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614 Walnut Street, 13th Floor
Madison, WI 53726
Phone: 608-960-9850
Fax: 608-262-6104
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Energy & Clean Tech
Food & Agriculture
Information Technology
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Medical Device
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WARF is the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, an independent, nonprofit foundation chartered to support research at the UW-Madison and the designated technology transfer organization for the university. WARF is a separate entity from the university but partners closely with it. WARF distributes the income from commercial licenses to the UW-Madison, the inventors and their departments. Each year, WARF contributes over $45 million to fund additional UW-Madison research. WARF maintains an investment fund it may use to invest in its start-up companies that meet certain criteria, including the requirement of a suitable co-investor. WARF currently is working with more than 50 active start-ups whose business markets include therapeutics, research tools, biotechnology, medical devices, food and agriculture, engineering, computer, stem cell and clean technologies. WARF currently holds equity in more than 35 of these companies.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
| Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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