August 29, 2016
Local entrepreneur succeeding despite Wisconsin’s poor ranking for startups
Despite poor rankings for entrepreneurial activity, some Wisconsin startups, including several located at University Research Park, are thriving....
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Biological supplier prospers with aid of UW manufacturing expertise
Aldevron, a lab based at URP that produces custom-made proteins and antibodies, has taken advantage of University of Wisconsin–Madison expertise in quick response manufacturing to bring products to market more quickly and improve profits....
August 24, 2016
Polco wins Pressure Chamber Pitch Night
Polco, headquartered at Bunker Labs Wisconsin, which is located in University Research Park, won the Pressure Chamber Pitch Night, which earned the company a free trip to pitch to Silicon Valley investors....
August 24, 2016
BioTechnique launches Phase Two of manufacturing partnership
BioTechnique announced the launch of the second phase of manufacturing in partnership with a major, international not-for-profit organization....
August 23, 2016
Tesla lawyer tells Madison startups to expect ‘resistance’ from the status quo
A UW-Madison alum who’s now a lawyer at Tesla Motors warned Madison startup leaders they’ll face a lot of resistance as they try to disrupt their more established competitors....
August 19, 2016
Wisconsin Innovation Awards honor five Madison companies
The Wisconsin Innovation Awards, which honor innovators from a range of business sectors across Wisconsin, recently recognized 10 companies, including five that are based in Madison. One of the five is POLCO, which is headquartered at Bunker Labs Wisconsin in URP. ...
August 18, 2016
Businesses spawned at UW-Madison take two of three pitch night awards
A “pitch night” at the Madworks business accelerator on campus made significant monetary awards to two Madison businesses with roots in UW–Madison....
August 15, 2016
UW-Madison places highly in worldwide ranking of universities
The University of Wisconsin—Madison is ranked 28th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities....
August 15, 2016
gBeta & Madworks graduate startup classes
Two accelerator programs for very young companies are nudging their latest participants out of the nest....
August 15, 2016
WARF, UW-Madison again rank in top 10 universities for US patents
An annual report ranks the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the private nonprofit foundation that manages intellectual property on behalf of the University of Wisconsin—Madison, as 7th among the world’s universities in U.S. patents issued in 2015....
August 12, 2016
EyeKor Stares Down $600K to Develop Clinical Trial Software
EyeKor, a developer of software for managing clinical trials of therapeutics for ocular diseases, has raised $600,000 in equity funding, according to a regulatory filing....
August 12, 2016
Forward Festival continues to grow
Thousands of entrepreneurs, investors and like-minded professionals are expected to attend the seventh-annual Forward Festival, which has more than 40 events taking place throughout Madison....