MILWAUKEE BUSINESS NEWS

BizTimes Media and our event partner, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, are pleased to once again recognize this year’s Future 50 companies. Based on submitted nominations and an objective ranking of sales and employee growth, these are the fastest-growing privately held companies in the southeastern Wisconsin region.

F Street is an investment company with a portfolio focused on real estate development, lending and emerging market technologies.

What factors have contributed the most to your growth in the past three years?

Scott Lurie, founder: “There continues to be tremendous growth within the alternative investment industry, specifically within real estate, as assets continue to provide reduced volatility risk verses typical securities investments. We have also focused on integrating new technologies across our platform that have made it easier for our investors and clients to manage and maintain their accounts with F Street. We have also carefully expanded our team to include some of the most amazing talent available in the area and we are focused on the continued education and growth of each member as we work toward long-term company goals.”

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Milwaukee Business Journal  |  February 14, 2022

With the forthcoming launch of a blockchain-powered capital raise, Milwaukee development firm F Street Group is betting on innovations it believes will shape the future of the economy.

“Whether people realize it or not, (blockchain is) here and transactions are occurring daily in the blockchain-crypto world,” F Street Group president Scott Lurie said. “We see it to be a very important piece of the future and we’re investing time and resources into it today.”

With its new F Street Blockchain initiative, F Street Group — the developer behind the site of Milwaukee Tool’s new downtown office, among other projects — aims to capture a new source of capital for its commercial real estate development and lending businesses from a pool of global investors that will each contribute smaller amounts than its traditional investors typically put up.

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Wisconsin Inno  |  January 27, 2022

Consumers will soon be able to order a smart basketball hoop that will enable them to get expert training and compete against friends without leaving their own driveway.

The device was invented in Milwaukee by Huupe, a startup that intends to transform basketball like the Peloton exercise bike disrupted home fitness.

Huupe has raised more than $1 million in capital from investors including Tundra Angels of Green Bay; F Street Ventures, part of Milwaukee’s F Street Group; and Ball Tek, a group of angel investors in Milwaukee and Washington, D.C., Huupe CEO and co-founder Paul Anton said.

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