Driftless Goods offers sustainable luxury fleece

Startup

Driftless Goods offers sustainable luxury fleece

Sustainable design expert Caroline Priebe’s passion for fashion has a focus bigger than the latest trends. As the founder of ...

Pitch Contest

Meet Milwaukee’s Summerfest Tech Pitch Finalists

The Summerfest Tech Pitch Competition returns on June 26 with eight startups competing for a chance to win a share ...

Meet Milwaukee’s Summerfest Tech Pitch Finalists

Startup

HoneyBee Sage Wellness & Apothecary: Sowing the seeds of healing

During a week devoted to celebrating women in entrepreneurship, we turn the spotlight on Angela Mallett, the founder of HoneyBee ...

HoneyBee Sage Wellness & Apothecary: Sowing the seeds of healing
Shepherd Traffic gets green light into Finalist round of WI Gov’s BPC

BPC

Shepherd Traffic gets green light into Finalist round of WI Gov’s BPC

Inspiration comes in many forms. For Joel Roberts, it was impatience that inspired him. “I would sit at a lot ...

Founder of the Week

Meet Ane Ohm, the co-founder and CEO of LeaseCrunch

Launched in 2016, the SaaS (Software as a Service) company created an intuitive, scalable solution so accounting firms can easily collaborate with their clients to meet new lease accounting standards. The rapidly growing company announced that it received a capital investment from Aquiline Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount.

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Pre-Seed Funding Round

Early round of funding for initial startups. Often funds are raised from family, friends, the founder’s own resources, and occasionally, angel investors.

Why Startups?

The entire community benefits when startups succeed. Find out why these businesses are crucial to growth in Milwaukee.

DataTool

The Wisconsin Policy Forum is pleased to share DataTool, an innovative database the shows Milwaukee’s economic progress.

Start In Wisconsin

Start In Wisconsin is a resource that helps owners and startups power the connections they need to start, scale and accelerate their businesses.

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