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By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – If you’ve lived in Wisconsin long enough, you’ve likely heard the complaint. “Sure, the University of Wisconsin does some gee-whiz research, but unless you’re an endangered snake in South America or a bleached coral reef in the South...
WisBusiness: Idea Fund of La Crosse raises $31.5M for second VC fund
The Idea Fund of La Crosse has raised $31.5 million for a second venture capital fund, targeting startups in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. The VC firm yesterday announced the fund, which aims to invest in pre-revenue and early-stage businesses in agriculture,...
WisBusiness: Epic rolling out personalized care data tool this summer
Epic is rolling out a new personalized care data tool, which aims to give doctors crucial patient insights. That’s according to Phil Lindemann, vice president of data and analytics informatics for the Verona-based electronic health records company. He spoke yesterday...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin wants to grow into a video game industry leader
Ben Kvalo feels a lot better today about creating video games than when he was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. “There was no hope or idea that we could actually go and get into this industry,” he said. Now Kvalo leads a video game publisher based...
Idea Fund of La Crosse: As venture capital markets contract, the Idea Fund of La Crosse scales up, raising over $30 million
The Idea Fund of La Crosse has raised $31.5 million for a second venture capital fund. The fund targets pre- and early-stage revenue startups in the Upper Midwest and invests in diversified end markets such as agriculture, manufacturing, supply chain, and healthcare,...
BizTimes Milwaukee: FOR-M announces latest grant recipients, launches new revolving loan fund
Milwaukee-based startup incubator FOR-M announced this week a new funding opportunity for startup founders. The organization had launched a revolving loan fund, which will offer low-interest loans to founders who have previously received a FOR-M grant, or a grant from...
‘Diligent (Baker’s) Dozen’ to present live June 5 at Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Milwaukee
Finalists representing a mix of tech-based sectors in Wisconsin’s early-stage economy will present live to judges and others Wednesday, June 5, in Milwaukee as part of the annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The presentations at the Italian Community...
WisBusiness: 2023 business plan contest winner shares innovation insights
The winner of last year’s Governor’s Business Plan Contest, SixLine Semiconductor’s Katy Jinkins, says her approach to tech challenges is to “fail fast” and frequently as part of the innovation process. Jinkins, the Middleton-based startup company’s CEO, co-founder...
BizTimes Milwaukee: TitletownTech adds former congressman as senior strategic advisor
Green Bay-based venture capital firm TitletownTech has named former Wisconsin congressman Mike Gallagher its senior strategic advisor, according to a Monday announcement. In March, Gallagher announced he was resigning from the U.S. House of Representatives. He...
In Business Magazine: Exact Sciences’ new multi-cancer blood test going to some patients this summer
A new blood test from Exact Sciences for many types of cancer is set to become available to some patients this summer, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The Madison company is seeking Medicare coverage authorization before it launches a major study intended...
WisBusiness: Women who have won past Governor’s Business Plan Contests have gone on to grow and sell successful health tech companies, despite the challenges facing female entrepreneurs
The Wisconsin Technology Council yesterday assembled a panel of past contest winners in Wauwatosa to share their experiences with the competition and entrepreneurship. The conversation highlighted disparities in the world of raising venture capital, which is largely...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Aymen Azim, Technova Industries
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Aymen Azim, founder and director of Madison-based Technova Industries. The early-stage data and security company was recently announced as part of startup accelerator gener8tor’s latest Madison cohort. Azim...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Technical colleges plan upgrades, expansions in dental training thanks to new state grants
Leaders at Wisconsin’s technical colleges said new state grant funding will help them meet the high demand for new dental professionals. The state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee released just under $20 million in state funding during their meeting on Tuesday....
WisBusiness: Medical College of Wisconsin: Cancer Center leads groundbreaking change in Medicare policy for MDS patients over 65 in need of lifesaving transplants
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a decision to expand Medicare coverage for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HCT) for eligible Medicare patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), based on decades-long research led by...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Sift Healthcare completes $20 million Series B funding round
Milwaukee-based startup Sift Healthcare announced today that it has closed on its $20 million series B funding round. The news comes a little over a year after the company completed a $6.75 million Series A funding round. Founded in 2017, Sift Healthcare has developed...
BizTimes Milwaukee: TitletownTech, UWM leaders say Microsoft’s new AI Co-Innovation Lab will elevate Wisconsin as a tech leader
Microsoft’s $3.3 billion data center campus in Mount Pleasant isn’t the only investment the company is making in Wisconsin. Along with an expanded physical presence, Microsoft is investing in several education-focused initiatives that business leaders say could cement...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar Mount Pleasant investment to create AI hub: Update
Microsoft Corp. will invest $3.3 billion between now and the end of 2026 to expand its Mount Pleasant data center campus in a project that could eventually create 2,000 permanent jobs around artificial intelligence, according to Wednesday announcements from the...
InsideWis: Why has Microsoft picked Wisconsin for its AI data center? Just ask AI
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The question on the minds of many people now that Microsoft has decided to invest $3.3 billion in an artificial intelligence data center in Racine County is “why Wisconsin?” versus the West or East coasts or overseas. The short answer:...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Microsoft president says Mount Pleasant AI data center will be ‘among the world’s most advanced’
Just hours after plans were announced for Microsoft to spend $3.3 billion to build an artificial intelligence data center campus in Mount Pleasant, the company’s president talked about the impact the project will have on the state’s economy. “We are going to be...
WisBusiness: WI ag scientists developing AI applications on the farm
Agricultural scientists in Wisconsin are advancing new AI applications on the farm, ranging from tracking animal movements for signs of disease to using drones and other automated equipment to monitor crops as they grow. Greg Cisewski, dean of Northcentral Technical...