Networked Insights, a new market research firm, has formally announced its company launch along with the closing of series A funding of $4 million from the Madison-based Kegonsa Capital. In the spirit of "Web 2.0," the company is using a web platform to put...
Three more Wisconsin technology companies have been qualified under the Act 255 angel and venture investment tax credit program. Investors who commit angel or venture capital to either Windlift, LLC, Centrose, LLC, or SymbiontWeb, Inc., will be eligible to receive the tax credits....
Microsoft's continued interest in search and commerce have led it to Madison, where it has acquired Jellyfish.com, a comparative shopping site, for $50 million. Jellyfish.com, which will remain in Madison, is trying to establish a new model for online advertising at a time when Microsoft...
Investors flocked to Milwaukee this week for the BIO Mid-America VentureForum and had some promising things to say about the future of venture capital deployment in Wisconsin. Rather than dwelling on any one state or quarterly period, they recommend tracking success over the entire region...
As it approaches an all-important presentation to investment funds at the BIO Mid-America VentureForum, Madison's Centrose, LLC has received an $875,000 funding commitment from the State Department of Financial Institutions. The company, which is developing drug therapies based on proprietary sugar chemistries, is seeking a...
The 2007 Early Stage Symposium will once again feature the Elevator Pitch Olympics, a program that gives companies seeking venture capital a chance to make their best case to investors. Start-up companies can apply for one of two chances to present to potential investors at...
A major funding commitment by three outside venture capital funds has placed Madison's OpGen, Inc. in a position to “revolutionize the way microbiology labs work” and address an unmet healthcare need, according to Mason Wells's Trevor D'Souza. The new investors, CHL Medical Partners, Highland Capital...
Dan Broderick, late of Broadwell Ventures, has joined the St. Louis-based venture capital firm Prolog Ventures, but he's not characterizing Missouri's gain as Wisconsin's loss. Broderick and Brian Clevinger, founder and managing director of Prolog, both say his connections could still have very beneficial impacts...
It may not be the largest round of venture capital ever raised by a Wisconsin technology firm, but the $21 million secured by Virent Energy Systems certainly ranks as one of the state's largest venture capital scores. Virent Energy, a Madison-based developer of renewable gasoline,...
A women-only angel investment network based in Milwaukee has added angel groups in Chicago and Miami, and will expand to two more locations within the next 12 months. Women Angels, founded by Wisconsin attorney Barbara Boxer, has a portfolio that already includes TrafficCast International and...