Venture Capital

Early-stage investor Judy Owen will discuss plans for her Calumet Venture Fund 1 during an Oct. 16 meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network's Northeast Chapter. Calumet Venture Fund 1 plans to invest in Midwestern electronic product companies, including software, health and medical products, and green...

Appleton, Wis. - The Crucible is a "venture luncheon" held every two months where an early-stage, high-impact entrepreneurial team is invited to pitch their business plan to a select panel of high-impact business (HIB) investors and a "studio audience" of HIB community members. The next luncheon...

Comparing courtroom drama to the process of wooing investors, attorney and columnist Sverre Roang says early-stage companies have their own discovery process to engage. In this WTN guest column, Roang notes that investors will conduct their own discovery, also known as due diligence, so entrepreneurs...

Baird Venture Partners recently announced the closing of a $170 capital fund that was built with support from Wisconsin entities like Northwestern Mutual and Sentry Insurance. Nevertheless, the company's third fund will feature a national rather than a state or regional investment focus, having already...