Start-ups receive Madworks Seed Accelerator grants
Summary
By of the Eight very young start-ups ranging from a maker of wearable technology to a cricket meal producer graduated from the Madworks Seed Accelerator this week. Each company will receive a matching grant of between $3,000 and $5,000 from the program, which is funded by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. This is the fourth graduating class of the accelerator, which was co-founded by Anne Smith and Eric Englund, also co-founders of the UW Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, and Terry Sivesind, who was involved in the formation of Wisconsin Investment Partners and Merlin Mentors. Two of the start-ups are from Milwaukee: ■Seiva Technologies, started by Marquette University engineering and business students, is creating garments embedded with sensors that provide real-time feedback about body movement. ■Nutrient Recovery and Upcycling is developing technologies to recover nutrients that are valuable to agriculture and industry from wastewater.