When the Wisconsin Legislature declined to include a privately matched, $100-million state venture capital investment in the 2021-23 state budget, it wasn’t because lawmakers were foreign to the concept. Over time, the Legislature has twice worked with separate governors – Democrat and Republican – to enact programs that have raised Wisconsin’s startup...
Since its launch in 2015, the Badger Fund of Funds has invested over $3 million in 25 Wisconsin companies with the goal of diversifying business within the state. Three panelists — Jonathon Horne, Sam Rikkers and Dan Brooks — spoke about investing in new businesses at...
From the electric guitar to stem cell therapies, entrepreneurs have demonstrated incredible ingenuity throughout Wisconsin’s history. Yet in recent years we have lagged in attracting investment to provide lifeblood to our startup companies — stifling their growth or forcing them to leave the state. As part...
MADISON, Wis. – Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to invest $100-million in a venture capital “fund of funds” will help young high-growth companies throughout Wisconsin and put the state on the map for tech workers, companies and investors for years to come. That endorsement of the proposal...