Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Startup Resources

CONNECTING STARTUPS TO OUR NETWORK OF RESOURCES

Our commitment to moving emerging technologies from the university to marketplace doesn’t end with licensing agreements. We further the support of UW-Madison technologies by educating university inventors, accelerating promising ideas and funding startups.

WARF supports and accelerates startups through direct investments, local partnerships and support of programs and events.

Starting a Company

We work with startups to license promising university technologies from WARF. Our staff lend their intellectual property and licensing expertise to our startups.

Learn About Our Process

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Fund

INTERNAL FUNDS/DIRECT INVESTMENTS

VENTURE CAPITAL PORTFOLIO

  • Local partners (4490, Venture Investors, gener8tor’s accelerator fund)
  • Regional partners (Baird Venture Capital)
  • National partners (Versant Venture Capital, 5AM Ventures, True Ventures)

Learn More About WARF Ventures

 


 


WARF Startup Portfolio

Startups play a key role in developing technologies, especially in the early stages and for inventions that may not have established markets.

WARF is working with about 70 active UW-Madison startups from biotechnology and medical devices to telecommunications, small molecule pharmaceuticals and software.

Explore Our Startup Portfolio

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