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Alice.com Raises $3.6 Million

Madison based Alice.com has raised $3.6 million in funding from a group of Spanish investors. This current round brings the total amount raised to $18.2 million since launching in 2008. Alice.com is the leading digital retail marketplace for purchasing household … Continue reading

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PerBlue’s Parallel Kingdom Surpasses 1 Million Players

PerBlue’s Parallel Kingdom recently passed the 1 million players milestone. Parallel Kingdom was the first location-based RPG on iOS and Android, and originally launched in 2008. The game has since expanded to the Web and is available on Facebook, Chrome, … Continue reading

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Murfie Raises $1.4 Million, Selected For TechStars Boston

CE member Murfie.com recently completed a funding round of $1.4 million, led by the DaneVest Tech Fund. Murfie was also selected as one of only 13 companies from around the world to participate in the TechStars Winter 2012 Boston Program. … Continue reading

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AquaMost Raises $4 Million

Madison based clean tech company AquaMost has recently completed a $4 million Series B round of funding. AquaMost is developing a new type of water purification technology called photoelectrocatalytic oxidation (PECO), which was invented at UW-Madison. The round consisted of … Continue reading

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The Madison Fund Makes First Microloan

CE member The Madison Fund made its first microloan this Fall. The Madison Fund is a nonprofit which gives microloans to budding entrepreneurs in Madison, and their efforts were recently showcased in the Wisconsin State Journal. They aim to give … Continue reading

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Murfie.com Co-Founder Featured in WI State Journal

Murfie.com co-founder and CE member Matt Younkle was recently featured in the Executive Q&A section of the Wisconsin State Journal. Murfie is the latest venture from the serial entrepreneur, which turns your physical CDs into digital bits to be traded … Continue reading

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Madison a Top City For Young Adults

Not only is Madison the most educated city in the US, it was also just rated one of the 10 Great Cities for Young Adults by Kiplinger Magazine. Young, smart people are the cornerstone of Madison’s Capital Entrepreneurs community, and … Continue reading

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Sector67, 94labs, and Build Madison in WI State Journal

CE member company Sector67 and 94labs were recently featured in the Sunday edition of the Wisconsin State Journal. Sector67 and 94labs were highlighted as entrepreneurial hubs in Madison and are “helping entrepreneurs create products and start companies more rapidly than … Continue reading

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Murfie.com Featured in The Wall Street Journal

CE member company Murfie.com was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal. Murfie will take all of those CDs you have sitting around into the cloud age. They’ll send you a nice box in the mail, and then you send … Continue reading

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Forward Technology Festival Capital Entrepreneurs Open Social

The Capital Entrepreneurs Open Social will be this Wednesday August 24th from 7-9pm at Brocach.  Our open social is part of the Forward Technology Festival, a 10 day series of events highlighting technology and entrepreneurship in Madison.  The event is … Continue reading

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