Up to $220,000 in grants will be made available to 12 companies diverse in business stage, idea and ownership in the latest round of awards by the Ideadvance Seed Fund.
September 20, 2021
Ideadvance Seed Fund
May 25, 2021
Ideadvance Seed Fund opens 12th round of funding with expanded eligibility requirements and tracks for established Wisconsin businesses
Ideadvance Seed Fund encourages small businesses looking to solve problems in new ways and diversify into new markets to apply by July 9, 2021.
December 22, 2020
Wisconsin entrepreneurs benefit from WEDC-UW System programs
MADISON – Thanks to a key strategic partnership with the UW System, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is investing more than $2.6 million in Wisconsin’s small businesses.
June 22, 2020
Ideadvance Seed Fund expands female-owned entrepreneurship in Wisconsin
MADISON – Up to $275,000 in grants will be awarded to 10 small businesses, six of which are female-owned, in the latest round of awards by the Ideadvance Seed Fund.
February 6, 2020
Ideadvance Seed Fund opens 11th round of funding to small businesses with UW System ties
Ideadvance Seed Fund encourages small businesses looking to solve problems in new ways and diversify into new markets to apply this spring.
June 25, 2018
Seed fund brings 10 innovative UW System ideas to life
MADISON – Over $300,000 in grants will be awarded to 10 small businesses in the latest round of awards in the Ideadvance Seed Fund program fostering the entrepreneurship ecosystem across Wisconsin.
February 5, 2018
Ideadvance Seed Fund pursues past and present UW System colleagues
MADISON, Wis. – Innovators with current or past ties to the UW System are invited to apply to the Ideadvance Seed Fund with business ideas that could contribute to Wisconsin’s “knowledge economy.
June 28, 2017
Transforming innovative UW System ideas into new businesses: $200,000 awarded by Ideadvance Seed Fund
MADISON – Up to $200,000 in grants will be awarded to five small businesses in the latest round of awards in the Ideadvance program fostering the entrepreneurship ecosystem across Wisconsin.
June 27, 2017
Eau Claire inventor of life-saving compass for firefighters wins Governor’s Business Plan Contest
MADISON – An Eau Claire fire captain who invented an eight-directional compass to save firefighters who become disoriented in a blaze has won the 14th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest.
April 7, 2017
Ideadvance Seed Fund now open to many UW System alumni
MADISON, Wis. – Innovators from across the UW System with a business idea that could contribute to Wisconsin’s “knowledge economy” are invited to apply for the Ideadvance program.