Packers To Help Grow Regional High Tech Economy

The Green Bay Packers are teaming up with Microsoft to grow the high tech economy in northeast Wisconsin. They announced plans Thursday to build an incubator in the Packers’ new Titletown District across from Lambeau Field. An accelerator program would help entrepreneurs get started — while an innovation lab would work with existing firms to bring new products to the market. Microsoft and the Packers will each put up five-million dollars for a venture capital fund to help startups at what will be called “Titletown Tech.” — and Microsoft mentors will provide assistance. Packers’ vice president Ed Policy says both the accelerator and innovation labs have been successful elsewhere, but they’ve never been tried together.