Wisconsin Inno has unveiled its third-annual Inno Under 25 list, and several Badger innovators are featured, including: Max Fergus, founder of LÜM Shawn Michels, founder of SteadyShot Kit Chow and Aditya Parihar, founders of BoostedChews …
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UpStart Kitchen incubator for food entrepreneurs opens in Sherman Park
UpStart Kitchen was scheduled to open this spring but pushed back its launch because of the coronavirus pandemic. The food incubator for food entrepreneurs, UpStart Kitchen at 4325 W. Fond du Lac Ave., celebrated its official launch …
UW-Madison’s “Innovate Network” puts access to far-flung resources in one place
A new initiative from UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), administered by UWM’s Discovery to Product (D2P) program, is a powerhouse network and online resource involving more than a dozen campus organizations. The …
UW Spinout SteadyShot aims to ease the pain of insulin shots
A Milwaukee-based startup focused on easing the pain of daily insulin shots recently celebrated its best sales month after working for two years to take its needle-stabilizing product to the pharmaceutical market. Steady Shot is …
VC fund investing in products created at Wisconsin colleges and universities raises $6M
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 …
A new venture fund to start investing in entrepreneurs at Wisconsin’s colleges and universities in November
A new venture capital fund will start investing in Wisconsin’s university and college entrepreneurs this fall after closing on $6 million in fundraising. The Winnow Fund, a seed-stage venture capital fund led by Richelle Martin, …
Badgers vs. the Pandemic: Meet UW heroes in the fight against COVID-19
Louis Pasteur pioneered the rabies vaccine, and Jonas Salk the polio vaccine. By contrast, conquering coronavirus has been a team effort. UW–Madison faculty, staff, and alumni are playing a part, and not just in the …
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 …
Crisis Innovators: how 5 Wisconsin startups are fighting Covid-19
To highlight Wisconsin tech and startup companies working diligently and swiftly to address Covid-related issues, Wisconsin Inno has curated a list of Crisis Innovators. The list features several UW-Madison spinouts, including: FluGen: Shortly after the …
UW Researchers Redesign Critical Medical Equipment
In early Spring of 2020, the phone calls and emails started streaming in to the mechanical engineering department of the University of Wisconsin – Madison: “We don’t have enough ventilators, can you design something else?” …