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News featuring the Wisconsin Technology Council or its trusted partnersIn Business: Tech Council luncheon highlights state’s angel, venture activity
The next Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon in Madison on Tuesday, July 23, will feature an update on Wisconsin’s angel and venture activity. The luncheon will be held at the Sheraton Hotel on John Nolen Drive, with registration and networking beginning at 11:30...
WisBusiness: The co-director of the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute says the institute can help member organizations establish a framework for how to most effectively deploy AI
Scott Rex spoke yesterday during a Wisconsin Technology Council meeting in Wauwatosa, where he and other panelists discussed the work of the institute and where it’s headed. Since launching in 2018 as a partnership between the Milwaukee-based insurer, UW-Milwaukee and...
MKE Startup News: Spotted at July 11 Tech Council luncheon in Wauwatosa
Wisconsin Technology Council hosted a luncheon today focused on the impact of the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute. Panelists Scott Rex, Brian Thompson and Jonathan Stark, Ed.D. discussed the partnerships with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette...
InsideWis: Gaming industry tax incentives should be on the screen for Wisconsin
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Quick quiz: What entertainment industry generates about $185 billion worldwide per year; creates jobs that attract people with creative skills, technical expertise or both; is generally loved by its customers; and already has a small but...
WisBusiness: Sanford Health, Marshfield Clinic Health System: Announce intent to combine, advance world-class care in rural Midwest
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the U.S., headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Marshfield Clinic Health System, a physician-led integrated health system serving rural Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, today announced a nonbinding...
The state of early stage investing in Wisconsin: How did 2023 fare? Learn more July 23 in Madison
The last three years saw more than $2 billion in angel and venture capital invested in Wisconsin, including no small amount from out-of-state and international investors. What were the state’s early stage investing totals and profiles in 2023, how does 2024 look so...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Dervis Gursoy of Spraycision
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Dervis Gursoy of Spraycision, which won the Advanced Manufacturing category in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business...
Cap Times: Madison firm aims to revolutionize electronics by replacing silicon
SixLine Semiconductor was the grand prize winner of the 2023 Governor's Business Plan Contest. In a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Katy Jinkins typically starts her day at a filing cabinet full of thin, purple silicon disks that reflect green in the...
WisBusiness: MCW leading health screening effort through Tech Hub initiative
The Medical College of Wisconsin will lead a health screening initiative as part of the Wisconsin BioHealth Tech Hub effort thanks to newly announced federal funding. The U.S. Economic Development Administration last week awarded $49 million to the state-based...
InsideWis: Wisconsin’s Biohealth Tech Hub has a long list of proud parents
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – In case you missed it, Wisconsin has been on a bit of an economic development hot streak of late. It started in early May when Microsoft announced it will build a $3.3 billion data center in Racine County, largely to meet artificial...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin BioHealth Tech Hub set to receive additional $49 million investment
The Wisconsin BioHealth Tech Hub is set to get about $49 million to boost technological innovation, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced today. The state was previously allocated $350,000 in planning funds for the public-private...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin’s biohealth tech hub will receive $49 million federal grant
Wisconsin’s biohealth tech hub will receive $49 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. Last October, Wisconsin became one of 31 regions in the United States to be designated as a Regional Technology and...