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Madison Region Economic Partnership
Regional EDO serving eight counties in south central Wisconsin. Our "Start-up Ready" program helps entrepreneurs access local resources and data. We also provide coaching services focused on business planning, pitch deck review and valuation.
Specializes in: Madison Region (Madison Region Economic Partnership)
1 Million Cups (1MC) Madison, WI
Each week, the 1MC program offers one local entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their startups to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors, and entrepreneurs. Meets in the Dream Bank space and Starting Block Madison but currently virtually.
Alchemy Angel Investors
A network of investors that unleash untapped sources of innovation through strategic investment in early-stage, impactful, and scalable startups founded by world-class entrepreneurs.
American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact
We are a venture capital firm and partner of choice for exceptional entrepreneurs who are building scalable, sustainable businesses in a long-term effort to close equity gaps in America.
Sharon Neylon
Phone: (608) 720-9946
Website
821 E Washington Ave.
Institute/8th Floor
Madison, WI 53703
Arts Business Competition
This campus-wide competition encourages new thinking and innovative ideas, and provides support for student-driven projects. Held annually in the spring. Entrants develop and submit a thorough proposal for an arts event, exhibition, series, commercial venture, or other artistic project.
Kate Hewson
Phone: (608) 263-9290
Website
Division of the Arts
1050 University Ave, 350 Lathrop Hall
Madison, WI 53706
BioForward
BioForward is an action-oriented association meeting the needs of over 200 biohealth leaders throughout Wisconsin and supporting the growth of Wisconsin's robust and comprehensive biohealth cluster.
Business and Entrepreneurship Clinic
The Business and Entrepreneurship Clinic provides assistance with overall business strategy, customer driven models, operations, founder issues, sales and marketing, needed resources, financial services, competitive analysis and more.
Michael Williams
Phone: (608) 263-3270
Website
5110F Grainger Hall, Wisconsin School of Business
975 University Ave
Madison, WI 53706
Business Learning Commons
University of Wisconsin's Business Learning Commons is your resource for business information. Contact us for questions or guidance.
Peggy Smith
Phone: (608) 225-1022
Website
Room 2210L Grainger Hall
975 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706
Catalyst BioConsulting
Catalyst BioConsulting (formerly PICO – Postdoc Industry Consultants) is a business consulting group comprised of highly trained scientists that provides a broad range of business consulting services for the many challenges faced by start-up and established firms. We offer pro-bono services geared towards the sustainable development and growth of innovative biotech and health technology companies in Wisconsin and beyond.
Center for Dairy Research
The Center for Dairy Research has two programs: TURBO, an accelerator for entrepreneurs and small businesses with dairy food or beverage products; and the Dairy Business Innovation Alliance, which supports dairy farmer diversification, the creation of new dairy products and increasing dairy product exports
Center for Technology Commercialization
The Center for Technology Commercialization’s objective is to guide you through the complex and exciting journey of bringing your technology from idea to market. The journey includes helping you connect to funding and guidance from experienced business leaders.
City of Sun Prairie Economic Development Department
Provide economic development services to businesses operating or looking to locate in Sun Prairie. Services include: workforce development, customized technical assistance, site selection, revitalization/redevelopment.
Clinton Global Initiative University
This annual conference is for students, university professionals, and thought leaders who gather to discuss and develop solutions to pressing global challenges. Students are also eligible for financial support.
John Surdyk
Phone: [email protected]
Website
Wisconsin School of Business
975 University Avenue, #5110C
Madison, WI 53706
Columbia County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC)
CCEDC is an economic development organization designated to facilitate the creation of new permanent employment, retention and expansion of existing businesses, the leveraging of new private investment in Columbia County and to stimulate the local economy.
Community Economic Development Program, Division of Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The goal of the UW-Madison Extension Community Economic Development Program is to improve the economic well-being and quality of life for Wisconsin residents. Our purpose is rooted in working with community leaders by applying research and providing educational programming.
CS Nest
CS NEST is a free venture-creation program and competition that helps entrepreneurially minded UW students, postdocs and recent alumni create high-growth startups. Sponsored by UW-Madison Dept. of Computer Sciences and WARF, CS NEST is run by nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor.
Discovery to Product (D2P)
D2P provides free education and mentoring for UW-Madison faculty, staff, and student innovators who want to develop an idea for an innovative product, service, or novel approach to a social problem.
Doyenne - Madison Office
Doyenne works within entrepreneurial ecosystems to create change and unleashes the power of women entrepreneurs.
