in the United States. Unlike most other utilities, we have a single focus: transmission. Our transmission system allows energy producers to transport electric power from where it’s generated to where it‚Äôs needed. It’s similar to the interstate highway system, with high-voltage electricity traveling on the transmission system wires like vehicles on the highway.
Ascendancy Advisors provides strategic advisory and CFO services to early-stage, venture-backed companies in the consumer, technology, healthcare and renewable energy sectors. Past clients included EatStreet, Payline Data, Propeller Health, Spectrom, Thalchemy and TrafficCast.
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At AT&T, our purpose is to create connection – with each other, with what people need to thrive in their everyday lives and with the stories and experiences that matter.
Make a difference. Impact your world. This defines who we are, both as a company and as individuals. We can each make a difference in our communities and for the people around us.
Baird Capital makes sector-focused venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments in high-potential businesses across the Healthcare, Technology & Services, and Products industries.
More than 2,500 professionals strong, Baker Tilly is a full-service accounting and advisory firm with specialized professionals who connect with you and your business through refreshing candor and clear industry insight.
BDO is the brand name for BDO USA, LLP, a U.S. professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. For more than 100 years, BDO has provided quality service through the active involvement of experienced and committed professionals. The firm serves clients through more than 60 offices and over 550 independent alliance firm locations nationwide. As an independent Member Firm of BDO International Limited, BDO serves multi-national clients through a global network of more than 73,000 people working out of 1,500 offices across 162 countries.
BMO Harris Bank provides a broad range of personal banking products and solutions through over 600 branches and approximately 1,300 ATMs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona and Florida. These include solutions for everyday banking, financing, investing, as well as a full suite of integrated commercial and financial advisory services. BMO Harris Bank’s commercial banking team provides a combination of sector expertise, local knowledge and mid-market focus throughout the U.S. We partner closely with BMO Private Bank who serve a full range of client segments, from mainstream to ultra-high net worth, with a broad offering of wealth management products and solutions offered through offices across the United States.
BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation accepts charitable donations and uses them to take equity positions in for-profit early-stage companies. Earnings and return of proceeds on investments made will be reinvested again and again.
In the true sense of the word, we help refine our clients’ systems and processes. With our unique and seasoned perspective, we help build strong, more agile and efficient businesses. Since 2003, Business Fitness has applied best practices and a portfolio of cloud and mobile solutions, that when added to your business, will save you time and money. We help you smooth the rough edges of your business systems.
Capital Midwest Fund is a venture capital firm that invests primarily in areas where the Midwest spends most of its research dollars: life science and information technology.
The Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) provides one-on-one assistance to early-stage emerging technology businesses throughout Wisconsin. CTC consultants are experts in technology commercialization processes. We have over 60 years of combined experience and have collaborated in acquiring over $155 million in federal and other funding for our clients. CTC manages grants and programs that assist clients is obtaining said funding.
Our organization was created in 2005 under the name of the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Network in order to bring together advocates of economic development and experts in technology and commercialization to work with our clients and help them achieve commercialization success.
The Center for Technology Commercialization is supported by the University of Wisconsin System (UWSA), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the Small Business Administration (SBA). We are a part of the UW System Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship.
Fitchburg, Wisconsin is a dynamic, growing city that is centrally located within the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 654,230 and the Midwest mega region of Milwaukee, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Fitchburg offers convenient access to urban assets, yet is adjacent to scenic rolling hills and preserved green spaces. Fitchburg is an award winning bicycling community with a wide range of housing options providing plenty of opportunities to live, work, and play!
If an easy commute to the State Capitol, University of Wisconsin Madison Campus, east or west side of Madison or the Interstate is what you are looking for, Fitchburg is a “Good idea!”. We are home to some of the region’s globally recognized cutting edge companies and innovative entrepreneurs. Fitchburg’s industry clusters are well positioned to advance into the 21st century.
Visit our current project and see why these businesses have decided that Fitchburg is a “Good idea” to do business!
