Venture Capital

Madison, Wis. — State agencies have backed a new organization, the Wisconsin Angel Network, which would connect private investors in early-stage companies with entrepreneurs. The Wisconsin Technology Council, which advises the governor and Legistature on technology, would house the network and be its umbrella organization....

Madison, Wis. — After two days of demostrating Wisconsin's breakthroughs in biotechnology, the Wisconsin Life Sciences and Venture Conference closed last Wednesday with a discussion of what the state must do to attract business. Without capital, they said, the state will not be able to...

A large Wisconsin investment has drawn a St. Louis biotech company to the Milwaukee County Research Park. The company is targeting a type of debilitating genetic disease that is often fatal, using a new technique....