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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"WiSys: WiSys-led coalition “Forward Agriculture” selected as semifinalist for NSF Engines award
A WiSys-led coalition of over 60 partners has been selected as one of 29 semifinalists to advance in the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engine (NSF Engine) program. The coalition, Forward Agriculture, would position Wisconsin as a national leader in...
MKE Startup News: Auxillium Health tackles chronic wounds with AI
In the United States, an estimated 6.5 million people, or about 1 in 38 adults, are affected by chronic wounds. Analysts have determined the cost to treat these patients may be as high as $96.8 billion annually. Left untreated, these wounds can lead to serious...
Deadline for applications extended to July 31 for 12th annual Wisconsin Innovation Awards
Nominations and applications are now being accepted from Wisconsin companies of all shapes and sizes for the 2025 Wisconsin Innovation Awards with a deadline of July 31. Hosted by the Wisconsin Technology Council, the awards ceremony will be held the evening of...
BizTimes Milwaukee: What business leaders need to know about the legal gray zones of artificial intelligence
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in business operations, its legal footprint is growing just as fast. When it comes to intellectual property law, that footprint isn’t fully mapped out yet. Although AI as a technology has been developing for...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Federal funding cuts could threaten UWM’s research institution status
Since 2016, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has established itself as a prestigious research institution. Federal research funding cuts could change that in the years to come. In February, UW-Milwaukee announced it has maintained its R1 research status. The R1...
Cap Times: Pocketchange app aims to be Madison’s ‘antidote to the algorithm’
According to U.S. Census data from 2024, there are over 33 million small businesses in the United States. But according to Jillian Bichanich, most people never see the small pet store in their neighborhood or the locally owned hardware store when searching the...
Wisconsin State Journal: Data center firm proposes 615-acre, $3 billion campus in northern Dane County
The pink elephant here may be getting even more company, besides the proposed Buc-ee’s across the street. A Virginia-based data center company has announced plans for a sprawling 615-acre campus along Highway V west of DeForest that could consist of as many as 15...
WisBusiness: Mastercraft Ventures: Raises $6.2M to fill startup funding gap
Mastercraft Ventures, which was launched in January, has raised $6.2M as a result of its most recent closing. The fund is based in Rock County, but will invest across Wisconsin. Mastercraft Ventures is the eighth venture capital fund supported by the Badger Fund of...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Architecture giant EUA names CEO to succeed Rich Tennessen
One of the Milwaukee area’s largest architecture firms, with its reach extending from Fiserv Forum and the Summerfest grounds to the $456 million expansion of the Baird Center, has named its next CEO. Kristin Dufek will become CEO of Eppstein Uhen Architects effective...
InsideWis: Unusual close on Wisconsin budget debate may lead to wins for all
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – If you were betting a few weeks ago on when the Wisconsin Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers would pass a state government budget for the cycle that started July 1, you might have put your money on late summer – or even this coming fall....
MKE Startup News: Spotted on July 10
Spotted! Investor Networks Director Joe Kremer of the Wisconsin Technology Council previewed the organization’s report on 2024 early-stage funding in Wisconsin at a luncheon hosted at Quarles & Brady LLP. Kremer stated that 92 Wisconsin-based startups raised $374...
WisBusiness: Early-stage investment in Wisconsin continues to decline from its 2021 peak as the state is largely missing out on AI-related investment activity
Wisconsin last year saw about $374 million in early-stage capital raised through 92 deals, according to figures collected by the Wisconsin Technology Council and presented yesterday at a luncheon event in downtown Milwaukee. The figures for 2024 marked a decline from...
In Business: New study ranks Madison No. 2 among Midwestern tech hubs
A new study from CommercialCafe ranked Madison No. 2 among Midwestern tech hubs. The study used 15 key indicators across three categories, including employment, business environment and education. Key findings included: Madison topped the ranking in terms of its STEM...
Exact Sciences: Exact Sciences Announces Medicare Coverage for Oncodetect™ Molecular Residual Disease Test in Colorectal Cancer
Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced that its Oncodetect™ molecular residual disease (MRD) test has received Medicare coverage through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS)...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Janesville hopes to attract data center proposals for abandoned GM site
Once, thousands of workers built tractors and trucks on the General Motors site in Janesville. Now, saplings grow among its concrete rubble. In the future, at least part of the site could host a very different user — a data center. Janesville Economic Development...
MKE Startup News: Carbon Footing integrates carbon credits into homebuying process
Emerging startup Carbon Footing is bringing climate-conscious decision-making to a pivotal moment in a person’s life: buying a home. Launched in 2024 by real estate professional Chris Gross and mortgage specialist Brian Smyth, Carbon Footing is creating a new market...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Milwaukee entrepreneur launches fabrication shop INNOFAB
INNOFAB founder Nathan Schnell comes from a long line of entrepreneurs, so when he told his family he wanted to launch his own manufacturing startup late last year, it came as no surprise to them. Most recently, Schnell and two of his family members sold...
Milwaukee Business Journal: University of Wisconsin students would pay hundreds more in tuition under proposal
Pending an upcoming vote, tuition for University of Wisconsin System students is set to rise in the upcoming school year. The Board of Regents is expected to vote July 10 on a proposed 5% increase to resident undergraduate tuition for most UW campuses. At UW-Madison,...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Evers signs bill supporting Wisconsin data center development projects
Gov. Tony Evers signed into law this week Wisconsin Act 16, a piece of legislation that creates tax increment district (TID) exemptions for ongoing data center projects in Port Washington and Beaver Dam. The bill gives Port Washington and Beaver Dam additional...
WisBusiness: SHINE announces nuclear fuel recycling partnership with Tennessee company
SHINE Technologies has announced a new partnership with a Tennessee company, Standard Nuclear, aimed at turning recycled nuclear fuel into a “strategic asset” for new fuel production. That’s according to SHINE CEO and founder Greg Piefer, who calls the agreement an...