There is a direct connection between creativity and the law. At DeWitt, we utilize our creativity to offer proactive and effective legal solutions to our clients. The success of our clients is our ultimate goal. Large corporations, family-owned businesses, employers, associations, individuals, municipalities and others turn to our lawyers because we have a proven track record of legal accomplishments. Our attorneys are responsive, experienced, approachable, knowledgeable, focused, passionate and cost-effective. With experience in multiple areas of the law, our robust team of more than 130 attorneys embodies the important qualities one should consider when hiring a law firm. In 2022, DeWitt was the first place winner in the medium-sized companies categories of the Milwaukee Business Journal’s Best Places to Work. In 2023, DeWitt was recognized among the Top Places to Work in Madison by the Wisconsin State Journal, in Milwaukee by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and in Minneapolis by the Star Tribune. Simply put, we love what we do.
The Domann Organization, Leadership for the Life Sciences, has built our practice on knowledge, cultivation and leadership. Since 1988, Domann has focused exclusively on building executive leadership teams for the Life Sciences‚ working primarily with start-ups and the venture community. The successful investments we’ve made in this field demonstrate a proficiency in identifying the kinds of talent that offer a clear potential for strategic growth and success. We are committed to partnering with our clients to guarantee delivery of the greatest asset: human capital.
Since our 1907 inception, Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA) has actively worked to retain the core values of doing the right thing, treating clients and partners with respect, ensuring a quality product and delivering proactive planning and design solutions.
Our employees demonstrate unparalleled commitment to the markets, communities and clients they serve. Our multi-faceted architectural firm specializes in several markets including Living, Education, Science + Technology, Workplace, and Healthcare.
Exact Sciences Corp. is committed to playing a role in the eradication of colorectal cancer. The company has exclusive intellectual property protecting its noninvasive, molecular screening technology for the detection of diseases of the GI tract.
Founder Jerry Smith reinvented banking over thirty years ago, launching a business-focused bank that addressed the unique needs of business owners.
By employing bankers and entrepreneurs, each with expertise in their clients’ business, Jerry sparked an idea that each of our now 300+ employees holds close. A client focus leads to expertise, which leads to client success. Your success.
Flad Architects specializes in the planning and design of innovative facilities for healthcare, higher education, and science and technology clients. Serving clients globally, Flad is a recognized leader in resolving complex needs of knowledge-based organizations.
We are a full-service financial firm committed to helping people pursue their financial goals. We offer a wide range of financial products and services to individuals and business owners. We believe you will be better able to identify your goals and make sound decisions to help reach them by our providing sound financial information.
At Functional Biosciences, Inc. we provide high quality, low cost DNA sequencing and other related services. Using our microfluidic technology, we are able to offer some of the lowest prices in the industry without compromising the quality of the results.
Godfrey & Kahn provides high-level service and creative legal solutions to its clients. For nearly 60 years, our attorneys and staff have been guided by five core values originally set forth by our founders: A focus on our clients’ success, trust in one another and our clients, a culture of teamwork that helps us achieve more together, a work ethic to achieve whatever is possible, and an integrity that keeps us focused on the right thing to do for our employees, our clients and our communities.
The Golden Angels Investors is a member led organization committed to finding, funding and mentoring great young companies from pitch through a successful exit.
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. We provide a variety of tools to help businesses of all kinds succeed on and off the web. These programs form the backbone of our own business; they’ve also enabled entrepreneurs and publishers around the world to grow theirs. Our advertising programs, which range from simple text ads to rich media ads, help businesses find customers, and help publishers make money off of their content. We also provide cloud computing tools for businesses that save money and help organizations be more productive.
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce wants to make the Madison-area a global hub for innovation. We believe the visionary ideas and entrepreneurial spirit here make our community unique. Our members include big and small, traditional and pioneering, and tech-savvy and creative businesses and nonprofit organizations. We strive to create an even playing field for our network of almost 1,300 members. Giving each of them the ability to succeed and grow in the ever-changing game of business. By working together, we have the power to advocate for healthy economic growth on all levels.
