Members

Michael Fenchel – 7cees is a start-up based out of a mobile collaboration studio that travels around the country inspiring people to unleash their creative passion in ways that enhance their community. The venture is an exploration of creative evolution, and is dedicated to helping people support themselves through doing what they love.

Dave Kruse & Paul Pucci – Flatt Cola is an Energy Cola company based in Madison, WI made with all natural sugar, vitamin C, and extra caffeine.  A beverage with a sarcastic brand image, Flatt Cola’s tagline is Everyday World Domination.  Flatt can be found at Metcalfe’s Sentry in Hilldale, Woodman’s East and West, Steve’s Liquor on University, and the Old Fashioned, with new locations being added daily.  Try it out, its pretty tasty.

Lucas Dailey – Our Ballot Box is where you vote on the issues. It’s a constituent communication and polling site that answers the most basic question in a democracy: What do we want?

Brian Jensen – Fishidy.com is a geo-social network unlike anything else available to anglers today. The application provides the best information, including fishing and waterway maps to outdoor enthusiasts, along with providing a network and technologies for each to share their successes, favorite spots, photos, tools and techniques. Fishidy allows its members to take ownership of areas or “hot spots” with which they are familiar and manage the data for that area. This interactive social network will define the future of the outdoor enthusiast and provide them with the means needed to take pride and ownership of their area of interest while interacting with their network of friends.

Matt Younkle – Y-Innovation turns raw creativity into refined, marketable products. Our approach strongly emphasizes frequent prototyping and comprehensive international protection of novel breakthroughs via patenting.

Laura Strong – Quintessence Biosciences, Inc. is a private, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel anti-cancer compounds based on our patented EVade™ Ribonuclease technology. Our most advanced lead candidate has shown efficacy in models of a variety of tumor types including: colon, non-small cell lung, ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancer. A Phase 1 clinical trial is ongoing.

Ash Gupta & Jonathan Baran – HealthFinch is a Health 2.0 startup out of Madison, WI focusing on developing applications to help patients with chronic diseases manage their treatments more effectively. HealthFinch is driven by a goal to improve patient lives and ultimately improve the long term outlook for those living with chronic conditions. HealthFinch was founded by Ash Gupta and Jonathan Baran in early August 2009.

Erick Oberstar – LoacSys is an innovative biotechnology start-up that has a bacterial concentration system to aid food born bacterial testing by dramatically reducing the time spent culturing bacteria before subjecting it to traditional testing methods. Reduced testing times lead to rapid results which translate into safer food in addition to faster and more limited food recall actions.

Ben Landau – The Madison Fund, Inc. (“TMF”) is a non-profit micro lender based in Madison, Wisconsin. TMF was organized in order to improve the economic and financial conditions of small businesses and low-income entrepreneurs in the Madison, Wisconsin area and to provide these business owners with safe and affordable capital for their business activities. These loans are aimed at borrowers with little or no collateral, credit, income and resources. TMF also aims to fund and enable businesses that have a larger sustainable and “green” impact in the community.

Claus Moberg – SnowShoeFood inc turns coupons into benefits, fast. We make smartphone applications that allow retailers and brands to communicate directly with shoppers in the grocery store aisle. Our digital coupons are an industry-leading product, and we leverage our unique access to grocery store shoppers into a wide range of financial, societal and environmental benefits. Our first app, True Local 1.0, was released for Fresh Madison Market in February of 2011.

Ryan Paugh – Brazen Careerist exists to give everyone an opportunity to build and nurture a network of trusted peers.  Brazen Careerist brings the best of professional networking sites, social networking sites like Facebook  and microblogging sites like Twitter into one, cohesive, social media based career management tool. Think of it as a 24-7 virtual networking event, filled with people who can help you get ahead in your career.

Katie Colbert and Alex Colbert – Sharecipe is a place for people to connect with their friends and family around food to share recipes and cooking tips and tricks.  Built for the everyday home cook, Sharecipe brings people together to cook healthy meals by providing inspiration from the people in your life who you know and trust.

Nathan Lustig & Alex Freylikhman – Smoke Skreen is a scientific breakthrough that filters tar from hookah and other water pipe smoke.  Simply pour Smoke Skreen’s patented powder directly into the hookah’s water and smoke normally.  Smoke Skreen filters 12x more tar than water alone, reducing the harm associated with smoking water pipes, making smoke smoother and less harsh.

Tyler Leeper – ProactiCare, LLC is a service technology company focused on the prevention of pressure ulcers and falls through patient monitoring. The company’s product, The CareMetric System, monitors patients in bed and provides critical care alerts to nursing staff and administrators to assist in assuring the highest quality of patient care.

Lydie Hudson – MapWise Software, LLC brings visualization to trademark management, giving corporations a dynamic worldview of where their brands are legally protected. MapWise helps corporations cost-effectively and reliably manage their trademark assets.

