The Madison Startup Fair is back! The 6th annual Startup Fair features startups from the Madison area. It's part career fair, part startup showcase with a goal of connecting UW students to Madison area startups.
Anyone interested in technology and entrepreneurship can talk one-on-one in an informal environment with startup founders and employees about their experiences. Find out more about the burgeoning Madison startup scene and the opportunities startups have to offer, including ways you can get involved by starting your own company, finding a mentor, or learning about internships and full-time positions with existing startups.
We're switching up the format for the 2018 Startup Fair event! Capital Entrepreneurs has partnered with gAlpha (a gener8tor program), TheHub, WARF, UW Department of Computer Sciences, and StartingBlock to bring you a condensed, energetic, and informal way to get connected with Madison area startups. At the start of the event, you'll hear pitches from each startup about what they do and what they're looking for. Learn about internship and full-time job opportunities, find a mentor, and talk one-on-one with startup founders and employees.
AkitaBox - Facility Management SAAS company.
AssuredLeads - AssuredLeads optimizes business insurance production through lead generation and a SaaS platform.
Bump Studios - We are a video game company and are currently developing our freshman game. The game is a top down survival game. It is based off of Binding of Issac, Diablo, and Minecraft. The game is developed in Unity.
Curate - Curate’s software helps general contractors and vendors discover early information about upcoming building projects before they are common knowledge. Cutting edge technology including artificial intelligence is utilized to find insights in publicly available that construction firms use to grow their business.
EnsoData - EnsoData provides software-as-a-service (SaaS) that enables the discovery, identification, and actionable reporting of critical-to-understand patterns and trends in health data.
By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, EnsoData delivers software that automatically performs complex and time consuming data interpretation previously left to clinicians.
Fast Fast Forward Forensics - We provide non-invasive biological sample collection devices and kits to the military, law enforcement and genetic testing laboratories.
Feelings at Work - Slack app for employee engagement.
Fishidy - Fishidy is a map-based, social network created for outdoorsmen and women to help them catch more fish and enjoy their outdoor experiences. Fishidy is an emerging startup company based in Madison, WI, and we are quickly becoming one of the most trusted resources in the fishing industry and that means we're growing. We're looking for passionate, motivated individuals, who enjoy the outdoors, to join our growing team at Fishidy.
Goods Unite Us - Goods Unite Us runs political background checks on brands and products, so you don't have to. The free App provides the political affiliation of 3,000+ brands and companies, via a simple Goods Score, so consumers can shop in alignment with their political beliefs. Our website provides a place for Progressives to shop, where they can rest assured they are not inadvertently supporting the GOP.
Hardin Design & Development - A local leader passionate about designing the future of awesome mobile and web technologies.
HaulTalk - An online fashion video community devoted to outstanding user experience for content creators and viewers.
Moonshot Learning - Moonshot is an employer's pipeline to fully-vetted, entry-level talent. Moonshot trains and evaluates college students and recent graduates in market-demanded skills for open positions.
Moxe Health - We help health systems and health plans share medical records, key patient insights, and claims data – automatically, instantly.
PerBlue - PerBlue is an independent mobile gaming studio based in Madison, Wisconsin. We make free-to-play midcore RPG and Strategy games played by millions of people around the world.
Propeller Health - Propeller empowers people with asthma or COPD to live more symptom-free days. In 2010, Propeller set out to modernize respiratory medicine; enable people to minimize the impact of asthma and COPD on their daily lives; and connect them to their physicians, environment, and community. With connected inhalers, digital interfaces, and personalized insights, participants receive personal guidance and expert direction anytime. Patients learn about their triggers and symptoms and manage their breathing with ease.
Soha Diamond Co. - Jeweler/E-Commerce Startup offering lab-grown diamonds & gemstones.
Space Dysco - Space Dysco is building a modern operating system to replace macOS, Windows, and Linux. Built with modern technologies that provably guarantee security, privacy, and speed, this OS of the future will run decentralized applications and services that will completely change the way we work. Founded by a CS undergrad at UW last semester, Dysco is registered for the UW Business Plan Competition and we will be applying to YCombinator in the coming weeks.
Stimmi - Caregiver App for Autism + Disabilities. Helping caregivers understand our loved ones.
Wolf Flow - Wolf Flow is a desktop management software that allows users to group windows and apps by project, task or client helping users task-switch efficiently.
gener8tor - gener8tor is a nationally ranked accelerator that invests in high-growth startups. Three times a year we invest up to $140K in each of five startups who receive a concierge experience during our 12-week accelerator program. gener8tor supports the growth of these startups through our network of experienced mentors, technologists, corporate partners, angel investors and venture capitalists. gener8tor invests in high-growth startups, including software, IT, web, SaaS, life science, medtech, e-commerce and hardware. Accepted startups receive up to $140K and 12 weeks of mentorship-driven programming.
StartingBlock Madison - A 40,000+SF entrepreneurial hub being built in downtown Madison, opening in mid-2018. StartingBlock will be a place for entrepreneurs, investors, advisors and community members to connect, share innovative ideas, and create next-generation businesses.
Startup Weekend - Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event held every spring that brings together Madison designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains to do amazing things! Startup Weekends can be found in hundreds of cities around the world. From Mongolia to South Africa to London to Madison, people around the globe are coming together for weekend long workshops to pitch ideas, form teams, and start companies.
The Hub - The Hub is a computer science organization at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Our primary goal is to bring computer science students together. We believe that your experience at UW Madison improves when you have friends in your major. Finding project partners is easier, finding study partners is easier, and enjoying social life beyond the classroom is easier. Our secondary goal is to connect computer scientists with other relevant majors such as Math, Engineering, Business, and Communication Arts. We believe that your knowledge in applications of computer science improves when you have friends with connecting majors.
Transcend UW - UW-Madison's hub for creative thinking, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) - WARF's mission is to support scientific research within the UW–Madison community by providing financial support, actively managing assets, and moving innovations to the marketplace for a financial return and global impact.
