Venture Capital

A Waukesha County medical technology company will receive a $100,000 Technology Venture Fund loan from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. Eso-Technologies of Hartland also has been certified as a Qualified New Business Venture eligible for angel and early-stage capital under the Act 255 tax credit...

Mithridion, a Madison biotechnology company that is developing drugs for Alzheimer's disease and other central nervous system disorders, has raised another $2.9 million in venture capital. The latest round, led by Venture Investors, will be used for the clinical development of Mithridion's lead drug candidate,...

A coalition of Wisconsin economic development groups is advancing ideas to ramp up a program that provides tax credits to investors that commit angel or venture capital funding to qualified Wisconsin companies. The Wisconsin Growth Coalition is calling for an expansion of Act 255, a...

The Wisconsin Legislature will face many big decisions in 2009, and one of the most important will be whether to expand the state's investment tax credit program. The program, which is credited with raising the level of angel investments in early-stage technology businesses, will be...

The nation's depressing economy has not prevented a Chicago-based venture capital firm with a national investment focus from raising a new, $50.1 million capital fund. In fact, the tight credit market has opened financing doors for OCA Ventures that previously were handled via working capital...

When it comes to partnerships, there is no more limited arrangement than the relationship between venture investor and entrepreneur - especially when it comes to the rules that favor the investor. In this WTN Guest Column, Paul Jones, president of the Council for Innovation, strikes...