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News featuring the Wisconsin Technology Council or its trusted partnersMKE Startup News: WTC releases annual startup funding report
The Wisconsin Technology Council (WTC) released The Wisconsin Portfolio, its annual report on the status of early-stage startup investing in 2023. The organization, which has been compiling this data since 2008, provided highlights of the report at its monthly...
InsideWis: Big Tech just stumbled; little tech in Wisconsin holding its own
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Led by declines in the values of Tesla and Alphabet, two of Wall Street’s “Magnificent Seven” tech companies, the July 24 tumble in the stock market was likely an example of financial gravity: What goes up eventually comes down. The same...
Calendar 2023 was Wisconsin’s third highest year for early stage investment dollars at $490 million
Investments in young, Wisconsin-based companies by angel and venture capitalists and other equity investors totaled $490.2 million in 2023, down from the previous year’s total of $640.2 million but still the third-highest investment total on the books and also...
WisBusiness: Investors say last year’s lower VC total was no surprise, follows national trend
Last year’s lower total for early-stage investment isn’t a surprise as the state returns to a more typical level of venture capital activity, Wisconsin investors say. The Wisconsin Technology Council reports early-stage businesses in the state last year raised about...
Top 10 reasons to tee off July 31 at Tech Council golf outing at The Oaks; register by Wednesday
You haven’t missed your registration “tee time” for the 2024 Tech Council golf outing, which starts 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, at The Oaks in Cottage Grove. Here are reasons to lace up your golf cleats for our outing: You can help entrepreneurs find the “green.” All...
InsideWis: Building Wisconsin’s rural, small city economies need mix of solutions
By Tom Still WAUSAU, Wis. – A black-and-white photograph on an office wall at the Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce depicts civic leaders behind the economic change shaking that Wisconsin River city more than a century ago. It also speaks to the future – not only for...
In 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...