More than 440 people attended the 2007 Wisconsin
Early Stage Symposium (ESS), including 47 angel and
venture capitalists who came to watch 36 companies make
presentations and pitches. Follow this
link to a recap of the Symposium.
The yearly
ESS serves as a cap to the Wisconsin Technology
Council's continuum of entrepreneurship, which
kicks off each year with the Governor's Business Plan
Contest. At stake is a grand prize valued at $50,000.
Become involved either as a contestant, sponsor, judge
or mentor. For more information click
here.
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Monthly Member Profiles |
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Investor: Successful Entrepreneurs Fund
The Successful Entrepreneurs Fund is start-up
in and of itself. The Fund was established to help
fill the entrepreneurial funding gap in Wisconsin
and to reap the rewards of leveraging risk
capital. Read
more...
Entrepreneur:
This month we are saluting not just one
entrepreneurial firm, but rather the 36 who bared
their entrepreneurial souls by participating in
the 2007 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium's
presentations and pitches. For a complete listing
of those who participated, follow these links to
the WAN
Investor Track and the Elevator
Pitch Olympics participant lists.
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Deals Made |
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$15.5 million in 3 deals were reported to WAN.
Stemina Biomarker
Discovery, $1.5 million by DaneVest*,
Phenomenelle Angels* and others
Ven-T Boats
Inc., $2 million by Successful Entrepreneurs
Fund*
Deltanoid Pharmaceuticals, $12
million by WARF, Mason Wells*, Venture Investors*
and individual angels
*WAN
Investor-member
The most comprehensive study on angel investing
returns was recently released. Its conclusion:
angel investors participating in organized angel
groups achieved an average 27 percent internal
rate of return on their investments. Read
more...
Are we missing a deal?
E-mail us at info@wisconsinangelnetwork.com
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2007 Early Stage Symposium: Review
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By the numbers, a review of
the 2007 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium.
443 - People who
registered for at least one event at the
conference. Thank you for attending!
59
- Companies that applied to present in either the
WAN track or the EPO.
47 - Angel or
venture capitalists from five states who attended
the conference.
12 - Panel discussions
held over two days.
58 - Speakers and
panelists over two days.
21 - Presenters
in the Wisconsin Angel Network investor
presentation tracks.
15 - Presenters in
the "Elevator Pitch Olympics."
51 -
Wisconsin companies honored for receiving federal
research and development grants.
$33.7
million - Total value of the federal R&D
grants received by those companies.
3 -
Winners in the "Elevator Pitch Olympics." Brian
Hans of Appleton, CJ Schmidt of DePere and Mike
Miller of Madison.
36 - Exhibits in the
Grand Terrace at Monona Terrace Community and
Convention Center.
378 and nearly 1,000
-- Drinks and hors d'oeuvres served at the evening
reception.
46 - Conference sponsors.
Thank you for making it all possible!
For more about the 2007
Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium, click
here.
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