Madison-based tech startup LÜM announced a partnership with Grammy-winning R&B and hip-hop artist Ne-Yo as its global ambassador after securing $3 million in a second seed funding round. LÜM, a music streaming service and social …
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FoodChain works to make local sourcing easy
When the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Discovery to Product program mentioned FoodChain as an example of a recent success story, I was intrigued. How our traditional, factory-farm-dependent food system works (or doesn’t) has always interested me. …
Falling into Entrepreneurship
Dr. Sylvestra Ramirez ’05 had no idea a childhood injury would propel her toward a path and passion for physical therapy. Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ramirez thought her calling was figure skating and did …
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 …
UW students create bite-sized instant energy with “Boosted Chews”
Two UW-Madison students combined college student staples — coffee and chocolate — to create bite-sized pieces of energy for a competition, which led to the start of their entrepreneurial careers. Rising seniors Kit Chow and …
Tiny mineral particles are better vehicles for promising gene therapy
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a safer and more efficient way to deliver a promising new method for treating cancer and liver disorders and for vaccination — including a COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Therapeutics …
UW Alums ‘Lock Up’ Best in Category for 2020 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Last Lock, a company run by CEO and Founder Jack Ryan (Engineering ’18) and Director of Product Johnnie Wagman (MBA/WAVE ’20, Engineering ’17) placed top in the Business Services Category of the 2020 Wisconsin Governor’s …
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 …
UW-Madison spinoff Ensodata raises $9M to better diagnose sleep disorders
Madison-based AI health care startup EnsoData raised a new round of funding to diagnose health conditions, starting with sleep disorders. EnsoData announced Wednesday that it raised a $9 million Series A round led by Venture …
Business competition awards Madison-based opioid treatment developer top prize
A Madison-based pharmaceutical developer looking to address the opioid crisis won the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest Thursday. Plumb Pharmaceuticals, which is developing a drug delivery method that will help people battling opioid addiction, will …