Resources

Associations

National Business Incubation Association
The world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

National Venture Capital Association.
Promotes use of VC tools to create jobs, entrepreneurial capacity and wealth to advance the livelihoods of low-income people.

National Association of Seed and Venture Funds
An organization of public agencies, state-sponsored private investors, and public/private partnerships

Community Development Venture Capital Alliance
The trade association. representing Venture Capital

Networking Groups

eInnovate.org
Milwaukee association for high-tech professionals.

Accelerate Madison
Madison association for high-tech professionals.

WIN Foundation - The Wisconsin Innovation Network (WIN) Foundation
WIN conducts programs focusing on the needs and challenges faced by new and growing technology-based businesses.

Ace Net
A national securities offering listing service linking investors and entrepreneurs

Informational/Educational

Business Merger and Acquisition Listings
A National and International Listing of Merger and Acquisition Opportunities

Build Your Business - Capital Resources
Part of Wisconsin.gov, provides links to information regarding financing resources, venture capital, and private securities.

Entreworld

Profits Journal
Upper Midwest Financial Research

Red Herring Magazine
Provides market information, strategic insight, and access to entrepreneurial communities

SBA - Small Business Investment Company
Filling the gap between the availability of venture capital and the needs of small businesses in start-up and growth situations

Small Business Development Center
UW-Madison's Small Business Development Center is your business education resource.

Small Business Information Center
Facilitating capital formation and to ease access to the securities and franchise business opportunity markets through effective and efficient regulation, responsive customer service, and public outreach activities.

Venture Capital Resource Library at vFinance.com
Serving high-growth companies and high-net-worth investors.

Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation
Economic development corporation providing business education and access to capital for entrepreneurs.

Garage.com
A venture capital investment bank and internet-based management search service

E*Prairie
Midwest Technology Business News

PWC - Money Tree Survey
PricewaterhouseCoopers and VentureOne sponsored survey of the venture capital markets.

Angel Networks

Wisconsin Investment Partners, LLC is a life science-oriented angel investment network with a Wisconsin-focused investment strategy. Contact Richard H. Leazer rleazer@facstaff.wisc.edu (608-832-6365) or Terry Sivesind siv@itis.com (608-238-7674) for more details.

Origin Investment Group, LLC, located at the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse, is a new regional angel investment network. Contact Steve Tanke (608-785-8004) for additional information.

Valley Angels Investment Group, LLC is based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. For more information, Contact Nick Conlon (920) 491-0342 or (920) 336-1059.

Early Stage Research
Angel Network in Madison

Silicon Pastures
Angel Network in Milwaukee

Minnesota Investment Network Corp.
A Minnesota program which facilitates the development of Regional Angel Investor Networks in the State of Minnesota

Institutional Investors

State of Wisconsin Investment Board
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is a state agency that invests the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System, the State Investment Fund, and several smaller trust funds established by the state

Newtek Capital Inc.
Primarily engaged in the business of developing and investing in early-stage, high-growth businesses principally focused on technology.

Private Equity Capital

Baird Private Equity
The Baird Private Equity Group consists of a series of partnerships that invest in high-growth, early- to late-stage companies and change-of-control transactions.

Venture Capital

Venture Investors Management LLC
Manager of early stage venture capital funds primarily serving Wisconsin and the Midwest.

Mason Wells
A middle-market private equity investor serving entrepreneurial managers who need capital to start or acquire a business and support its growth.

SBA licensed Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC)

Banc One Stonehenge Capital Fund WI, LLC Mr. Kent Velde, Manager 3424 N. Shepard Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211 Phone: (414)906-1702 Fax: (414)906-1703 Email: kvelde@att.net

Capital Investments, Inc. Steve Rippl, Exec. Vice-President 1009 W Glen Oaks Lane, Suite 103 Mequon, WI 53092 Phone: (414)241-0303 Fax: (414)241-8451 Email: dmayer@capitalinvestmentsinc.com Private mezzanine venture capital fund which invests in private companies. Focus on growing companies in traditional industries with good management and ability to expand market share rapidly.

Facilitator Capital Fund, L.P. Robert Zobel, Gustavus Taylor 5133 West Terrace Drive, Suite 204 Madison, WI 53718 Phone: (608)227-2900 Fax: (608)227-2901 Email: tracy@facilitatorfunds.com

M & I Ventures, L.L.C. John T. Byrnes, President 770 North Water Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: (414)765-7910 Fax: (414)765-7850 Email: worthober@masonwells.com

Consultants

Agave Group
Consulting Services to New Ventures in Wisconsin.

NorthStar Economics
Economic consulting and research firm located in the University of Wisconsin Research Park.

Telaric
Strategic guidance, innovation engineering, and networked relationships to support technology start-up companies.

Human Capital

School of Business - Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship