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Investment thesis
Wisconsin Investment Partners is an angel investment group focused on seed- and early-stage companies across diverse industries, contributing to the regional entrepreneurial economy. With over 100 angel investors bringing broad industry expertise, the group evaluates thousands of startups and has invested in more than 75 companies, maintaining over 40 current investments. It has consistently ranked among the top 10 most active angel groups nationally per the Halo Report. Members provide capital as well as mentorship and board involvement, with particular historical strength in biotechnology, medical device, and healthcare-related ventures concentrated in the Madison, Wisconsin area.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 31 of 66 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×11AI & Machine Learning ×9Biotech ×9SaaS ×6Digital Health ×5Medical Devices ×5Deep Tech ×4Marketing Tech ×4
HQs:United States×34United Kingdom×2
Who they back
founder profiles across 21 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×152 founders×43 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with education data
University of Wisconsin-Madison ×6Wisconsin School of Business ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×7Engineering ×6Computer Science ×2Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history
University of Wisconsin-Madison ×3
Investments · 66 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22023 · 12022 · 12021 · 22018 · 12017 · 12015 · 12011 · 110 dated
Pelvital is a medical device company that develops FDA-cleared in-home treatments for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic floor muscle weakness in women, using a proprietary mechanotherapy technology.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesEagan, US
Dale Wahlstrom(Co-founder and founding CEO (retired from CEO role, serving as Executive Chair))Lydia Zeller(CEO)
Co-investorsBoomerang VenturesPier 70 Ventures
American Family Insurance is an insurance company that works through agents to provide customized insurance protection for auto, home, business, and other coverage needs.
Climate TechFintechImpact & Social GoodInsurTechMadison, US
Atterx develops novel pharmaceutical therapies to prevent and treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections using bacterial interference and conjugation technologies.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
James Millar(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsMichigan Rise
Babbl Labs offers an AI agent ("Scout") that finds and scores YouTube creators for brands, agencies, and in-house creator teams by indexing brand-creator sponsorship deals extracted from video transcripts.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSMinneapois, US
Ramsey Shaffer(President and Chief Executive Officer)inSamuel Cartford(Director)
Co-investorsGROOVE CAPITALService Provider Capital
Austin, US
Luis Gringras(Executive Officer, Director)Ruben Arias(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAngelos Angelou(Director)in
Co-investorsMeridian 75Reinventure CapitalAcumen LatAm Impact VenturesAlive VenturesEWA CapitalIA Global
BellBrook Labs supplies life-science research products and services to laboratories, distributed internationally through regional partners across Europe, Asia, and Oceania.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMadison, US
Robert Lowery(CSO & Founder)inTraci Pretsch(CFO)inJustin Brink(President)inDon Kennedy(Director)
BUNDLAR provides a cloud-based, no-code content management system for creating and publishing augmented reality experiences.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSChicago, US
John Martin(Chief Executive Officer)inLewis Gardner(Chief Technology Officer)inZach Martin(Chief Operating Officer)inJames Smith(Director of Product)in
Co-investorsTAWANI VenturesTribal Ventures
Carson Life develops a line of health, beauty and wellness products made with natural ingredients, including hair care, skin care, weight loss, rejuvenation and vitamin products aimed at Hispanic consumers.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & FitnessMiami Beach, US
Sonia Guzman(Founder)inPatrick Farley(Director)
Co-investorsCSA Partners LLCVenture ManagementDecathlon Capital Partners
Cylerity works in healthcare finance, using data to turn receivables into working capital and reduce operational friction.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthFintechHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsC2 VenturesHealthX VenturesTundra AngelsUpstream Ventures
Enso Data provides AI-powered analysis of physiological waveforms, particularly sleep studies, to enable clinical diagnosis and patient monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMadison, US
Christopher Fernandez(Executive Officer, Director)inSam Rusk(Co-Founder & CAIO)inNick Glattard(Co-Founder & CTO)inJustin Mortara(CEO & President)inMatthew D Dobereiner(Executive Officer)Broderick Hensen(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsColle Capital Partnersgener8torGreat North VenturesHealthX VenturesNecessary VenturesQuesta Capital+7 more
Fetch operates a rewards platform that provides consumer loyalty data to brands and offers consumers points redeemable for gift cards and rewards based on shopping, dining, and gaming activities.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechRetail TechMadison, US
Wes Schroll(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardChris Nohl(Director)Andrew Boszhardt(Director)inFrank Azzolino(Director)Ken Harris(Director)
Co-investorsArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture CapitalConvivialité VenturesFUSEG SquaredGreat Oaks Venture Capital+12 more
BiotechMadison, US
Paul V. Radspinner(Executive Officer, Director)inPamuk Bilsel(Executive Officer)in
BoardPhillip M. Halpern(Director)Terence F. Kelly(Director)Dan Stinchcomb(Director)C. Boyd Clarke(Director)
Co-investorsVenture ManagementClarevia Ventures
Forward Health provides a healthcare analytics service that measures care delivery across a population — identifying missed, duplicated, or out-of-network care, clinician administrative burden, and clinical network performance.
Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechMadison, US
MICHAEL BARBOUCHE(Executive Officer, Director)NANCY SIELAFF(Executive Officer)
BoardCONOR GREEN(Director)MICHAEL C. BINGHAM(Director)BRYAN BECKER(Director)
Milwaukee, US
Jesse DePinto(Director)Kyle Weatherly(Executive Officer, Director)Jon E. Lancaster(Director)
Co-investorsSand Hill AngelsMOTIVATE VENTURESSpeciale Invest
Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk) builds AI customer-service agents that answer calls, texts, WhatsApp, email, and chat, qualify leads, book appointments, and follow up, while syncing to a business's CRM, calendar, and PMS.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechNew York City, US
Ruchir Baronia(Founder)
Co-investorsPear VC
BiotechResearch Triangle Park, US
Amanda Elam(Executive Officer, Director)Edward Breitschwerdt(Director)Ricardo Maggi(Director)B. Jefferson Clark(Executive Officer, Director)Nicole Bell(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRichard West(Director)
Co-investorsArieal Southeast Angel PartnersBoston Harbor Angels
Milwaukee, US
Elizabeth Kelly Fitzsimmons(Executive Officer, Director)Ane K. Ohm(Executive Officer)
BoardStuart Olsten(Director)Roman Scharf(Director)Lauren Flanagan(Director)Michael Dillon(Director)
Co-investorsCapital Midwest Fund
Gener8tor is an investment accelerator that provides $100K in funding and 12-week mentorship to high-growth startups, accepting five to six companies per cohort.
Creator EconomyFuture of WorkSector Agnostic
Troy Vosseller(Founder)in
Co-investorsCSA Partners LLCgener8tor
Imbed Biosciences is a medical device company that develops SAMatrix, an ultra-thin, fully synthetic bioresorbable wound matrix that integrates antimicrobial silver and non-opioid pain agents (lidocaine) for treating chronic and acute wounds such as ulcers, surgical, traumatic, and burn wounds.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesMadison, US
Nicholas L Abbott(Executive Officer, Director)inAnkit Agarwal(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDavid Guinther(Director)Robert A Beckman(Director)
Immuto Scientific uses patient-derived tissue models combined with computational structural proteomics and machine learning to identify disease-specific protein targets for drug discovery.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Faraz A Choudhury(CEO & Founder)inDaniel Benjamin(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsDYDX CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalTundra AngelsVenture Management
Invenra develops proprietary platform technologies to discover and develop novel bi- and multi-specific antibody therapies, with an initial focus on oncology.
BiotechHealthtechMadison, US
Roland Green(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardEmile Nuwaysir(Director)Stan Rose(Director)Richard Lesniewski(Director)David Snyder(Director)
Co-investorsVenture Management
Midwest Games offers game publishing services for hire, including strategy, marketing, and production planning.
