FOUNDER RESOURCES

Below is an ever-changing (and always incomplete!) list of amazing local resources, additional content, and more learning for the tech startup community in Milwaukee

MKE TECH ECOSYSTEM

Other Local Resource Lists

Capital

  • Competitions

    • Ideadvance [Link]

    • Governor's Biz Plan Contest [Link]

    • WI Big Ideas Tournament [Link]

    • Summerfest Tech [Link]

  • Grants

  • Loans

  • Corporate Venture

    • NVNG [Link]

    • AmFam Ventures [Link]

    • NM Future Ventures [Link]

    • Wisconn Valley Fund [Link]

    • Cream City Ventures [Link]

    • Invest MKE [Link]

    • Titletowntech [Link]

  • Angel Investors

    • Gateway Capital [Link]

    • Golden Angels Investors [Link]

    • Milwaukee Venture Partners [Link]

    • Venture Investors [Link]

    • Wisconsin Investment Partners [Link]

    • 4490 Ventures [Link]

    • Brightstar Wisconsin [Link]

    • Capital Midwest [Link]

    • Comeback Capital [Link]

    • CSA Partners [Link]

    • Badger Fund of Funds

      • Winnow Fund [Link]

      • Bold Coast Capital [Link]

Prototyping

  • Academic Partners

    • MSOE

    • Marquette

    • UWM

    • MIAD

    • Carroll

    • Concordia

    • Carthage

    • WCTC

    • Whitewater

    • MCW

    • Gateway

    • MATC

  • Service Providers

  • Community Resources

    • Code and Brews MKE [Link]

    • Milwaukee Makerspace [Link]

    • Code for Milwaukee [Link]

    • Hack n Tell [Link]

    • Hack a Pipeline [Link]

Startup Network

  • Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition [Link]

  • MKE Founder Community [Link]

  • Fuel Milwaukee [Link]

  • Social X [Link]

  • Newaukee [Link]

  • Newance [Link]

  • OneMKE [Link]

  • Milwaukee Urban League [Link]

  • Milky Way Tech Hub [Link]

  • SCORE [Link]

  • Merlin Mentors [Link]

  • BizStarts [Link]

  • Tempo Milwaukee [Link]

  • BioForward [Link]

  • Maker Faire Milwaukee [Link]

  • Various Tech Meetups [Link]

Legal / Accounting

  • Godfrey & Kahn [Link]

  • DeWitt [Link]

  • Husch Blackwell [Link]

  • Quarles & Brady [Link]

  • Foley & Lardner [Link]

  • Michael Best & Friedrich [Link]

  • Reinhart [Link]

  • von Briesen & Roper [Link]

  • MU Law Clinic [Link]

  • Wipfli [Link]

  • Finepoint Consulting [Link]

  • TAG Finance [Link]

Space

Accelerators

SPECIAL FOR-M PARTNERSHIPS

  • Hubspot - Exclusive Discounts on Hubspot CRM and Marketing Suite

  • Dinvy - Free use of Service Planning Software

  • WTIA - Deals and support setting up early stage 401K

  • Coda - $1000 in Coda credit applied to any paid plan

COMMUNITY WORKSHOP LIBRARY

UX Design for Startups

Product Development

Customer Acquisition

Getting it Built