Draper Technology Innovation Fund (TIF)
The Draper Technology Innovation Fund (TIF) provides grant funding for UW-Madison faculty and academic staff to conduct the additional research often necessary to bring new concepts and inventions to the patent and licensing stage.
Economic Empowerment Wisconsin
Economic Empowerment Wi is a collective impact effort of Collaborators working to decrease
barriers to entrepreneurship for people of color by developing a continuum of support services
throughout the life cycle of an entrepreneurial enterprise.
FEED Kitchens
FEED Kitchens is a shared use commercial kitchen business incubator supporting food business start ups and their early stage development. A member based facility, FEED has 5 commercial kitchen production spaces and is available to members 24/7.
Fitchburg Chamber Visitor + Business Bureau
The Fitchburg Chamber Visitor + Business Bureau provides leadership for the advancement of Fitchburg's economic vitality & quality of life. We offer programs and services that expand investments, create job opportunities, support business networks and build tourism & community assets.
Food Finance Institute
Our mission at the Food Finance Institute is to make sophisticated financial technical assistance available to every growing food, beverage, and value-added farm enterprise.
Forward BIO Institute
The Forward BIO Institute supports transformative research and development, promotes workforce development, and fosters public-private partnership establishment in the emerging area of biomanufacturing: the advanced manufacturing of therapeutic medical devices, cells, tissues or pharmaceuticals.
Forward BIO Institute: Innovators in Training Program
The Forward BIO Institute’s Innovators in Training program expands on graduate and post-graduate preparation, providing experiential-based training in skills necessary to successfully transition into the entrepreneurial and technology development workforce.
Philip Keegan
Phone: (608) 262-6099
Website
M1050A Engineering Centers Building
1550 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Forward BIOLABS
Forward BIOLABS maintains and operates co-working life science labs and offices that are fully equipped, maintained, and supported that allow entrepreneurs to realize capital efficiencies, focus on their science, and meet milestones efficiently.
Forward Festival
Wisconsin's largest technology and entrepreneurship festival.
gALPHA Social Impact
gALPHA Social Impact through the Wisconsin Union Social Justice Hub is a free four-week program focused on creating initiatives to address equity in education, criminal justice reform and other important areas of impact.
Lauren Usher
Phone:
Website
gALPHA Social Impact at the Union Social Justice Hub
1308 W Dayton St
Madison, WI 53715
gBETA
gBETA is a program of nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor. gBETA is a free, seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots. Each program is capped at five teams, and requires no fees and no equity.
gener8tor - Madison Office
gener8tor is nationally-ranked venture capital firm and accelerator that brings together startup founders, investors, corporations, job seekers, universities, musicians and artists.
gener8tor - Milwaukee Office
gener8tor is nationally-ranked venture capital firm and accelerator that brings together startup founders, investors, corporations, job seekers, universities, musicians and artists.
Golden Angels Investors
Golden Angels Investors is a member led organization of over 100 investors committed to funding and helping companies from pitch through exit. Our members are entrepreneurs, CEO's, venture capitalists and professionals who have founded and built world-class companies.
Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab
The facilities at Grainger Engineering Design & Innovation Lab provide an ecosystem of fabrication facilities which include rapid prototyping equipment, precision machining, & emerging technology with the goal of empowering students.
Maggie Muldowney
Phone: (608) 571-7023
Website
215 N Randall Ave
Wendt Commons
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce is the voice of business with more than 1,200 organizations – ranging from one-person shops to corporations with more than 10,000 employees – working to bring the Greater Madison area to its full potential.
Pattie Fowler
Phone: (608) 256-8348
Website
1 S. Pinckney St., Suite 330
P.O. Box 71
Madison, WI 53701-0071
Green County Development Corporation
The Green County Development Corporation (GCDC) can help you discover why Green County is the place for your company to grow and prosper. Whether you’re starting a new business, growing an existing business or looking for a new location, GCDC is your source for community data, available sites, labor force information and demographics. We can help you access incentives and financial assistance programs. All discussions are held in confidence.
Initiative for Studies in Transformational Entrepreneurship
INSITE faculty and staff support interdisciplinary research on entrepreneurship and innovation, curriculum development across schools and colleges, and experiential programming for students at UW–Madison.
