This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with returning guest Laura Strong, founder and CEO of Valency Fund in Madison.

She discusses the path ahead for the nonprofit fund, which she launched earlier this year to help fund early growth-stage companies in Wisconsin that aren’t a good fit for a traditional bank loan or equity investment.

“The vision behind Valency Fund comes from my work with small companies over the last 25 years here in the Madison and general Wisconsin ecosystem,” she said. “And what I came to believe was that there was a gap in funding.”

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