Discovery to Product (D2P) at UW–Madison is a driving force behind transforming innovative ideas into impactful products and services, embodying the Wisconsin Idea. Since its inception in 2014, D2P has supported over 330 UW innovators …
Programs
From mobile games to media and medical technology: Badger alumni share their stories at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Showcase on September 25
Three exceptional Badger alumni will share their entrepreneurial journeys, leadership insights, and how their UW experience set them on the road to success at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Showcase on September 25. The event offers the …
UW–Madison Innovate Week Sept. 23-27: Alumni entrepreneurs, fusion, AI, Makeathon and more at week of entrepreneurship and research commercialization events
UW–Madison Innovate Week (Sept. 23-27) is for campus innovators—faculty, students, and staff—who want to maximize impact for research, turn an idea into a product or service, start a company or organization, or take inspiration from …
Madison Chamber announces Pressure Chamber finalists
A company that screens the shape of infants’ heads, one that maps the local food system and another focused on carbon nanotube processing are among the six finalists in this year’s startup Pressure Chamber. Read …
Six Pressure Chamber finalists announced
Today, the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce announced the six finalists competing in the 11th annual Pressure Chamber startup initiative, which returns to the Majestic Theatre on Aug. 20 during Forward Fest, Wisconsin’s largest technology …
2024 Forward Fest: UW–Madison Programs—Registration is now open
Forward Festival is Wisconsin’s largest technology and entrepreneurship festival, featuring local events to connect and inspire innovation in all aspects of entrepreneurship. The event, held from August 19 to 23, brings technology and startup communities …
Five projects selected for WARF/Bayer Challenge Grant
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Bayer are pleased to announce that five projects have been selected to receive development funding through the Plant Sciences Challenge Grant. The grant invited submissions for new technologies focused …
Wisconsin biohealth industry named one of nation’s elite tech hubs
Wisconsin has been named one of 12 federal tech hubs, a boon for the state’s biohealth industry expected to bring in $49 million over five years to expand capacity and add up to 30,000 jobs …
How Wisconsin is creating the future of precision medicine
Rapid advances in medical research are transforming how disease is treated at an individual level — the state’s federal designation as a biohealth technology hub is generating high hopes for business. Read more here: https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/how-wisconsin-is-creating-the-future-of-precision-medicine/
I-Corps Alumni Spearheads Semiconductor Revolution with Carbon Nanotube Innovation
In the academic halls of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Katy Jinkins and her lab patented novel carbon nanotube technology have the potential to unlock the next generation of semiconductors. Jinkins believed the technology had …