John Surdyk
Phone: (608) 843-1010
Website
Wisconsin School of Business
975 University Avenue, #5110C
Madison, WI 53706
Innovation in CEE
The Innovation in CEE Competition for undergraduate students develops new materials, technologies, and solutions for today’s evolving civil and environmental engineering challenges.
Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship
The University of Wisconsin System’s Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship helps entrepreneurs, businesses and economic development professionals across the state to achieve their goals through expert consulting, educational resources and a dynamic statewide network.
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) - Dissemination & Implementation Launchpad
Built on the bedrock of the Wisconsin Idea, the Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Launchpad™ team, is a consulting service that aims to launch proven health-related innovations from research to clinical and community practice in Wisconsin and beyond.
Mondira Saha-Muldownwney
Phone: (608) 265-9366
Website
HSLC - 2nd Floor
750 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
Irontek
Irontek is a co-working space and tech hub located in the heart of downtown Beloit, Wisconsin. We offer a variety of flexible membership options, amenities and business resources to startups, entrepreneurs, freelancers and remote professionals.
Isthmus Project
Isthmus Project, a subsidiary of UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin, serves entrepreneurs from UW and UW Health who need help bringing their health care ideas to reality.
Janesville Innovation Center
The Janesville Innovation Center (JIC) offers an environment that can accelerate business growth. The Center supports entrepreneurship and the creation and growth of innovation-based companies in the greater South Central Wisconsin area.
Kiva Wisconsin
Kiva offers loans from $1,000-10,000 for 0% interested with terms of 24-36 months. Kiva loans are crowdfunded through both a borrower's personal network and Kiva's worldwide community of lenders in over 70 countries. https://www.kivaushub.org
LegalCORPS Inventor Assistance Program (IAP)
The IAP at LegalCORPS provides assistance to inventors & entrepreneurs with Intellectual Property protection. Services include: IP Brief Advice Clinics, legal assistance through the patent process for qualified inventors, and educational programs.
Madison College Center For Entrepreneurship
The mission of the Madison College Center for Entrepreneurship is to strengthen communities through education, innovation and collaboration. We strive to plant the seeds of entrepreneurial thinking and to foster a culture of entrepreneurial action across all of Madison College.
Madison Cooperative Development Coalition
The Madison Cooperative Development Coalition (MCDC) is the City of Madison’s initiative to form worker cooperatives that address income inequality and racial disparities by creating living-wage and sustainable jobs. We are a collaborative of community-based organizations, business resource specialists, and cooperative developers. We provide education on cooperatives, technical assistance for co-op start-ups or conversions, and access to funding.
Madison Development Corporation
MDC provides venture debt loans (ranging from $200K to $400K) to early stage Dane County companies who have received a round of seed/angel capital, have revenues, but are not yet profitable, but project to be in 4 years.
Madison Women in Tech
Madison Women in Tech is a supportive community of women and gender nonbinary folks working or interested in technology, from designers to programmers to recruiters to students. Through regular events and a digital newsletter, we empower and elevate women and enbys in Madison’s tech scene.
MadisonStartups.com
Your only source for original news and events from the startup, tech and biotech scene in Madison, Wis.
MERLIN Mentors
MERLIN Mentors is comprised of experienced business leaders who volunteer their time, knowledge, and experience to help convert entrepreneurs’ ideas into developing companies.
Middleton Chamber of Commerce
The Middleton Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization, that helps to promote a strong economy and a high quality of life for our members and community.
Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship)
The Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (MEB) is a one-week intensive training program in technology entrepreneurship for graduate students and postdocs in the sciences, engineering and math fields.
Lisa Collins
Phone: (608) 262-9040
Website
975 University Avenue
Room 5110 Grainger Hall
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Novel Coworking
Novel Coworking offers fully furnished, amenity-rich workspaces with direct fiber internet & WiFi in prime locations so your business can thrive. Perfect for small businesses, entrepreneurs, professionals and enterprise companies looking for an impressive new office space. Inquire about renting an affordable private office, office suite, dedicated desk, NOVEL Access Pass, virtual office or daily office.
Pressure Chamber
This popular pitch program features diverse and exciting companies presenting to an all-star panel of out-of-state investors, business executives and a virtual audience.
Kevin Little
Phone: (608) 443-1949
Website
1 S. Pinckney St., Suite 330
P.O. Box 71
Madison, WI 53701-0071
Sauk County Development Corporation
Sauk County Development Corporation’s collaborative, regional approach to economic development ensures that Sauk County continues to be a premier place to live, work, and conduct business. Sauk County has a respected, reliable workforce with valuable, diverse skills, as well as a supportive, catalytic environment for entrepreneurs and business expansions.
