August 21, 2024 — A new company named Eneration has launched to provide leadership in energy sustainability services, radically efficient construction, and renewable energy generation in the healthcare industry.

 

 

September 18, 2024 — OfferingTree, a platform that helps fitness and wellness businesses scale and manage their businesses, has raised over $2 million in venture capital funding led by the Idea Fund of La Crosse. This investment will allow OfferingTree to expand its platform, introduce new features, and broaden its market reach in the rapidly growing fitness and wellness industry.

 

 

Mar 3, 2022 — Quiver Quantitative, a Madison, WI-based provider of investment research tools to retail investors, raised $2M in funding. The round was led by Allos Ventures, with participation from M25, Bascom Ventures, Lancaster Investments, Connetic Ventures, WARF, and the Idea Fund of La Crosse.

 

 

Aug 31, 2021 — Civic intelligence technology firm Curate Solutions, based in Madison, was bought by Washington, D.C.-based FiscalNote Inc., a technology provider of global policy and market intelligence.

 

 

Aug 26, 2021 — Agrograph, a Midwest agricultural technology company leading the industry in commercially viable and highly scalable data solutions, closed a successful Series Seed venture capital round led by Mucker Capital with participation from Idea Fund of La Crosse.

 

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Jun 5, 2017 — The fund, one of those created by the Badger Fund of Funds, had its first close for $8 million in February, and it has since been adding more investors. It now has reached $12 million and has held its second close. And there likely will be a third and final close.

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Mar 10, 2017 — How many business ventures can the Idea Fund fund now that it’s been funded by the Badger Fund of Funds? At least a dozen, Idea Fund of La Crosse managing director and La Crosse native Jonathon Horne hopes as his venture capital firm gets off the ground. Horne, the son of Judge Scott Horne, moved back to La Crosse about a year ago after working as an investment banker with J.P. Morgan in New York City to help grow the amount of venture capital — money that funds high-risk, high-reward startup companies — invested in the region.

 

 

Mar 4, 2017 — The Idea Fund of La Crosse said it has raised $8 million that will be funneled into young companies around Wisconsin over the next several years.

 

 

Feb 24, 2017 — Welcome to a new episode of "WisBusiness: The Show," a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. This episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show” features an interview with Jonathan Horne, managing director of The Idea Fund of La Crosse, who describes one of Wisconsin’s newest early stage investment funds.

 

 

Feb 22, 2017 — IFOLC, the first venture capital fund to receive a commitment investment from the Badger Fund of Funds, will invest $8 million over the next several years.

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Feb 22, 2017 — The Idea Fund of La Crosse plans to invest $8 million in 10 to 12 Wisconsin startups over the next several years , the organization announced Tuesday. The venture capital fund closed its initial fund and said it will begin actively reviewing startup investment opportunities across the state.

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Jul 11, 2017 — The Idea Fund of La Crosse, one of the “recipient” funds created under the public-private Badger Fund of Funds program, recently raised $4.9 million from investors, says Jonathon Horne, the fund’s managing director. That brings the total amount the Idea Fund has raised since launching in mid-2016 to $13 million.

 

 

Jul 11, 2017 — The venture capital fund initially raised $8 million, then ended up raising $12 million, and now has made its third close. It filed an amended document with the SEC today to update the final amount. The fund closed June 30.