Saying the stars are aligned for an entrepreneurial renaissance in Wisconsin, guild.com founder Toni Sikes has joined a state-based venture capital fund.
Sikes started in January as general partner of Calumet Venture Fund, which has nearly $10 million and was formed by Judy Owen, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who began her career as a chip designer at Intel Corp.
Owen made the announcement about Sikes at a luncheon meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel. She also echoed Sikes' views about the state's growth prospects.
"In some sense, I do think this is the year of the Midwest," Owens said.
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