Scale Up Milwaukee
Scale Up Milwaukee is, at its very core, an initiative to infuse a greater ambition and capacity to grow into our region. By working directly with ambitious entrepreneurs and the stakeholders that support them, Scale Up Milwaukee helps companies grow, accelerating the environment that makes growth a core, self-sustaining part of the fabric of Milwaukee.
School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS)
The School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences (CDIS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison brings together the departments of Computer Sciences, Statistics, and the Information School.
SCORE Mentors Madison
SCORE Madison Get FREE Business Mentoring For over 50 years, SCORE has served as America’s premier source of FREE business mentoring and education. SCORE provides expert mentoring and education to thousands of startup and existing businesses, just like yours.
StartingBlock Madison
StartingBlock Madison is an entrepreneurial hub in Madison, Wisconsin with a mission to create the meaningful intersections that cultivate entrepreneurs, grow successful companies, drive innovation and build a startup community that gives back. Since opening in June 2018, StartingBlock has housed 69 local startups that have raised $41.9M to date.
StartingBlock runs programming, makes connections and offers working space for startups.
StartUp Entrepreneurial Learning Community
StartUp is a self-selected community of primarily first year UW-Madison students who live and learn together in Sellery Hall. The Learning Community's goal is for all residents to gain the skills and confidence they need to put their ideas into action through the entrepreneurial process.
State Economic Engagement and Development (SEED) Research Grant
The State Economic Engagement & Development (SEED) Research Program grants provide commercialization research funding for UW–Madison faculty and academic staff with ownership in a Wisconsin company.
The Middleton Chamber of Commerce
The Middleton Chamber of Commerce is a 501(c)(6) membership organization that helps to promote a strong economy and a high quality of life for our members and community. We connect our business community by providing programming and networking opportunities to help foster growth, inspiration, and contribute to our greater community.
The Water Council
The Water Council supports all stages of freshwater technology companies.The Water Council offers a number of water-innovation focused programs including the corporate-sponsored Tech Challenge, our BREW accelerator and the Pilot Program.
Transcend Madison Innovation Competition
The Transcend Madison Innovation Competition is a student-led effort open to any degree-seeking UW–Madison students or recent alumni who are interested in creating their own ventures.
Transcend UW student leadership
Phone: [email protected]
Website
1415 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706
U.S. Small Business Administration
Created in 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to help small business owners and entrepreneurs pursue the American dream. The SBA is the only cabinet-level federal agency fully dedicated to small business and provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses.
Tammie Clendenning
Phone: (414) 297-1093
Website
310 W. Wisconsin Avenue Suite 580W
Milwaukee, WI 53203
University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC) is a trusted and unbiased voice on the cooperative business model serving the needs of cooperatives in Wisconsin. Our team of cooperative development specialists is available to help you start a new co-op, strengthen an established co-op, or convert an existing business to the cooperative structure.
University of Wisconsin Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic
The UW Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic provides free legal services for startups throughout the state of Wisconsin. Services include company formation, trademarks/patents/copyrights, contracts, and website terms and privacy policies.
University Research Park
University Research Park is an internationally recognized research park that supports early-stage and growth-oriented technology businesses. URP’s offerings span more than one million square feet and range from coworking desks and flexible incubator labs/offices to entire buildings.
UpStart Program (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation)
UpStart is a free comprehensive business program for women and people of color in Madison, WI where participants gain the necessary skills to launch and grow their businesses.
UW-Madison Patent & Trademark Resource Center
Steenbock Library is a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), part of a nationwide network of public, state and academic libraries designated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to disseminate patent and trademark information and support diverse intellectual property needs of the public.
Dave Bloom
Phone: (608) 262-3007
Website
Steenbock Library, Rm. 118
550 Babcock Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
Venture Investors
Venture Investors seeks the next big things in healthcare. Based in the Midwest with open access to renowned research universities, and the vibrant communities that surround them, we target, uncover, and invest in extraordinary ideas that will shape the future of health and wellness. With decades of proven success, we’re fueling the future of what’s driving healthcare. Today, we have $275 million in assets under management.
WARF Accelerator Program
WARF Accelerator provides business resources and targeted funding to help UW-Madison inventors advance commercially promising technologies closer to the marketplace.
