Midwest startup funding, week ending September 4, 2026: a thin week of three rounds, led by Stack Health's $21m seed, plus battleface and Silicon Prairie.

Midwest startup funding, week ending August 28, 2026: Yardstik's $30m Series B plus rounds for Payload and Dirac Labs.

Tim Huelskamp bootstrapped Chicago newsletter 1440 from 78 subscribers to nearly 5 million readers and a $101M valuation. His playbook for Midwest founders.

How Midwest startup founders in Michigan and Ohio manage financial, operational, and market pressure — hard-won lessons on resilience from the trenches.

Ohio VC Fest returns to Cleveland September 29–30, headlined by NFL veteran Robert Smith. Curated founder-investor matchmaking registration closes September 7.

Which universities produce the most startup founders and VC-backed startups across six Midwest states?

The 10th year of the largest self-reported startup dataset from High Alpha and Visible: and Midwest responses matter more than ever.

A new UW-Madison CROWE report finds Wisconsin manufacturers have booked $1.6B in AI-related orders — and warns power is the main limit on the state's data center boom.

Case Western Reserve's William Tavel on making your startup fundable: governance, cap tables, insurance, and a data room that survives due diligence.

Chicago's TechNexus built PRIME/X to score founder grit alongside financial KPIs — here they make a case for why Midwest venture capital can't run on spreadsheets alone.