The Madison Startup Fair is back! The 2019 Startup Fair features startups from the Madison area. It's part career fair, part startup showcase with a goal of connecting students to Madison area startups. This event is open to all college students from the Madison area and is open to all majors.
Anyone interested in technology and entrepreneurship can talk one-on-one in an informal environment with startup founders and employees about their experiences. Find out more about the burgeoning Madison startup scene and the opportunities startups have to offer, including ways you can get involved by starting your own company, finding a mentor, or learning about internships and full-time positions with existing startups.
Startups are looking for various roles including:
- Software Development / Engineering
- Marketing / Social Media
- Design / Creative / UI / UX
- Sales / Biz Dev
- Science / Research
- And more! See company list below.
The first Madison Startup Fair took place in 2013 and has happened every year since. For this Startup Fair, Capital Entrepreneurs has partnered with The Hub and WARF to bring you a condensed, energetic, and informal way to get connected with Madison area startups. At the start of the event, you'll hear pitches from each startup about what they do and what they're looking for. Learn about internship and full-time job opportunities, find a mentor, and talk one-on-one with startup founders and employees.
PerBlue - PerBlue is an independent mobile gaming studio based in Madison, Wisconsin. We make free-to-play midcore RPG and Strategy games played by millions of people around the world.
Hardin Design & Development - Custom design and development.
Rebate Bus - Rebate Bus is a data and services platform which has been built to accelerate the delivery of energy efficiency utility incentives, across North America. Rebate Bus connects qualified product with aggregated utility program data and simplifies the utility incentive process for reliable estimates, applications, and instant transactions.
Murfie, Inc. - Lossless streaming for audiophiles
Bump Studios - Mobile video game studio. We develop in Unity for iOS, Android, and web. We are currently working on a simulation game.
Fenrici Brands - Fenrici is a new, socially responsible company that offers high quality products including backpacks, lunch boxes, and thermos for kids between K-6th grade.
EnsoData - Madison-based startup using Artificial Intelligence to power the diagnostic process and save frontline clinicians time. EnsoSleep, EnsoData's first product, is helping clinicians diagnose thousands of patients every month.
Curate - Curate scans through all public municipality meeting minutes and agendas and applies artificial intelligence to pull out relevant discussions for businesses and associations.
Brio - Mobile application allowing customers to open & close tabs, split & pay bills, right from their phones at bars and restaurants.
Propeller Health - Propeller creates products to more effectively treat chronic respiratory disease and improve clinical outcomes for patients through connectivity, analytics, and companion digital experiences. The Propeller platform is used by patients, physicians and healthcare organizations in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Gone Abroad - Gone Abroad is a mobile application that geographically sorts friends to make it easier to connect while traveling. It allows travelers to see where their friends have been, where they are, or where they are planning on going in the future from inputted dates and cities. You can also see which of your mutual friends are traveling to those places by connecting through Facebook.
Sidekick Education - Sidekick uses AI to reinvent the high school internship as an in-class project. Sidekick allows employers to connect with students through in-class internships. Sidekick offers project-based lessons to teachers so they don't have to start from scratch. Sidekick helps students build the skills and relationships needed to access 6 million unfilled jobs and get an answer to, “When am I ever going to use this?”
The Hub - UW-Madison's student computer science org for career development.
WARF - We support scientific research within the UW–Madison community by providing financial support, actively managing assets, and moving innovations to the marketplace for a financial return and global impact.
The Doyenne Group - The Doyenne Group’s mission is to create equitable communites where women entrepreneurs from all backgrounds thrive.
The Doyenne Group strives to provide developmental opportunities for women to grow as entrepreneurs and leaders in our communities.
Next Frontier, LLC - At Next Frontier, we explore how young entrepreneurs can efficiently and effectively leverage the abundance of resources available to them in 2019. We achieve this mission through our blog and podcast series, as well as our relationship-building events in Madison, WI.
Transcend UW - UW-Madison's hub for creative thinking, entrepreneurship, and innovation.