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 …
UW spinouts
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 …
Gud Medical offers a less expensive yet precise IV tool to the medical world
Madison-based Gud Medical is striving to be a leader in precisely delivering medicine and intravenous fluids. And its syringe adapter could get a boost from the coronavirus crisis as researchers tap into former COVID patients …
For some of Wisconsin’s delivery-based companies, stay-at-home orders mean growing even faster
For some of Wisconsin’s rapid-growing companies with delivery-based business models, stay-at-home orders mean they must scale up even faster. “We’ve had fast growth before,” said Matt Howard, CEO of online food ordering and delivery platform …
Steady Shot aims to make insulin injections more precise
A UW-Madison grad and finalist in the Governor’s Business Plan Contest aims to provide a low-tech syringe adapter to assist insulin users in the United States and beyond. Shawn Michels is a diabetic who knows …
Engineering faculty trio lands grants to support spinout work
Three faculty members from the College of Engineering have received funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Discovery to Product office through the state of Wisconsin’s State Economic Engagement and Development (SEED) Program. The program funds …
FoodChain, a UW-Madison Spinout, Gets Acquired by the Dohmen Company
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Co-founders Jake Levitt and Ben Winters launched the company in 2019. The startup entered the Discovery to Product (D2P) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and participated in …
UW Spinout FoodChain Acquired by the Dohmen Company
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2020 The Dohmen Company announced on Thursday that they have acquired FoodChain, a UW–Madison spinout focused on connecting farmers, suppliers, and consumers with an innovative online marketplace. FoodChain’s platform allows …
FluGen, UW-Madison researchers developing COVID-19 vaccine
UW-Madison researchers and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech are developing and testing a vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu, they announced Thursday. CoroFlu will build on FluGen’s flu vaccine candidate known as M2SR. That …
UW–Madison, FluGen, Bharat Biotech to develop CoroFlu, a coronavirus vaccine
An international collaboration of virologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech has begun the development and testing of a unique vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu. CoroFlu will build …