2023 First Look Forum

A home assessment tool designed to help the elderly and people with disabilities live independently, a process that converts used battery chemicals into fertilizer, and a pocket guide app aimed at helping underserved families achieve better health outcomes for their babies – These are just...

RoddyMedical Inc. Raises $600K In Seed Round, Partners with Two Badger Fund of Fund Venture Capital Investor Groups to Launch Innovative Medical Device SecureMove‐TLCTM

RoddyMedical, Inc. announced the closing of its $600,000 series seed investment round and partnership with the Winnebago Seed Fund, and the Winnow Fund, two of Wisconsin’s Badger Fund of Fund venture capital firms. The seed round will finance the manufacturing and product launch of the...

Avdeev named director of innovation at Lubar Entrepreneurship Center

Ilya Avdeev has been named director of innovation at the new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. In this role, Avdeev — an associate professor of mechanical engineering who has been instrumental in fostering entrepreneurship at UWM — will lead program development and partnership cultivation.

Milwaukee startups receive funding to commercialize their technology

By Nick Williams – Reporter, Milwaukee Business Journal Four Milwaukee-area startups are receiving some extra cash from government and academic funding programs to help commercialize their technology. AquaMetals, based in the Milwaukee County Research Park's Technology Innovation Center in Wauwatosa, is getting up to $75,000 in Small...