Venture Capital

Gov. Jim Doyle's new plans to stimulate angel and venture investment and manufacturing innovation received high marks from members of the Wisconsin Technology Council Board. The board, comprised of business leaders and state officials, voted Tuesday to endorse the plan in concept. ...

Deltanoid Pharmaceuticals, a privately held pharmaceutical development company spun out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has announced the completion of a $12 million round of financing that will be used to advance therapies for the treatment of renal disease. The money comes from a group...

Unless you regularly are involved in venture capital transactions and stay up to date on recent trends and deal structures, it's hard to know if you're taking advantage of best industry practices. Attorney and columnist Matt Storms has a handy resource, the American Bar Association's...

The world of angel investing can teach many business lessons, primarily about the importance of management in overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds of early-stage ventures, according to columnist and software executive Geoff Bastow. In this edition of Leading IT, Bastow recounts the 10 commandments of...

Angel investing often is the first money coming into a young company, and although it is a large segment of overall venture capital, it hasn't been tracked as closely. That's beginning to change, according to columnist Michael Rosen, and in this edition of Yer Biotech...

The judging was tough and honest, and the lessons were many as companies seeking capital made their elevator pitches to investors during the annual Wisconsin Early-Stage Symposium. The Elevator Pitch Olympics were an opportunity for start-up companies to hone their presentations and learn from investors,...

Just as Wisconsin is gaining some traction in the venture capital chase, a federal bill threatens to make the state less attractive to private-equity investors, particularly from outside Wisconsin, opines columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still notes that the bill is...

A new study on angel investments cites both the risk and reward associated with such investments in start-up companies. The national study indicates that angel investors taking part in organized angel groups achieve an average 27 percent rate of return, but investors also lost their...

With regard to the recently enacted state budget, columnist Tom Still asks the $57 billion question: what does this tax-and-spend plan actually accomplish over the next two years? In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, he supplies a few answers, including renewal and expansion of the...