NimbleGen names CFO with capital-raising past
David Snyder, the new chief financial officer for NimbleGen Systems, brings 15 years of experience with finance and general management at rapid-growth companies....
David Snyder, the new chief financial officer for NimbleGen Systems, brings 15 years of experience with finance and general management at rapid-growth companies....
The Forest County Potawatomi Community has invested in its third technology company, Brendan Technologies, a California-based analytical software firm. Further investments in Wisconsin technology businesses could be on the horizon....
Why would a Wisconsin angel network invest in a St. Louis company when local companies need angel and venture capital investments? For the same reason outside investors are giving Wisconsin companies a stronger look - compelling technology with real market potential....
Courtships that began at a San Jose scientific showcase will continue as Platypus Technologies seeks marketing and distribution partners for a new line of research tools. The Fitchburg biotech already has attracted $16 million in government grants and angel investments, and is looking for an...
On June 19 and 20 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, about 130 people from various private equity, real estate, legal, engineering and due diligence providers gathered at the M&A Advisor conference to discuss many topics on the small and middle markets ($10 million to...
With an eye toward paying down debt and future acquisitions, Milwaukee's Brady Corp. has raised $137 million in an offering of common stock. The company, which manufacutres signs and labels used in cell phones and PDAs, sold 4 million shares valued at $36 per share....
A group of 21 Wisconsin angel investors have committed $1.25 million to a new Jersey company that is developing ways to lengthen the life of harvested organs and tissues. The investments leverage an earlier round that raised $1.0 million, giving Lifeblood Medical, Inc., more than...
The next state budget and the ensuing legislative session will be a watershed for Wisconsin. The building blocks have been put in place to move the Wisconsin economy in the right direction; we cannot afford to stop now....
Kay Napier, whose marketing expertise has played a role in successful product launches at Proctor & Gamble and McDonald's Corp., has been named to the board of directors of Third Wave Technologies....
If you were to design a system to encourage investment in small, high-growth companies, the kind that have produced a disproportionate number of American jobs, would you do any of the following?...