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News featuring the Wisconsin Technology Council or its trusted partnersWisBusiness: Exact Sciences developing support framework for blood-based cancer screening test
Through a partnership with Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, Exact Sciences is creating a support framework for a blood-based cancer screening test in development. “We’re trying to really understand behaviors, attitudes, and potentially fears about this kind of new...
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation: Countdown to 2021 WARF Innovation Awards
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has nominated six outstanding UW-Madison technologies for its top prize in innovation, with the two winning teams set to be announced mid-month. Sign up for the WARF holiday greeting email list to be among the first to...
WisBusiness: Survey of Madison businesses highlights impact of labor shortages
A survey of Madison-area businesses shows labor shortages having a big impact on future growth. In the survey, nearly one-third of respondents said they were held back from expanding their workforce this year due to talent shortages. The Fall 2021 Business Survey,...
Wisconsin Inno: Milwaukee’s Character VC firm raised $30 million to apply Google Ventures lessons to early startups
One of Milwaukee's newest venture capital firms, Character Capital LLC, emerged from stealth mode Wednesday to reveal that it has closed on more than $30 million for its first fund and invested in six startups. The firm was founded earlier this year by John...
WisBusiness: UW System: UW-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee named
Edmund Manydeeds III, President of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, and Tommy Thompson, President of the UW System, today appointed a 21-member Search and Screen Committee to help identify the next UW-Madison chancellor. Current Chancellor Rebecca...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee Tool: Joins Milky Way Tech Hub as a corporate member to advance tech and innovation in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Tool has partnered with Milky Way Tech Hub to support the advancement of the Milwaukee region as a technology and innovation hub. The Milky Way Tech Hub was founded in 2017 to transform the city of Milwaukee into a tech hub that focuses on equity,...
InsideWis: Cybersecurity isn’t just a techie issue, but a training and business challenge
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Here’s a holiday office gift no business should want. Sophisticated cyber-tieds have taken to delivering innocent-looking packages, usually without any department or person named, in anticipation they will sit unnoticed and unclaimed on a...
EUA: EUA Announces Merger with Performa Inc.
The firms have similar cultures, work styles and values. To deliver projects with the best talent, EUA and Performa have strategically partnered on several projects over the past year, demonstrating and solidifying our ability to work together to provide a seamless...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Marc LaPierre of Clock’d
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. MADISON – The latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show” spotlights spotlights Marc LaPierre of Clock’d, one of the top presenters in the Tech Council’s recent...
PR Newswire: Fetch Rewards Surpasses $100 Billion in Actionable GMV Across US Retail Sales, Equivalent to Nation’s Seventh Largest Retailer
Fetch Rewards, America's No. 1 Rewards App, is now equivalent to the nation's seventh largest retailer for annualized gross merchandise value (GMV) flowing through the platform, surpassing the $100 billion mark. With 208% year-over-year growth of annualized GMV, Fetch...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Community bank with tech focus could be created in Delafield
In a rare move for an industry where community banks are being absorbed into larger lenders, a new one could be created in Delafield with a goal of reaching about $350 million in assets within five years. If approved, it would become the first new bank chartered in...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Evers appoints Jack Salzwedel to WEDC board
Jack Salzwedel, the board chairman and outgoing chief executive officer of Madison-based American Family Insurance, is joining the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. board of directors. Gov. Tony Evers announced today he was appointing Salzwedel to the WEDC board....