Collaboration Council and Thrive Investors

We would like to thank all the founding members and sponsors of both the Collaboration Council and Thrive, the Madison Region Economic Development Enterprise. Without your belief and support, we would not exist today.

If you are interested in supporting your region as an investor, contact us today!
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Cornerstone Founders: $50,000-100,000 over 3 years

  • Alliant Energy
  • AT&T
  • American Family Insurance
  • Blue Planet Partners
  • Capital Newspapers
  • CUNA Mutual Group
  • General Casualty
  • Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce
  • John Taylor
  • Madison Gas & Electric
  • M&I Bank
  • The QTI Group
  • Raymond Management & North Central Group
  • T. Wall Properties
  • UW-Madison, WARF, & University Research Park

Anchor Founders: $30,000-$49,999 over 3 years

  • Covance, Inc.
  • First Business Bank
  • First Weber Group
  • J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc.
  • Krupp General Contractors, LLC
  • Madison Community Foundation
  • Marshall Erdman & Associates
  • Meriter Health Services
  • Metcalfe's Sentry Foods
  • National Guardian Life
  • Oscar J. Boldt Construction
  • Oscar Mayer/Kraft Foods
  • Physicians Plus Insurance
  • Dean & St. Mary's
  • TDS Telecommunications Corp.
  • Tri-North Builders
  • US Bank
  • UW Hospital & Clinics
  • UW Medical Foundation
  • WPS Health Insurance

Supporting Founders: $15,000-$29,900 over 3 years

  • American Girl
  • Anthem Blue Shield & Blue Cross
  • ATC
  • C.G. Schmidt, Inc.
  • Cleary Building Corp.
  • Continuum Investments
  • Curt Vaughn Brink
  • Deloitte Consulting
  • Epic Systems Corporation
  • Flad Development
  • Foley & Lardner
  • Gialamas Company
  • Group Health Cooperative
  • Hooper Corporation
  • Ideal Builders
  • J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc.
  • Kraemer Brothers, LLC
  • Magna Publications/In Business
  • Madison Area Technical College
  • McFarland State Bank
  • McGrath Associates
  • Michael Best & Friedrich, LLC
  • Midwest Family Broadcasting
  • Mortenson, Matzelle & Meldrum
  • North American Mechanical
  • Park Towne Development Corp.
  • Planning Design Build, Inc.
  • Promega Corporation
  • Quarles & Brady
  • Smith & Gesteland
  • Stafford Rosenbaum
  • Suby Von Haden & Associates, S.C.
  • Town Bank
  • Trek Bicycle Corporation
  • UW Credit Union
  • United Way of Dane County
  • Venture Investors
  • Weather Central, Inc.
  • Webcrafters
  • West Bend Mutual / NSI
  • WIPFLi LLP
  • WISC-TV / Madison Magazine
  • WKOW Television, Inc.

Governmental Support; State of Wisconsin: $270,000 for Years 1 & 2

Governor Doyle & Wisconsin Department of Commerce

Governmental Support Local; to-date: $72,700 for year one of three year cycle

  • Dane County
  • City of Fitchburg
  • City of Madison
  • City of Middleton
  • City of Monona
  • City Stoughton
  • City of Sun Prairie
  • City of Verona
  • Village of Belleville
  • Village of Blue Mounds
  • Village of Cottage Grove
  • Village of Cross Plains
  • Village of DeForest
  • Village of Marshall
  • Village of McFarland
  • Village of Mount Horeb
  • Village of Oregon
  • Village of Waunakee
  • Town of Bristol
  • Town of Sun Prairie
  • Town of Vienna
  • Town of Westport
  • Town of Windsor

Other Supporters

  • Advanced Building Corporation
  • Amcore Bank
  • Anderson & Kent, S.C.
  • Associated Bank
  • Avante Properties, LLC
  • Better Environmental Solutions
  • Cambridge State Bank
  • Capitol Bank
  • Central Place Real Estate
  • Deb Archer
  • Drake & Company
  • D.L. Evans Company Inc.
  • Don Tierney
  • Econoprint
  • Edgewood College
  • Fiskars Brands, Inc.
  • Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co.
  • Herzing College
  • Home Savings Bank
  • IMS
  • Inacom Information Systems
  • Jan Eddy
  • Kilgust Mechanical
  • Lerdahl Business Interiors, Inc.
  • Lucigen Corporation
  • C5-6 Technologies
  • MCD, Inc.
  • The Madison Times
  • Marcus Corp.
  • Middleton Community Bank
  • Midwest Patrol & Investigative
  • Mortenson Investment Group
  • NAI MLG Commercial
  • NBC 15 / WMTV
  • Neider & Boucher, SC
  • Nord Gear
  • Norman D. Flynn Associates
  • Oak Bank
  • Plantes Company
  • Prairie Athletic Club
  • RSM McGladrey
  • Ruth Ann Schoer
  • SB Bancorp, Inc.
  • Schreiber/Anderson Assoc.
  • Stark Company Realtors
  • State Bank of Cross Plains
  • Steve Brown Apartments
  • Timpano Group
  • Vandewalle & Associates
  • Vierbicher Associates, Inc.
  • Vogel Brothers Corporation
  • Waunakee Tribune
  • Deforest Times
  • Wells Fargo
  • Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
  • Williamson Street Grocery Coop
  • WisConn Investments, LLC