BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation

https://www.brightstarwi.org/

Last activity: 01.06.2026

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Nov 30, 2025	Tundra Targeted Therapeutics prepares for human cancer trial	Milwaukee-based Tundra Targeted Therapeutics is advancing a homegrown cancer therapy toward Phase 1 clinical testing, marking a rare moment when a drug developed at a local research institution prepares to begin human trials in the same com...
Oct 27, 2022	Spotted: Alternative Financing Panel	As part of WI Tech Month, Scale Up Milwaukee hosted a panel of experts to discuss alternative options for funding startup businesses. Representative from Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Wisconsin Women’s Business Initia...
Jan 26, 2022	Retham Technologies: Rapid results save lives	Every day, five Americans die from an adverse reaction to a drug, heparin that is commonly used to prevent and treat blood clots. Retham Technologies plans to significantly lower that number. Chemist Curtis Jones has a passion for researc...
Feb 3, 2019	George Mosher, Milwaukee Startup Investor & Philanthropist, Has Died	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints George Mosher, a Milwaukee businessman and one of Wisconsin’s most prolific startup investors, died on Thursday after a fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 79. A Boston nativ...
Apr 6, 2018	Tax Credits, IVMD, BrightStar, & More: This Week’s WI Watchlist	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Whoever came up with the rhyme “April showers bring May flowers” probably wasn’t talking about snow showers. As people in Wisconsin hope for this week’s flurries to give way t...
May 10, 2017	Agro Bio, BrightStar, Stratatech, & More: This Week’s WI Watchlist	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Stay current on news from Wisconsin’s innovation community, starting with these recent headlines: —Agro Biosciences, a Milwaukee-area company whose technology is aimed at iden...
Dec 8, 2016	BrightStar Wisconsin Invests $550K in 3 Milwaukee Startups	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation has invested a combined $550,000 in three Milwaukee-based startups, the nonprofit said Thursday in a news release. The most recent additions to...
Feb 11, 2016	BrightStar Reveals Phoenix Investment, Sale of $500K in Tax Credits	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation has made its first investment of 2016 and has sold $500,000 in “early-stage seed” tax credits to several individuals, the foundation said this ...
Jun 10, 2015	Wisconsin Roundup: Kauffman Index, Startup Funding, Ward 4, & More	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Here’s a collection of recent headlines in Wisconsin’s innovation and technology community: —Wisconsin dropped to dead last in a closely watched national ranking of startup ac...
Jan 19, 2015	Nonprofit Investor BrightStar Herds Startup Deals, Seeks More Donors	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Some dealmakers weren’t sure what to expect from BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation when the nonprofit, which invests donations into Badger State startups, came onto the scene in...
Sep 4, 2014	BrightStar to Invest in Gener8tor Startups If They Create WI Jobs	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Wisconsin startup accelerator program Gener8tor has received a new commitment from an angel investment fund, but the money comes with a catch for portfolio companies: To be el...
Aug 13, 2014	The Fallout From Aver Informatics’ Reported Move from WI to OH	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints [Updated 8/13/14, 12:35 p.m.] Aver Informatics’ reported move from Green Bay, WI, to Columbus, OH, could have financial and reputational ramifications for the healthtech start...
Aug 5, 2014	Wisconsin Roundup: Uber, Lovell, BrightStar, Energy Incubator & More	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Here are a few notable recent happenings in Wisconsin’s tech and innovation community: —Controversial startups Uber and Lyft have gone legit in Milwaukee, after Mayor Tom Barr...
May 21, 2014	Gener8tor Grad OpenHomes Raises Seed Funds to Grow Staff, Launch App	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Madison, WI-based OpenHomes, a startup that helps people buy and sell homes online, has raised $180,000 in seed funds that will help it expand staff and develop a mobile app, ...
Apr 22, 2014	The Good Jobs Snags $350K To Help Companies Promote Culture	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints [Updated 4/22/14, 1:13 p.m., to include executives’ full titles.] Milwaukee startup The Good Jobs has secured $350,000 in funding that will allow it to expand staff and step u...
Mar 17, 2014	BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Makes First Investments	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, a new philanthropic organization that puts money into startups, has made its first round of investments. BrightStar, which was granted nonprof...

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What has the press written about BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation?

Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, among them “Tundra Targeted Therapeutics prepares for human cancer trial” (Nov 30, 2025) and “Spotted: Alternative Financing Panel” (Oct 27, 2022).

Is BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation still active?

Yes, BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 1, 2026.