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With over 17 million active users and valued at $3 billion, Fetch Rewards is looking to expand from grocery chains into other retail stores and restaurants. That’s according to company co-founder Tyler Kennedy, who discussed the company’s path forward yesterday during...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin Technology Council head talks proposal to electrify highways, federal dollars for computer ships
President Joe Biden signed a bill last week which will allocate more than $280 billion over five years into the U.S. semiconductor chip industry. We speak with the head of the Wisconsin Technology Council about what this could mean in Wisconsin. Click here to listen...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Demand is high for electric vehicles. But are there enough charging stations in Wisconsin?
Wisconsinites are taking to the roads in electric vehicles in increasing numbers, igniting a common question: Are there enough charging stations to support ownership? Rising prices of used electric vehicles and charging station gaps in northern Wisconsin may...
UW System: UW System President Jay Rothman and Chancellors announce Wisconsin Tuition Promise
University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman today announced the creation of the Wisconsin Tuition Promise, a new initiative starting in fall 2023 to ensure underserved Wisconsin students can attend any UW System university without paying tuition or fees. The...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Hydro-Thermal planning brewery in Pewaukee to test new technology
Waukesha-based Hydro-Thermal Corp., a manufacturer of hydroheaters, is seeking a conditional use permit from the city of Pewaukee to open a demonstration brewery. Plan Commission documents show Hydro-Thermal plans to test new brewing technology it is developing within...
WisPolitics: U.S. Rep. Gallagher, U.S. Sen. King: Urge Biden admin to improve health care network security amid cyberthreats
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Sen. Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), are urging the Biden administration to better protect the public health sector (HPH) from cyberthreats. In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS)...
Technology Today: Wisconsin shines as hotspot for battery technology
WEDC helping power innovative startups in the industry Wisconsin-based startups have excelled at battery technology innovation in recent years, revolutionizing the way we power our electronics, vehicles and more and making the state a trailblazer in the industry....
WisBusiness: U.S. Small Business Administration: Biden-Harris administration awards record-breaking $154.2 billion in contracting to small businesses, including $1.1 billion to Wisconsin firms
Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)and the voice for America’s 33 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, announced that the Biden-Harris Administration exceeded its small business federal...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Madison-based Immuto Scientific awarded $2.5 million national grant
Madison-based Immuto Scientific, a biotechnology company providing drug discovery services, is the recipient of a $2.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Immuto Scientific’s Plasma Induced...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Hartland-based Wearable Technologies’ device aims to predict emergency events
It’s often true that the innovation behind creating new technologies is spurred due to the existence of some problem. For Deepak Arora, chief executive officer of Hartland-based startup Wearable Technologies Inc., the idea behind his wearable monitoring device – which...
MKE Startup News: eCourt Reporters compete for capital in Atlanta
Burlington-based eCourt Reporters is a finalists in the Startup Runway Foundation’s Summer Showcase. The company is the only Wisconsin startup to make it to the final round of the competition that attracted applications from 5000 startups from across the nation....
Cap Times: Tech entrepreneur Winnie Karanja continues STEM work with Represented Collective
When tech entrepreneur Winnie Karanja launched her Madison nonprofit Maydm in 2015, she noticed a curious pattern. “When you ask people to name an engineer, an innovator, a STEM leader, they say: Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk,” said Karanja, who...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Hilary Stohs-Krause, board member for Forward Festival
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with returning guest Hilary Stohs-Krause, co-owner and vice president at Ten Forward Consulting in Madison and board member for Forward Festival. She discusses this year’s technology and entrepreneurship festival...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee Tool exec highlights benefits cliff impact
An executive with Milwaukee Tool says about 750,000 people in Wisconsin are impacted by “benefits cliff-related issues,” arguing this is holding back the state’s workforce. Graham Anderson, senior manager of marketing for the Milwaukee-based manufacturer, gave an...
WisconsinEye: Be Bold Wisconsin Tomorrow Action Accelerator: Workforce Recruitment, Attraction and Retention Summit
On August 11, 2022, Competitive Wisconsin, Inc. and Be Bold Action Accelerator hosted a summit dedicated to helping local leaders focus on opportunities to utilize ARPA funds for long-term impacts on Workforce Recruitment, Retention & Attraction. Agenda: Scope of...
TECNA: Technology Councils of North America Announces 2022-2023 Board Leadership and Directors
The Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) today announced the election of the 2022-2023 Board of Directors. The 2022-2023 Board of Directors was ratified in May by the membership at the annual Business Meeting. Michael Schutzler, CEO of WTIA, was appointed...
WisBusiness: Pantherics: Pantherics Incorporated Receives SBIR Funding from the National Institutes of Health to Advance New Drug Development
Pantherics Incorporated (www.pantherics.com) received a $255,841 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to advance development of a fundamentally novel...
WisPolitics: Gov. Evers: WEDC, Company Officials and Gov. Evers celebrate opening of Milwaukee Tool’s newest U.S. manufacturing plant
Gov. Tony Evers today, together with Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, company leaders, and industry partners, celebrated Milwaukee Tool’s newest manufacturing plant opening in West Bend. Earlier this year, Gov. Evers...
WisBusiness: Taiwan semiconductor industry will remain critical to U.S. economy, experts say
Experts say Taiwan’s semiconductor industry will remain critical to the U.S. economy and national security despite investments from the CHIPS and Science Act. Mike Splinter, chairman of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council and general partner at WISC Partners in Madison,...
InsideWis: With primaries over, here’s early look at Evers, Michels on business and economy
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Statewide primary elections usually turn on appealing to loyalists in both major parties versus deep dives into specific issues. Primary campaign advertising is largely about introducing (or reintroducing) candidates in broad strokes of...