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 […]
MILWAUKEE, March 4, 2020 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. today announced that it has invested in two more Wisconsin based companies: Stem Pharm, Inc. and AgriCycle Global, Inc. These investments bring to 54 the number of early-stage Wisconsin companies in which BrightStar has invested. Stem Pharm, Inc. is a Madison biotechnology company focused on creating adult stem cell derived neural […]
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 18, 2019 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation’s “Hatch” program was originally created to be a one-year event in order to reward some of its northern Wisconsin donors by helping them to increase entrepreneurism and deal flow in their locales. Though outside of its core mission to fund early stage companies, the program was designed […]
Mike Malatesta is the founder, author & host of “How’d it Happen,” a podcast that explores the stories of successful people from all walks of life. In one of his recent podcasts he follows Tom Shannon, the founder and CEO of BrightStar Wisconsin in an episode called “Tom Shannon, Mastermind Of Job Growth and Early Stage Companies – […]
