Nine teams of UW-Madison faculty and collaborators have been awarded nearly one million dollars through the American Family Funding Initiative for data science projects ranging from furthering third-wave artificial intelligence to supporting student entrepreneurship. Data …
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Record early-stage investments in Wisconsin in 2019 ahead of uncertain 2020
Investments into Wisconsin’s early-stage companies topped $450 million last year — up 50% from the previous year — according to a report from the Wisconsin Technology Council and the Tech Council Investor Networks. The steep …
Making Research Work: Supporting our international students and researchers
On Monday, June 22, the president signed an executive order titled “Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak.” The order goes into effect on …
School of Business Hosts The Entrepreneur’s Playbook Webinar
The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike any public health or economic disruption we have ever faced. Entrepreneurs are being forced to navigate new and ever-changing business challenges. In a new webinar series from the Wisconsin School …
‘Hands-on’ makerspace summer series reaches students remotely
In late spring 2020, the engineers who run the University of Wisconsin-Madison Makerspace began contemplating how to continue delivering the facility’s signature hands-on seminars and activities to students who were now learning at a distance. …
The Innovate Network aims to coordinate and amplify startup initiatives on campus
Over the past decade, as local entrepreneurs were shaping Madison’s startup community into what it is today, many of them read a 2012 book called “Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” by Brad Feld. It …
Lightship Capital raising $50M fund to back Midwestern, minority-led startups
Cincinnati-based Lightship Capital made history Friday when it announced what is likely the largest-ever venture capital fund dedicated to investing in Midwestern, minority-led startups. This is also believed to be the largest initial fund run by a …
New data shows WI startups raised record amount of funding in 2019
New data shows that Wisconsin tech companies raised a record amount of venture capital funding in 2019, even though total deal volume in the state remained flat. The Madison-based Wisconsin Technology Council and its Tech …
UW–Madison and UW Health quickly launch a number of COVID-19 clinical trials
As the outbreak of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was deemed a pandemic, research institutions across the United States rapidly shifted focus to studies aimed at understanding the virus and finding treatments. The University …
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 …