Mark Korshak - Project Youthanize is a multimedia organization, which began at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our goal is to engage Millennial youth (16-29 year olds) in today’s most pressing political issues. We produce informative yet entertaining content that seeks to represent the Millennial perspective.

Sarah Manski – PosiPair is a web service that bridges the gap between green business and green consumers. We’re building a virtual green trade show that provides businesses with online profiles, the ability to pair with business partners, highlight their eco-labels, and use a shopping cart for direct sales. PosiPair lets consumers review businesses and products, set up personal profile pages, and search different green characteristics.

Andrew Ferenci – The College Shack is the largest e-commerce retailer of The Game® brand head wear and apparel. Operating since 2006, the company also provides an exclusive custom bar hat service that provides hats to hundred of NCAA college sports teams, the US Navy, prep schools, small companies, and corporate events.

Ben Raboine – Optimal Media Group LLC licenses “NightOut” sites such as http://www.RockfordNightOut.com to one person per city. These sites are targeting people looking for something to do that night in their city including Dining, Bars, Entertainment, Bands, and Accommodations.

Brandon Gador & Ted Durkee – Powered Green provides the individual with the opportunity to take environmental action into their own hands by supporting national renewable energy sources. The proceeds from each purchase are directly helping to stop thousands of pounds of CO2.

Bryon Shannon – Wisconsin Relic is a Midwest lifestyle brand that fuses the fashion expertise of clothing giant American Apparel with unique aspects of Midwest culture. The brand celebrates the work of youth in music, dance, service, activism and other movements that add value to communities they live in. Wisconsin Relic offers trendy premium apparel online and in various botique retail carriers throughout the state of Wisconsin.

Jason Strutz – Cumulus Code is a web consultancy, specializing in developing web applications for early-stage companies. Let us help you get off the ground.

Ilya Lichtenstein – Nexus Global is a performance marketing company that is committed to scalable cost-efficient results. By scientifically testing the performance of our campaigns and leveraging technology to automate most mundane tasks, we are able to launch, scale, and optimize PPC, PPV, and CPM campaigns with unparalleled speed, efficiency and profitability.

Alex Goldstein – Badger Trips is your exclusive source for the unforgettable TrueFan(TM) experience. Anyone can purchase tickets to an away football game, but only we can provide the authentic fan experience that TrueFans crave. Depart from campus and kick back while we take care of everything until your return. Enjoy organized transportation, luxurious hospitality, premier tailgate and post-game parties with specials just for TrueFans.

Tyler Leeper – Wingra Boats is public small boat marina that offers a rental fleet of over 100 boats that includes canoes, kayaks, paddle boats, and sailboats. We also offer a small boat marina, windsurfing and sailing lessons, kids day camps, and family memberships. Wingra Boats operates at two locations at 824 Knickerbocker Street off Monroe Street and now at Vilas Beach.

Tyler Marcus – Gurucampus is an online college news site that gives commentary on the funniest, shocking, and most entertaining college news stories. We take college media to the next level by layering relevant and entertaining student commentary on top of the original content to drive traffic back to the newspapers themselves.

Tim Wright – Torpedo Labs is a technology start-up in Madison, WI focused on developing web-based apps and services for students, civic leaders, and companies working in science disciplines. Our first project is a patent-pending cell-phone attachment that tests water quality.

Corey Capasso – Add The Flavor created a technology that infuses flavor into plastic. ATF is devoted to the commercial development and marketing of flavored plastic by providing customers with an end-to-end customized solution and business-to-business support.

Jonathan Rodriguez – Flying Turtle is an environmentally minded kiteboarding product development company, specializing in kiteboarding accessories. We sell direct via our online store and distribute our products to limited retail stores across the country.

Jeremy Shafton – Door-6 is developing the next generation of mobile games, delivering unparalleled gaming experiences on phones and tablets. Founded in 2009 by 3 UW-Madison Graduates, Door 6 was a finalist in Google’s Android Developer Challenge 2 and released the first Android game to reward the best users with cash prizes.

John Ballantine – Bevpost.com is a 21st century measured media company built specifically for the Beer, Wine, and Spirits industry. Bevpost fosters relationships between brands and the consumers rewarding loyalty with promotions, discounts and free trips.

Heather Wentler – Fractal is a program geared towards using Project Based Learning towards Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) achievement with at-risk and low-income students. Through our program, participants will build foundational knowledge for success in their educational pursuits; as well as self confidence, team work abilities, and communication skills necessary for professional development. Currently we are based out of Sector67.

Matt Wise – Jumpfire LLC is a startup based in Madison, WI that makes the Jumpfire Audio Backpack – a high powered portable stereo system integrated into a backpack.