Welcome to the final round of Wisconsin Inno Madness! Thanks to all of the participating companies for their engagement and enthusiasm throughout the competition.
Based on your votes in the semifinals, we're down to two finalists vying for the coveted title of 2022 Inno Madness champion. The finalists are:
- Showboat (#9): Showboat is a web-based 3D virtual events platform designed to host natural and effective virtual conferences, networking events, sales meetings, fundraisers and town hall meetings that allow participants to interact face-to-face in a virtual space. It has raised $1 million, according to the Milwaukee company.
- Carbliss (#11): This Wisconsin-based beverage company was founded in 2018 by a husband and wife team. It makes vodka-based canned cocktails that have zero carbs and sugar, and are available at bars and grocery stores around the Milwaukee area. The company said it has raised around $750,000.
Voting begins now and continues through Monday, March 28, at 11:59 pm. The final winner will be announced later next week.
Note: Due to voting irregularities Wisconsin Inno discovered after the semifinal round earlier this week, we delayed the start of final-round voting while we took time to ensure that votes were cast in accordance with the voting rules. As such, this round of voting opened later and was extended longer than we previously announced. After reviewing the votes from the semifinal round, we found that some votes were cast in violation of the voting rules and as such, Wisconsin Inno removed those votes and recalculated the results.
Now on to the finals...
Vote for the company you'd most like to invest in, whether that's because you believe in its mission or product, you'd prefer to back a more established company versus an early-stage startup, or for any other reason entirely up to you.
Disclaimers
Vote here or below.
The goal of Inno Madness is to give a snapshot of some of the most promising tech companies in Wisconsin. The bracket was designed to highlight innovative, fast-growing local businesses. We assembled it based on reader nominations and editorial input from the Wisconsin Inno team.
It is by no means a complete list of Wisconsin's best startups. It's also not just a list of the 32 most-funded startups in the region. See all 32 startups here. Instead, the bracket is meant to represent the full breadth and diversity of the ecosystem. In the end, think of the bracket as just a fun look into local tech companies you need to know in 2022.
Read contest rules here.
