WHAT IS FaBCAP?

FaBcap is FaB Wisconsin’s new finance & business accelerator. The program is designed for growing Wisconsin food and beverage industry companies with 5-200 employees. Ten growing companies will be selected to participate in the one-year FaBcap program, and we anticipate these companies will be on the front edge of market demands.

The selected businesses must be Wisconsin-based, with 5-200 employees, and generating revenue in food, beverage, ingredients, equipment or packaging manufacturing products or technologies.

WHAT DOES THE ONE-YEAR PROGRAM INCLUDE FOR THE SELECTED 10 CAPPERS?

• 1.5-Day Program Kick-Off Conference and evening Reception, followed by three company “What’s Working” tours
• One-year one-on-one personal and Certified Financial and Business Coaching from Brad Rostowfske, FaB Wisconsin’s Director of Innovation & Finance; approximately 50 hours
• One-year one-on-one “Issue” Coaching from industry experts; addressing any Capper issues as needed
• Four quarterly facilitated FaBcapper cohort meetings at area food companies
• FaBcap Closing Ceremony & Capper Pitches
• A prepared company packaging for use in future financial requests
• $10,000 Cash Seeding Award for each Capper

Learn more and apply by September 4.

BioForward is excited to invite you to feel the energy, be inspired and see the impact of Wisconsin’s bioscience industry. Come network and be part of this day-long even celebrating Wisconsin biosciences.

The summit will feature a luncheon keynote by Carrie Eglinton Manner of GE Healthcare, the first annual Biosciences and Business of Bioscience awards, CEO’s Unplugged, and New York Times best-selling author of Networking is a Contact Sport and Moving the Needle, Joe Sweeney.

View the agenda and register online.

Join Madison International Trade Association (MITA) for a summer social at the stunning Edgewater Boathouse. MITA members are encouraged to bring a guest for networking.

Want to stick around? Bill Robert’s Trio (jazz) will perform out on the Plaza after 6:00 pm.

Cost of admission is $10 for members, $15 for MITA friends and guests. Register online.

Join PowerBuy 4 You for BioNetWork Power Hour, a free networking event for biotechnology professionals of all levels to come relax, meet others in their profession in a casual atmosphere, and have an opportunity to exchange ideas.

At the September 17 event, representatives from the Department of Financial Institutions – Division of Securities will be on hand to address your questions regarding crowdfunding in Wisconsin. Under the new law that became effective in June 2014, crowdfunding is now available to Wisconsin businesses to raise capital from Wisconsin investors.

Learn more and register online.

The Watertown Economic Development Organization (WEDO) presents a special evening celebrating business, vision and leadership in Wisconsin. Join WEDO on Thursday, October 29th for its event featuring Rich Meeusen, Chairman, President & CEO of Badger Meter, as well as Co-Founder and Co-Chair of The Water Council.

Created by leaders in both business and education, The Water Council is convening the region’s existing water companies and research clusters, development education to train our talent, and building partnerships that cut across all sectors and geographic boundaries.

View the event flyer and RSVP to Julie Olver at 920.342.8053.