Celebrating 40+ Years
Creative team building in Wisconsin begins with Venture Up. Since 1983, we have delivered creative, hands-on experiences that help individuals and teams perform at their personal best, outdoors and indoors. What started as small-group programs quickly expanded as corporate leaders brought us in to strengthen corporate training with team building activities. Today, more than 500,000 participants have taken part in the Venture Up experience nationwide.
Strategic Games is a Dynamic team-building program that is filled with fast-paced problem-solving challenges that reinforce the core values of teams and strategic goals of your organization. Participants are intentionally mixed and remixed across activities, encouraging cross-department collaboration and exposes team members to new perspectives, strengths, and working styles. With every completed challenge, the bar is raised…
Venture Up’s Bike Builder Challenge for Kids in Need is our most popular charity team building event. Teams warm up with quick Energizers, then assemble, decorate, and safety test brand-new bikes for underserved children ages 5 to 10. Each group receives a child’s name and creates a personalized bike and card, delivering a fast, meaningful, and highly rewarding team experience.
Venture Up’s Amazing Race is a fast-paced, city-based team building adventure where teams solve clues, complete challenges, and navigate local landmarks. Designed for all abilities – correctness matters more than speed! Each race features location-specific tasks, and bonus challenges. There’s no better way to experience a city than in this memorable, high-energy group event!
Minutes-to-Win-It and Team Survivors is a fast-paced, high-energy team challenge inspired by classic competition shows. Teams face a multitude of mental and light physical challenges that reward creativity, communication, and collaboration. From indoors to outdoors and small to large spaces and groups, this event is our favorite on-site competitive program.
Escape the Case is Venture Up’s hit conference-room escape game is for groups of 10-500+. Teams organize fractured clues through a series of locked metal cases using clues, ciphers, and clever tools. Fast, high-tech, and wildly fun, with a surprise final collaboration twist to unite the group. Lightly based on the escape room concept but built with 40+ years of professional team development experience.
Game-On Olympics is a high-energy team competition blending creative challenges, problem-solving, and friendly rivalry. Teams face off across multiple stations, earning points as they compete for medals and recognition. Designed for indoor or outdoor spaces, the event features a fun opening ceremony and a down-to-the-wire finish before Bronze, Silver, and Gold claim their podium.
Mega Car 500 is a high-energy engineering challenge where teams design, build, and race life-size, human-powered vehicles with no instructions and no preset solutions. Using provided materials, groups collaborate to create functional cars that must carry a teammate through a competitive course. The experience builds to a crowd-cheered race and awards ceremony, delivering creativity, collaboration, and bragging rights.
Team Survivor | Minutes-to-Win-It delivers nonstop action through short, engaging challenges that test problem-solving, teamwork, and adaptability. Teams stay intact as they rotate through a series of mental, creative, and light physical challenges, earning points with every success. Designed to reward ingenuity, communication, and collaboration this flexible event is a blast for competitive teams.
Mega Boat Regatta is a high-energy build-and-race challenge where teams design and construct life-size, human-powered boats with no instructions and no preset solutions. Using provided materials, and no-instructions teams collaborate to create water-worthy vessels before racing them head-to-head. The experience is unique, fun and rewarding for racers and spectators alike.
Popular programs in Madison include Strategic Games, Bike Building for Charity, and the Amazing Race. Our corporate teams come in all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. We offer team training that supports diversity and inclusion, led by well-educated staff experienced in multicultural settings.
Venture Up staff respond quickly and return proposals fast. We work on short notice or plan months ahead. You can expect us to handle the details and stay in touch, so you have peace of mind and the freedom to focus on other priorities related to your team building event. Our aim is to exceed expectations, and our history reflects that commitment.
About 80 percent of our team building business involves corporate clients, proving that word of mouth is our strongest form of advertising. We also work with many government and non-profit groups, including school districts, charities, and federal agencies such as the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and U.S. Special Forces.
Many Venture Up clients are leaders in their industries, known for strong teams, high standards, and results-driven cultures. We have a long-standing track record working with Fortune 100 firms and facilitating programs for people of all shapes, sizes, physical abilities, and cultural backgrounds. Team Building group sizes typically range from 8 to 1,000 or more. US Duns # 148821721
