Startup Wisconsin is organized by Headway, a digital product agency based in Green Bay, WI.
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Upcoming Events

​Milwaukee Code and Coffee​
​June 1st, 9 AM [Milwaukee]​
Whether you are a seasoned professional, a hobbyist, or just getting your feet wet in the world of coding, there's a place for you here.

​Product / Market Riff​
​June 4th, 5 PM [Milwaukee]​
Looking for that connection? Need to vent away from investors or clients? Product / Market Riff is the perfect place for stalled founders, an open space to talk to people who really understand the highs and lows of being in the startup industry.

​2024 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference
​June 5-6th [Milwaukee]
​The conference theme for 2024 is "Mapping the Entrepreneurial Mind," focusing on various stages of business development. Attendees can expect sessions on starting a business, scaling operations, and achieving long-term success.

​Hack & Tell @ Formlabs​
​June 8th, 9 AM - 4:30 PM [Milwaukee]​
Are you working on a website, app, game, or pet project, or just want to learn something new? It can be difficult to find time to work on these things. The Hack & Tell is an event that gives you dedicated time and space and a group of people who would also like to build something interesting. Spend the whole day working on your project or helping others with theirs.

​SOCIAL X PRESENTS - Tech Tuesday: Coding with Clarity​
​June 11th, 5 PM [Milwaukee]
​An Xciting evening with an AI discussion on its transformational means of changing industries, thus creating new ways to build wealth featuring Nadiyah Johnson and Christopher Perceptions. After the discussion, we’ll get a hands-on workshop with Christopher using No Code Clarity to design front-ends, create back-end workflows, and launch Bitcoin smart contracts—all without coding, perfect for enhancing your start-up or personal brand.

​Madison B2B Revenue Acceleration Workshop
​June 12th, 10:30 AM [Madison]​
If your product or service has a lifetime value of $10,000 or more, our workshop offers the structure and tools needed to help you break through. Event to be hosted at Capital Brewery.

​U.S. Venture Sustainability Accelerator Showcase​
​June 12th, 5:30 PM [Appleton]​
Join us for this exclusive event to hear pitches from the U.S. Venture Sustainability Accelerator 2024 cohort!

​FOUNDER/FEST XII​
​June 12th, 6 PM [Milwaukee]​
An experience that brings Milwaukee area startup founders together to build a community of support and celebration. Founders come to network as well as to hear stories from those who have actually built, scaled, and lost businesses in an informal, party-like setting.

​Living Into Your Story | SE Region Women In Tech Wisconsin​
​June 13th, 7:30 AM [Brookfield]​
This workshop, with expert Kenge Adams, will help you identify ways to shape your points into a story that resonates with others.

​NEXT GEN MKE @ Peck Pavilion​
​June 15th, 11 AM - 4 PM [Milwaukee]​
This NEXT GEN MKE summer event is focusing on the innovations and changes happening in our businesses, the built world, and education programs. We also see the cultural and societal shift that’s occurring as people and companies explore social-responsibilities such as sustainability and democratization.

​Summerfest Tech 2024​
​June 24-27th [Milwaukee]
​Programming from local, regional, and national speakers, as well as a cash-prize pitch competition, connects the tech community around relevant topics. Summerfest Tech will be held June 27-29, 2023, free of charge, in-person, and available virtually.

​B2B SaaS Club @ Summerfest Tech​
​June 25th, 3:15 PM [Milwaukee]​
B2B Saas Club for CTO/CIOs and an exchange between founders. Join the Saas club to receive an invite.

​America’s Seed Fund 2024 Road Tour​
​July 18th, 8 AM - 3 PM [Madison]​
The event will connect entrepreneurs working on advanced technology to the country’s largest source of early-stage funding.
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Startup Programs

​gener8tor Milwaukee Accelerator 2024​
​Application Deadline: June 14, 2024​
gener8tor invests in five high-growth startups per cohort. This is an industry-agnostic and business model-agnostic program. We accept ALL types of startups across ALL industries and business models. Accepted startups receive $100K and 12 weeks of mentorship-driven programming.

​Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator Fall 2024​
​Application Deadline: July 1, 2024
​Powered by gener8tor, invests in high-growth startups that are building products for consumers’ changing financial preferences, reimagining the client experience, advancing the digital health revolution, or creating transformational analytics and technologies.

​Level Set by StartingBlock - Validate Your Business Model​
​Application Deadline: July 12, 2024
​An intense 6-week program designed to help you build and validate a business model. Offered 6x per year, they help you explore the pros and cons of different business models, model revenue, and get real-world feedback on your ideas.

​gBETA Madison Fall 2024​
​Application Deadline: August 19, 2024​
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.

​gBETA Milwaukee Fall 2024​
​Application Deadline: August 19, 2024​
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.

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Wisconsin Tech News

​gener8tor and U.S. Venture Announce 2024 Cohort of U.S. Venture Sustainability Accelerator​
The U.S. Venture Sustainability Accelerator invests $100,000 into each of five startups per cohort that are solving problems in the sustainability and/or mobility space.

​WI ag scientists developing AI applications on the farm
​Ranging from tracking animal movements for signs of disease to using drones and other automated equipment to monitor crops as they grow.

​Female business plan contest winners succeeding in male-dominated startup ecosystem​
Women who have won past Governor’s Business Plan Contests have gone on to grow and sell successful health tech companies despite the challenges facing female entrepreneurs.

​Idea Fund of La Crosse raises $31.5M for second VC fund​
The VC firm announced the fund, which aims to invest in pre-revenue and early-stage businesses in agriculture, manufacturing, health care and logistics.

​COnovate developing next-gen battery tech based on UW-Milwaukee research​
They are developing new battery technologies that could offer faster charging and more storage capacity.

​EnsoData, Aeroflow to Partner
​EnsoData announced that it is partnering with Aeroflow to use predictive clinical AI tools to enable more timely patient care, increase patient adherence, and strengthen the foundational provider-patient connection in the area of personalized sleep apnea care.

​Wisconsin VC Funding for April 2024
​According to Pitchbook, Wisconsin startups raised at least $19.85 million in April. See the link for all known investments.

​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 of $50,000 in prize money.

​Shepherd Traffic gets green light into Finalist round of WI Gov’s BPC​
Roberts is developing a “traffic analytics software that utilizes existing traffic camera detectors and advanced computer vision to create granular, geographically mapped datasets that describe the precise path of cars, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit in real-time.” The resulting data can be used to retime stoplights and improve the safety of intersections.

​WCTC Partners with gener8tor to Launch gALPHA and gBETA Applied AI Lab Accelerator
​They will recruit startups from the Waukesha County region in an effort to support startups based in or interested in relocating to the region.

​TitletownTech Welcomes Former U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher as Senior Strategic Advisor
​His deep insights into public policy and global markets will be invaluable as TitletownTech continues to invest in and support innovations across diverse sectors such as advanced manufacturing and construction, supply chain and logistics, digital health, agriculture, water, and the environment, and sports and media.

​TitletownTech Extends Expertise in Technology and Venture Capital to Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab​
TitletownTech, Microsoft, and Green Bay Packers launch a manufacturing-focused AI co-innovation lab on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the first of its kind in the United States.

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Have questions?
​We've got you. Ask away!
jacob@startupwi.org

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