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 …
Campus Innovation Stories
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?” …
WisBusiness: The Podcast with Boosted Chews Co-founders Kit Chow and Aditya Parihar
This week’s “WisBusiness: The Podcast” features Kit Chow (pictured left) and Aditya Parihar (pictured right), co-founders of Boosted Chews, a caffeinated chocolate startup. Chow and Parihar, soon-to-be seniors at UW-Madison, are on the board of …
Comprehensive Network Helps Entrepreneurs Start In Wisconsin in Madison Region
While the Madison Region continues to receive awards and accolades as a great place to start and grow a business, the volume of resources can be overwhelming. Hundreds of organizations provide services to both emerging …
UW spinoff LÜM partners with Grammy-winning artist Ne-Yo, secures $3M in funding round
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 …
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. …