The Chamber wears a lot of hats in its quest to keep business booming in the region including: public policy, membership services, innovative programing, business and networking events, marketing, communication and more. We have a team of leaders helping us along the way, including:
Our Board of Directors: Made up of successful members from the business community. The Board guides the Chamber’s strategic direction.
Our Chamber Ambassadors: Acting as liaisons within businesses and the community.
Being a member of the Chamber has countless benefits. We’ll help take your business to the next level and support you along the way. Take two minutes to learn more about membership with the Chamber.
HealthX Ventures is a digital healthcare-focused seed fund based in Madison, Wisconsin. We support teams that can help make healthcare safer, more affordable and provide better results.
Our clients demand the highest level of legal services, customized to fit their specific needs. To deliver these services efficiently and effectively, Husch Blackwell is structured by industry rather than by practice. After all, our clients aren’t organized by practice; they’re organized around markets and industries.
At Husch Blackwell, teams of lawyers with a depth of experience within a particular industry work together, across practice specialties, to deliver comprehensive solutions to help our clients achieve their business goals. Our partners, associates and legal professionals collaborate closely on client matters, so that each client benefits from the collective expertise of the firm.
With 19 offices across the U.S. and in London, Husch Blackwell has a heritage of a century of exceptional legal service. We have a strong, sustained commitment to diversity and inclusion, and our attorneys are dedicated to serving their communities through a wide variety of pro bono work. Through our alumni program, we are proud to recognize attorneys who have worked at the firm and moved on to successful careers in other places.
The Idea Fund of La Crosse was established in 2016 to invest in seed- and early-stage startup companies. The Idea Fund is the first venture capital fund to receive a commitment investment from the Badger Fund of Funds.
More than 28 years ago, Insperity CEO Paul Sarvadi envisioned making business owners’ lives easier by taking HR and administrative burdens off their plates. So he decided to start a company with little more than 600 square feet of space and one telephone. Since then, Insperity has grown as a result of helping clients reach their goals. Our business model is simple: We’re dedicated to helping businesses succeed by taking care of the things that could be distracting you from the bigger picture. We do this by helping you control expenses, minimize risk exposure and maximize your opportunities for revenue generation.
Inventure Capital is a boutique investment fund with a portfolio of assets ranging from early stage investments in tech, biotech, and clean tech startups in the Midwest to multi-family apartment development.
Findorff’s breadth of knowledge has led us to become one of the Midwest’s most trusted builders. From minor renovations to program management of the most sophisticated and complex facilities, Findorff is committed to bringing the highest level of service and craftsmanship to every project we build.
As one of Wisconsin’s leading builders, we’re always looking to add the best and brightest to our team. If you’re interested in joining the Findorff Family, please check out our current openings and apply today.
At Findorff, we offer learning experiences to get you excited about construction. Let’s work together to build your career!
Whether you’re new to the trades or a seasoned skilled tradesperson, you will have a rewarding job that offers variety and potential to pursue opportunities for advancement in your career.
Are you approaching high school graduation and unsure which path best suits you? There is a statewide program designed for high school students who want hands on experience working with skilled tradespeople on an active jobsite. Check out the Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship Program to learn how to get involved!
JP Cullen is a fifth-generation family-owned business. For over 120 years we have taken on the most challenging government, education, healthcare, commerce, industrial, arts & entertainment and historic restoration projects across Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and northeast Iowa.
Today we are a $380 million full-service pre-construction and construction company with 600 employees, managing projects from $1,000 to over $80 million in size: from new construction (office buildings, university buildings, residence halls) to additions and renovations (healthcare facilities, K-12 schools, industrial plants) to specialized work (e.g. steel erection, masonry, carpentry, historical restoration, equipment installation).
Our corporate headquarters is located in Janesville, Wisconsin. We have a Milwaukee office in Brookfield and an office in Madison.
