Investors from the Midwest's IQ corridor will hear from about 40 high-tech Wisconsin companies at the 2008 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. The annual symposium will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 5 and 6, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center,...
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...
The angel investor market in the first half of 2008 continued on a reasonable growth path in terms of investment dollars, but saw a decline in investment deals from the first two quarters of 2007, according to the Center for Venture Research. The Center said...
There may not be any human embryonic stem cell-derived therapies or cures, but that's understandable, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, he notes that the average drug takes 12 to 15 years to reach the market, so the lack of...
Virent Energy Systems founder Eric Apfelbach says his company is looking for his successor, someone who has experience in the energy industry and energy markets. In Part I of a WTN Visions interview, Apfelbach talked about the company's plans to make its mark on America's...
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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...
Business people acknowledge that awareness of the Act 255 tax credit program is not high in northeastern Wisconsin, but they also say that manufacturing, a staple of the economy in this region, has been neglected when it comes to qualifying companies for the tax credits....
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...