For Entrepreneurs
If you are creating a business plan or investor presentation, check out the templates available on WAN’s resource page. Both include suggestions and comments from investors and experts that will help you better tailor your information for investors. Visit our entrepreneur resource center where you can download these templates and other helpful tools.

For Investors
Some deals have the potential for follow-on venture capital funding. Structuring the angel investment round to appeal to follow-on venture capital rounds is an important consideration. Visit our investor resource center and download WAN’s Positioning an Angel Investment for Follow-on Funding along with other helpful resources.

$18 million in Wisconsin-based deals this summer (June - August)
Investors did not take a vacation this summer, or if they did, they brought along their wireless devices and stayed connected. WAN has tracked more than $18 million in investing that occurred between June, July and August. Silicon Pastures recorded an exit, giving their investors something exciting to include on postcards home.

Buycostume.com Purchased by Liberty Media, Silicon Pastures* part of initial investment
Orion Systems $4.5 million investment by Expansion Capital Partners of San Francisco
aOva Technologies $3 million by Continuum Investment Partners* and angel investors
Virent Energy $7.5 million by Cargill Ventures, Venture Investors* and others
Frozen Codebase $270,000 investment by NEW Capital Fund*
Extract Systems $200,000 debt-investment by MDC Venture Debt Fund*
Universal Separators $150,000 debt-investment by MDC Venture Debt Fund*
Primorigen Biosciences $2.45 million investment by Louisiana Fund 1 and others
NovaScan $285,000 by angel investors
*WAN Investor-member

Are we missing a deal? Please help WAN track investing in Wisconsin, e-mail us at info@wisconsinangelnetwork.com.

Entrepreneur: GenTel BioSciences
The doctor enters the room and slowly closes the door behind him. The expression on his face tells you that the tests are positive. You have cancer. While cancer is devastating the lives of many people around the world, GenTel BioSciences is creating and supplying scientists with the tools to research cancer and many other diseases. Read more...

Investor-members, review GenTel’s executive summary along with over 100 other Wisconsin companies looking for equity by logging on to the Deal-flow Pipeline. Not an investor-member of WAN? Learn how to join.

Investor: Golden Angels Network
The Golden Angels Network, based in Milwaukee, is an angel network consisting of 60 members, half of which are Marquette University alumni. The organization was formed at Marquette in 2003 by current director Tim Keane as a way to connect university alumni and friends with entrepreneurs seeking assistance in growing their businesses. The group currently focuses on exploring investment opportunities in Wisconsin, Illinois, and other Midwest-based early-stage technology and emerging growth companies. The Golden Angels Network believes that a critical component of the investment decision is people - entrepreneurs and teams with integrity, a track record of accomplishments, and good reputations. Fortunately, Golden Angels has been able to find quite a few companies that meet that requirement in spades. Since 2003, the Network has invested $3.2 million in seven companies, with early-stage capital generally being provided in the $250,000 - $750,000 range. The Golden Angels Network is a founding-member of the Wisconsin Angel Network.

Bootstrap: 7 Rivers Innovation Fair September 28, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, La Crosse
BarCampMilwaukee September 30 – October 1, Milwaukee
University Start-ups Conference October 23 – 25, Washington, D.C.
2006 Early Stage Symposium October 30 – 31, Madison
2006 SBIR/STTR Awards Reception and Dinner October 30, Madison
Midwest Venture Summit November 1, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, Chicago
Ideas to Profits Conference November 3 – 4, Whitewater
2006 Fall National SBIR Conference November 6 – 9, Milwaukee