Job Creation through Capital Donation
BrightStar’s Latest Investment Helps Publishers and Authors
MILWAUKEE, August 10, 2022 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation has invested in DropCap, Inc., a company that has developed technologies to help independent book publishing companies and authors create more targeted and cost-effective ways to sell their books globally.
BrightStar Wisconsin's First Investment of 2022
BrightStar Wisconsin closed out 2021 with two December investments
BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that its Investment Committee approved two additional investments totaling $310,000 at the end of 2021, Isomark Health and Blue Line Battery.
12 local entrepreneurial pitch winners advance to Dec. 2
NEW Launch Alliance regional pitch competition
Local contest winners demonstrate variety of creative business ideas in New North region
MILWAUKEE, October 6, 2021 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that it’s Investment Committee has approved a $150,000 investment in University of Wisconsin licensed spin off company, Immuto Scientific, Inc. The three year old Madison firm has developed a process that enables pharmaceutical companies to analyze biomolecules with unprecedented speed, resolution, and accuracy. This funding round will allow the founders, led by co-inventor Dr.
MILWAUKEE May 25, 2021--- BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce its investment committee has approved three Wisconsin early-stage companies for investment. Pyran, Inc. of Madison will receive $150,000 investment. Cert-N, LLC of Green Bay and COnovate, Inc. of Milwaukee, will each receive $50,000 investments coming from BrightStar with assistance from WEDC’s Capital Catalyst program.
MILWAUKEE, December 16, 2020 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. today announced that its investment committee has approved two new investments in early-stage Wisconsin based companies: COnovate, Inc. and Retham Technologies, LLC. These investments bring to 57 the number of early-stage Wisconsin companies in which BrightStar has invested.
MILWAUKEE, May 7, 2020 – BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, Inc is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Capital Catalyst Grant (CCG) from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). The goal of the CCG program is to increase the availability of capital to startups and emerging growth companies to support their growth and attract additional private investment. WEDC does this by providing matching grants to seed funds like BrightStar and other eligible entities dedicated to stimulating entrepreneurship.