MADISON, Wis. –Mission-driven work is most commonly associated with the non-profit realm. But increasingly, traditional ventures that include social impact as a central component of a for-profit business model may also be found on the …
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UW–Madison, local startup testing a one-two punch against hard-to-heal wounds
Millions of people with severe burns or diabetic skin ulcers could benefit from an experimental enhancement to a next-generation covering that is already healing difficult wounds. A $1.5 million, two-year Small Business Innovation Research grant …
Max Fergus disrupts the mainstream music industry with a new streaming app
Max Fergus (BBA ’18) still has the screenshot of the text conversation in which he pitched the idea of a startup to his friends. He didn’t know at the time that that text conversation marked …
The BREW Accelerator program supports startups developing innovative freshwater technologies
The Water Council and A. O. Smith Corporation today announced the next round of the BREW Accelerator and BREW Corporate Accelerator powered by A. O. Smith Corporation. The program connects water technology startups with resources …
This Anti-baldness Hat Is Powered by the User’s Movements
Baldness is no doubt something no one wants to have, whether for health or aesthetic reasons. But with most people’s luck, about 147 million people worldwide are affected by alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease causing …
Madison AI Startup to Expand with Backing from California Tech Company
GreenBay Technologies, officially founded as a company just last month, is based on work started by a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and two PhD students. AnHai Doan, a professor of computer science at UW-Madison and …
WARF investment fund signals new tack in effort to grow adoption of UW–Madison technologies
A six-figure investment in a Wisconsin startup marks the latest effort by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the nation’s oldest technology transfer office, to adapt to the changing innovation landscape. The investment, from the new WARF …
Madison home to at least 10 stem cell companies
Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics Inc. is one of at least 10 stem cell companies in Madison, most started by UW-Madison researchers.
UW-Madison Named a Top 15 School for Startup Founders
Most startup founders weren’t born being business-savvy professionals. Those skills are often nurtured during college. And a new list published Monday that ranks the higher-ed programs producing the most VC-backed startup founders includes a Wisconsin institution. …
A New Study On Fortune 100 CEOs: The (Surprising) Undergraduate Institutions They Attended
What does it take to become the CEO of one of the 100 largest U.S. firms? More specifically, where do they come from, and does the undergraduate alma mater matter?