INSITE Entrepreneurship Census

About the Census

The Initiative for Studies in Transformational Entrepreneurship is conducting a census of firms linked to the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Estimated number of companies:

Dec. 31, 2010: 304

(Last updated August 8, 2011)

Definition UW Direct Start-up Company

A firm is a direct university start-up if:

• One or more founders were affiliated with the university as a faculty, staff or student at the time of founding or within 1 year of ending their UW-Madison affiliation

AND/OR

• The firm was formed around a university technology at the time of its founding

Definition UW Related Start-up Company

A firm is university-related start-up if:

• Founded by any UW-Madison community member who may have launched the company more than 1 year after ending their UW affiliation (e.g, as faculty, staff or students).

Definition WARF Technology

Companies with an asterisk (*) at the end of their name were formed around a technology licensed by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

Nominate a Start-up Company

• If you do not see a firm but believe it had a university connection through people or technology when it started, please complete the short nomination form  so that we may investigate it further.

Project Support

This project is made possible with support from the Office of Corporate Relations with additional support from Madison area companies and key campus partners.

Contacts

Lead Dean

Michael Knetter

Project Leader

Anne Miner

Project Coordinator

John Surdyk

Project Team

Ph.D. students

Sojung Kim

Michael Ciuchta

Jay O'Toole