The Winnow Fund, a Madison-based venture capital fund that’s also one of newest funds under the Badger Fund of Funds umbrella, has now raised $6 million in investment capital. Managed by Richelle Martin, Winnow Fund is …
Funding
Here’s Seven High Impact Projects at UW-Madison Funded by the Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently selected seven projects for funding through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. The one-year grants will fund promising work in the Hub’s four priority …
UW Spinoff Pyran receives funding from Department of Energy
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected three projects to receive approximately $1 million in funding to leverage the unique computational capabilities at DOE’s National Laboratories. The projects will address technical challenges in bioenergy …
Food Finance Institute to host popular FaBcap Accelerator and Scaler Series
A popular program for Wisconsin food and beverage businesses has opened its 2020-21 application period with a shift in an ongoing collaboration. The FaBcap Accelerator and Scaler Series will be hosted by the Food Finance …
American Family Funding Initiative Awards
Nine teams of UW-Madison faculty and collaborators have been awarded nearly one million dollars through the American Family Funding Initiative for data science projects ranging from furthering third-wave artificial intelligence to supporting student entrepreneurship. Data …
Lightship Capital raising $50M fund to back Midwestern, minority-led startups
Cincinnati-based Lightship Capital made history Friday when it announced what is likely the largest-ever venture capital fund dedicated to investing in Midwestern, minority-led startups. This is also believed to be the largest initial fund run by a …
Güd Medical Receives SEED Grant
Joseph Ulbrich, co-founder of Güd Medical, received one of the State Economic Engagement & Development (SEED) research program grants from Discovery to Product (D2P). Güd Medical is a medical device company developing an ergonomic and …
Nine projects selected for UW/WARF COVID-19 Accelerator Challenge
$100K fund to accelerate solutions being developed by UW–Madison researchers MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced that nine highly deployable projects have been selected to receive development funding through the UW/WARF COVID-19 …
Wisconsin Partnership Program announces $2.2 million in grants in response to COVID-19
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has announced 21 new awards totaling $2.2 million to researchers and community organizations across Wisconsin for their efforts to lessen the impact …
State funds help accelerate campus technologies from lab to market
UW–Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P) has granted $600,000 to six faculty-led research projects through the State Economic Engagement and Development (SEED) Program, funded by the State of Wisconsin. The SEED program funds innovative research that …