BrightStar Wisconsin invests in a novel, animal sterilization technology company BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce its investment in Madison based SpayVac earlier this month. The company’s revolutionary drug release technology allows for successful sterilization of animals with only a single injection. Originally developed by a Canadian company for other applications, the SpayVac […]
BrightStar Announces New Investment BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. today announced that it has invested in De Pere based ReadySet Technologies, joining lead investor, Rock River Capital Partners out of Madison. The goal of ReadySet is to leverage its experience and virtual reality (VR) technology to create an all-in-one virtual retail lab platform for product development, category […]
BrightStar Wisconsin’s First Investment of 2022 MILWAUKEE, March 9, 2022 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation has made a $100,000 investment in FindSpotz, Inc., a Madison based SaaS company. FindSpotz (dba Spotz) does just that…finds spots for people to congregate. The company offers an efficient management software platform to manage, publish and make community spaces (parks and rec, […]
BrightStar Wisconsin closed out 2021 with two December investments BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that its Investment Committee approved two additional investments totaling $310,000 at the end of 2021, Isomark Health and Blue Line Battery. In both cases, BrightStar helped finish each company’s round of fundraising. “What so many people do not realize […]
12 local entrepreneurial pitch winners advance to Dec. 2 NEW Launch Alliance regional pitch competition Local contest winners demonstrate variety of creative business ideas in New North region NEW NORTH, November 24, 2021 – Twelve entrepreneurial pitch winners who advanced from local pitch competitions hosted by a collaboration of several local partners will vie for […]
MILWAUKEE, October 6, 2021 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that it’s Investment Committee has approved a $150,000 investment in University of Wisconsin licensed spin off company, Immuto Scientific, Inc. The three year old Madison firm has developed a process that enables pharmaceutical companies to analyze biomolecules with unprecedented speed, resolution, and accuracy. […]
MILWAUKEE May 25, 2021— BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce its investment committee has approved three Wisconsin early-stage companies for investment. Pyran, Inc. of Madison will receive $150,000 investment. Cert-N, LLC of Green Bay and COnovate, Inc. of Milwaukee, will each receive $50,000 investments coming from BrightStar with assistance from WEDC’s Capital Catalyst […]
MILWAUKEE, December 16, 2020 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. today announced that its investment committee has approved two new investments in early-stage Wisconsin based companies: COnovate, Inc. and Retham Technologies, LLC. These investments bring to 57 the number of early-stage Wisconsin companies in which BrightStar has invested. Both Milwaukee-based companies are receiving seed investments of $50,000 made possible through […]
MILWAUKEE, May 7, 2020 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Capital Catalyst Grant (CCG) from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). The goal of the CCG program is to increase the availability of capital to startups and emerging growth companies to support their growth and attract additional private investment. […]
Dear Friends of BrightStar, We are pleased to announce that we have released our 2019 Annual Report. A digital version is attached below. It summarizes the organization’s investment and support activities for the year as well as highlighting our portfolio companies and Wisconsin job creation metrics. We enjoy pulling the positive actions and results of each year together […]
