Featured Programs
This 5-week course focuses on matching your innovation to a viable market. Learn more »
This 8-week course helps you develop and validate your startup's business model. Learn more »
Join us on February 7 for an informational panel discussion on the program with UW experts that have participated in I-Corps. Learn more »
Innovation and Commercialization Specialists
Aimee Arnoldussen, PhD
Cognitive neuroscientist with expertise in medical and assistive technologies. Start-up, healthcare, research funding and FDA.
Abram Becker
Expertise in commercial strategy for pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, and diagnostics. Start-up, non-profit, & Fortune 500 experience.
Cecily Brose
Expertise in consumer product development and commercialization. Led innovation platforms in the food industry.
David Ertl
Product management and strategy expertise in information technology. Silicon Valley, start-up, and Fortune 500 experience.
Kieran Furlong
Expertise in early-stage company building, venture capital, cleantech, agtech and manufacturing. VC investor & start-up veteran.
Upcoming Programs and Events from the Innovate Network
Apply for campus innovator programs
Are you an innovator with a creative solution that has the potential for commercial and/or social impact? Come join a community of faculty, staff and students that see the Wisconsin Idea as an action plan that guides us to apply our work, research, creativity, ideas, and passion to impact lives locally and globally. D2P is now accepting applications for two spring semester programs, Innovation to Market and Igniter. Applications for both programs are due on January 27, 2020, and D2P will hold four open house events on January 13th, 17th, 21st, and 22nd to share more information and guidance for members of the campus community that want to learn more. Each open house session includes free pizza, an overview of the curriculum and application process, and time for questions and answers.
- January
- January 21
- Open House for Campus InnovatorsDiscovery to Product programs help catalyze campus innovation to impact the worldJanuary 21, 5:00 pm, D2P Offices, 1403 University Ave
Are you an innovator with a creative solution that has the potential for commercial and/or social impact? Discovery to Product (D2P) is now accepting applications for two spring semester programs that help innovators, seekers of creative solutions, designers of novel approaches to social problems, and makers of impactful products move beyond ideas to implementation. Come connect with others that see the Wisconsin Idea as an action plan! Free pizza, overview of programs, and ample time for Q&A.
- January 22
- Open House for Campus InnovatorsDiscovery to Product programs help catalyze campus innovation to impact the worldJanuary 22, 12:15 pm, D2P Offices, 1403 University Ave
Are you an innovator with a creative solution that has the potential for commercial and/or social impact? Discovery to Product (D2P) is now accepting applications for two spring semester programs that help innovators, seekers of creative solutions, designers of novel approaches to social problems, and makers of impactful products move beyond ideas to implementation. Come connect with others that see the Wisconsin Idea as an action plan! Free pizza, overview of programs, and ample time for Q&A.
News from the Innovate Network
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Breast surgery device by company with UW founders now in use
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UW Spinout Understory is one of seven companies on Inc magazine’s Innovative Startups to Watch in 2020 list
Understory Madison, Wisconsin-based Understory builds weather sensors that collect 125,000 data points per second, tracking things like precipitation, wind, temperature, air pressure, and humidity. In 2019, the company partnered with insurance firm MSI GuaranteedWeather. The data it collects …