THE NEWSROOM

Milwaukee-based payroll and employee benefits startup zizzl LLC has raised $3.1 million in equity, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Raymond Seaver, Jr., zizzl founder and chief executive officer, said that funding will primarily...

In early February, a giant white balloon was seen floating over U.S. skies, prompting speculation about its provenance and purpose. An exclusive analysis of millions of square miles of satellite imagery traces the balloon hours after its launch in China, across the...

WEDC created the SBIR Advance program to provide state match funding, training and other resources to Wisconsin businesses to advance the commercialization of SBIR/STTR-funded technology and expedite economic and job creation impact in Wisconsin. The program aims to...

A Milwaukee-area startup aiming to make it easier to handle online shopping returns launched nationally Tuesday. Returns on Demand Inc. has been piloting the service locally for the last few months. As online shopping has become increasingly popular, particularly...

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a longtime partner on a grant from the National Science Foundation that supports the development of the next generation of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) – novel instruments used to unmask phenomena that have never before...

George Bussey is already sold on electric vehicles. On a gray winter day, he navigates the snow-covered streets of Bayfield in his 2021 Chevy Bolt. Bussey, who lives just south of Ashland, said he’s already put about 17,000 miles on the four-door hatchback since he...

Three utilities have received approval from Wisconsin utility regulators to buy the state’s largest renewable energy plant. On Thursday, the Public Service Commission approved the $649 million purchase of the Koshkonong Solar Energy Center by We Energies, Wisconsin...

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a University of Wisconsin–Madison based research center another five years of funding to develop sustainable alternatives to gasoline, diesel and other hydrocarbon fuels as well as products currently made from petroleum. The...

The return of Project Pitch It, a Wisconsin program similar to “Shark Tank,” this weekend saw a new batch of entrepreneurs pitch their businesses to a panel of moguls for their chance to win several prizes. The winner of this week’s $10,000 Project Pitch It Award...

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC or Commission) awarded nearly $10 million in funding from the Energy Innovation Grant Program (EIGP). The grants went to 32 energy-related projects to increase the deployment of renewable energy and energy storage,...

Foxconn has set plans to manufacture electric-vehicle batteries at its plants in Mount Pleasant and in Ohio, a company executive told investors this week. The decision marks possible new production and employment for the Mount Pleasant site initially planned for a...

Deepak Arora said he's always been drawn to entrepreneurship. But an unthinkable tragedy hurled him into it. In the summer of 2020, Arora's two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Mahi wandered off as the family was gardening in the front yard. She accidentally drowned in a...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Eric Fulcomer, president of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. He discusses the role of WAICU within the state’s higher education system, highlighting the impact of Wisconsin’s...