Accelerator support has helped inventors develop prototypes/demonstrations/field trials, assess markets, determine customer requirements, and identify collaborators and potential investors.
WARF Entrepreneurons
WARF Entrepreneurons is a free program for anyone in the UW-Madison community and the broader area business community featuring talks, panels and workshops intended to address timely topics in starting a new innovation-driven venture. Events are held online and at the Discovery building on the UW-Madison campus.
WARF Essential Topics
Essential Topics is a free recurrent program produced by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation open to campus and community members interested in issues relating to technology commercialization, intellectual property, conflicts of interest, licensing and more.
WARF Ventures
WARF Ventures provides seed and growth funding to early-stage startups that are commercializing University of Wisconsin-Madison and Morgridge Institute for Research technologies.
WBD Inc
WBD is a non-profit organization providing financial and educational resources to small business throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota. WBD is authorized to offer and fulfill the SBA 504 loan U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) public policy objective to support small businesses and create jobs in our communities through long-term, fixed-rate financing.
Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) Practicum
The Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) is a three credit class that provides select graduate students with an applied practicum in starting and growing entrepreneurial businesses.
Dan Olszewski
Phone: (608) 263-2882
Website
975 University Avenue
Room 5110 Grainger Hall
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship
The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the Wisconsin School of Business fosters entrepreneurial thinking for UW-Madison students at all levels across campus, whether undergraduate or graduate, business majors, or students in a non-business program.
Lisa Collins
Phone: (608) 262-9040
Website
975 University Avenue
Room 5110 Grainger Hall
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Whitewater University Innovation Center
As the cornerstone of the Whitewater University Technology Park, the Whitewater University Innovation Center serves as a community for entrepreneurs. With the support of our partners, the Whitewater University Innovation Center provides workspace, coaching, and programming to take your business to the next level.
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
WARF ‘s mission is to support scientific research within the UW–Madison community by providing financial support, actively managing assets, and moving innovations to the marketplace for a financial return and global impact.
Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce
The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce works to create a fully inclusive state by promoting economic growth and opportunities among LGBT owned and allied businesses, corporations, and professionals in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Madison
The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at UW-Madison is part of a statewide network supporting entrepreneurs and business owners through no-cost, confidential consulting and targeted educational programs.
Heather Ferguson
Phone: (608) 263-9675
Website
Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.
Suite 1290
Madison, WI 53706
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Whitewater
The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at UW-Whitewater is part of a statewide network supporting entrepreneurs and business owners through no-cost, confidential consulting and targeted educational programs.
Ron Chisholm
Phone: (262) 472-3217
Website
Community Engagement Center
1260 West Main Street, Suite 139
Whitewater, Wisconsin 53190
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Go Global Initiative
Small businesses assistance with importing and exporting
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Southwest Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center in Southwest Wisconsin is part of a statewide network supporting entrepreneurs and business owners through no-cost, confidential consulting and targeted educational programs.
Wisconsin Technology Council
The Wisconsin Technology Council is the independent, non-profit science and technology advisory group to the governor and Legislature, with programs serving emerging businesses, investors and others in the tech-based economy.
Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce
The Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce serves veterans and military families by providing resources to support veteran owned and veteran friendly businesses across Wisconsin. We are the voice of Wisconsin’s veteran business community, dedicated to improving the business climate for military veterans and their allies.
Wisconsin Women's Business Intitaive Corporation
WWBIC is a leading innovative statewide economic development corporation. We focus on individuals who face barriers in accessing traditional financing or education support by opening opportunity for pursuit of their dreams and economic well-being.
WiSolve Consulting Group
WiSolve Consulting Group is a non-profit providing low-cost, data-driven business services to entrepreneurs and businesses and experiential training to UW graduate and postdoctoral members in entrepreneurship practices to enhance business acumen.
WiSys VentureHome
WiSys VentureHomes form a network of startup hubs that combine statewide resources with community initiatives to provide local entrepreneurs access to a full menu of startup resources accessible locally.
Women's Business Development Center
To support and accelerate business development and growth, targeting women and serving other underserved communities and veterans, in order to strengthen their participation in, and impact on, the economy.
WVCA (Wisconsin Venture Capital Association)
The Wisconsin Venture Capital Association is a non-profit trade organization designed to encourage investor participation and collaboration in Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Young Enterprising Society
YES’s mission is to be an international epicenter for financially, politically and socially progressive individuals. Serving as a hub, YES mobilizes people, information, resources and capital for the greater good of its members and society at large.
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