GamingMedia & EntertainmentGreen Bay, US
Ben Kvalo(Founder & CEO)inJen Corbett(Head of Marketing)inGina Joseph(Director)
BoardCordero Barkley(Director)in
Co-investorsPrevail Venture CapitalTitletownTechTundra Angels
OptiMine provides marketing measurement and scenario planning software to brands, helping them optimize marketing effectiveness and efficiency through advanced analytics and decisioning tools.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSMinneapolis, US
Dr. Rob CooleyTom Donnelly(Executive Officer, Director)Sharri Major(Executive Officer)James Moar(Executive Officer, Director)Bryon Bequette(Executive Officer)
BoardAnn Winblad(Director)in
Co-investorsHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)Zetta Venture Partners
Prism operates a recruiting agency that uses AI agents and software to help companies identify job candidates more quickly.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechLondon, GB
Theo Kitsberg(Founder)inAxel La Pira(Founder)inAlex Liu(Founder)inRajit Khanna(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAbingworthPantera CapitalTechstarsVariant FundVela Partners+1 more
Pyran produces 1,5 PDO (pentanediol), a 5-carbon diol made from renewable agricultural feedstocks using a proprietary chemical process, as an alternative to petroleum-derived diols.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechCleantechNew MaterialsMadison, US
KEVIN BARNETT(CTO and Secretary)inMELVIN L LUETKENS JR.(Chief Executive Officer)
BoardPETER CHIDYLLO(Director)ANDREW SHAFER(Director)WILLIAM BANHOLZER(Director)THIERRY CASIEZ(Director)
Co-investorsTundra Angels
ShineMed pursues a step-by-step commercialization approach to fusion energy, aiming to prove market value at each stage while generating revenue toward the goal of clean, abundant fusion power.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyHealthtechJanesville, US
Gregory Richard Piefer(Executive Officer, Director)Katrina Pitas(Executive Officer)Darin Janecek(Executive Officer)Anton Asmuth(Executive Officer, Director)James Costedio(Executive Officer)David A. Weissburg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsVenture ManagementBaillie GiffordDeerfield Management CompanyKoch Disruptive Technologies
Skin Analytics develops DERM, an autonomous AI as a Medical Device for skin cancer assessment, aimed at giving patients dermatologist-quality evaluations and lowering the cost of skin cancer care for health systems.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Neil(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsHoxton VenturesIntrepid Growth PartnersSpex CapitalCrista Galli VenturesCrowdcubeLondon Co-Investment Fund+2 more
Transportant provides an all-in-one platform for K-12 school student transportation, combining bus cameras, ridership tracking, live audio/video, seating charts, and parent alert tools.
EdTechIoTMobility & TransportationSaaSLenexa, US
Martin Staples(CEO)inAlan Fairless(Co-Founder, CTO)in
BoardJames Stoffer(Director)inHumayun Khan(Director)Chad Zimmerman(Director)Ned Hoyt(Director)
Co-investorsExit Quotient Ventures
Ubicept develops single-photon imaging and perception technology, turning research in the field into practical products for computer vision and camera design teams.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsBoston, US
Tristan Swedish(Executive Officer, Director)inSebastian Bauer(Executive Officer, Director)inSebastian Bauer, Ph.D.(CEO and Co-Founder)Tristan Swedish, Ph.D.(CTO and Co-Founder)
BoardCraig Dickman(Director)inSunil Nagaraj(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesConvergent VenturesQuest Venture PartnersRebellion VenturesThe E14 FundTitletownTech+1 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AgricycleAgricycle GlobalAIQ SolutionsAKRUAver InformaticsBeekeeper LabsBioIonixC. LightCellectarCurateDigital Intern – iVMDDropCapForte Research Systemsgener8torGlobal Accelerator NetworkHealth eFilingsHopsterHummingbird HealthcareImageMoverMOMIMyAlertsNerites CorporationnPointNurse DisruptedParqExPelvital USAPerformance Polymer SolutionsPhoenixPhoenix-AidPinpoint SoftwarePOPS! Diabetes CareSilatronixStratatech CorporationTermSyncVinvestoZurex Pharma
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGalaxy Diagnostics · globenewswire.com · Jun 2, 2026
Prism · ycombinator.com · May 18, 2026
EnsoData · finsmes.com · May 13, 2026
Imbed Biosciences · prnewswire.com · Feb 3, 2026
Cylerity · fintech.global · Oct 29, 2025
Skin Analytics · finsmes.com · Apr 16, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Wisconsin Investment Partners made?
- Wisconsin Investment Partners has 66 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Wisconsin Investment Partners invest at?
- Wisconsin Investment Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Wisconsin Investment Partners's typical check size?
- Wisconsin Investment Partners typically writes checks of $5K – $100K.
- What sectors does Wisconsin Investment Partners focus on?
- Wisconsin Investment Partners focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Wisconsin Investment Partners located?
- Wisconsin Investment Partners is headquartered in Madison, US.
- Does Wisconsin Investment Partners lead rounds?
- Wisconsin Investment Partners typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Wisconsin Investment Partners co-invest with?
- Wisconsin Investment Partners most often shares deals with Venture Management, Tundra Angels, CSA Partners LLC, among 47 tracked co-investors.
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