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With over 17 million active users and valued at $3 billion, Fetch Rewards is looking to expand from grocery chains into other retail stores and restaurants. That’s according to company co-founder Tyler Kennedy, who discussed the company’s path forward yesterday during...
Madison.com: From gas pumps to electric chargers: Madison company aims to support EV buildout
A Madison company whose products support gas pumps is looking to capitalize on the coming shift to electric vehicles. Franklin Electric, whose products include submersible pumps, hoses and gauges used in filling stations, is launching a “smart” switchgear designed to...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Humana acquires Wisconsin health care company
Humana Inc. will acquire a Wisconsin-based managed care organization. The acquisition will expand the Louisville, Kentucky-based health care giant’s Medicaid services. The deal will allow Humana (NYSE: HUM) to acquire “substantially all assets” of Inclusa Inc....
Wisconsin Inno: New Concurrency COO aims to unify the Brookfield IT firm, develop tech talent
In her new role as the chief operating officer at the Brookfield IT services firm Concurrency Inc., Kate Weiland is re-centralizing operations after the company's attempt at a regional model didn't work out. Along with that, she's focused on developing and retaining...
Wisconsin Inno: UWM startup Pantherics secures $255K more government funding
Pantherics Inc., a Milwaukee startup that is developing an innovative anti-inflammatory drug, recently received about $255,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding will help the company “validate an optimal oral formulation” for its PI301 drug,...
BizTimes Milwaukee: 50 Wisconsin companies make 2022 Inc. 5000 list
A total of 50 Wisconsin companies made the 2022 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing companies in America. Inc. magazine unveiled the list today. The top Wisconsin company on the list is Verona-based Chi-Matic, a provider of revenue cycle technology consulting...
WisPolitics: Froedtert Health: Announces Alicia M. Maitland as senior vice president of finance
Froedtert Health announced today that Alicia M. Maitland joined Froedtert Health as senior vice president, finance. In Maitland’s role, she will have oversight and responsibility for key business operations including accounting; internal controls; financial reporting;...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin Technology Council head talks proposal to electrify highways, federal dollars for computer ships
President Joe Biden signed a bill last week which will allocate more than $280 billion over five years into the U.S. semiconductor chip industry. We speak with the head of the Wisconsin Technology Council about what this could mean in Wisconsin. Click here to listen...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Demand is high for electric vehicles. But are there enough charging stations in Wisconsin?
Wisconsinites are taking to the roads in electric vehicles in increasing numbers, igniting a common question: Are there enough charging stations to support ownership? Rising prices of used electric vehicles and charging station gaps in northern Wisconsin may...
UW System: UW System President Jay Rothman and Chancellors announce Wisconsin Tuition Promise
University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman today announced the creation of the Wisconsin Tuition Promise, a new initiative starting in fall 2023 to ensure underserved Wisconsin students can attend any UW System university without paying tuition or fees. The...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Hydro-Thermal planning brewery in Pewaukee to test new technology
Waukesha-based Hydro-Thermal Corp., a manufacturer of hydroheaters, is seeking a conditional use permit from the city of Pewaukee to open a demonstration brewery. Plan Commission documents show Hydro-Thermal plans to test new brewing technology it is developing within...
WisPolitics: U.S. Rep. Gallagher, U.S. Sen. King: Urge Biden admin to improve health care network security amid cyberthreats
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Sen. Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), are urging the Biden administration to better protect the public health sector (HPH) from cyberthreats. In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS)...
Technology Today: Wisconsin shines as hotspot for battery technology
WEDC helping power innovative startups in the industry Wisconsin-based startups have excelled at battery technology innovation in recent years, revolutionizing the way we power our electronics, vehicles and more and making the state a trailblazer in the industry....
WisBusiness: U.S. Small Business Administration: Biden-Harris administration awards record-breaking $154.2 billion in contracting to small businesses, including $1.1 billion to Wisconsin firms
Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)and the voice for America’s 33 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, announced that the Biden-Harris Administration exceeded its small business federal...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Madison-based Immuto Scientific awarded $2.5 million national grant
Madison-based Immuto Scientific, a biotechnology company providing drug discovery services, is the recipient of a $2.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Immuto Scientific’s Plasma Induced...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Hartland-based Wearable Technologies’ device aims to predict emergency events
It’s often true that the innovation behind creating new technologies is spurred due to the existence of some problem. For Deepak Arora, chief executive officer of Hartland-based startup Wearable Technologies Inc., the idea behind his wearable monitoring device – which...
MKE Startup News: eCourt Reporters compete for capital in Atlanta
Burlington-based eCourt Reporters is a finalists in the Startup Runway Foundation’s Summer Showcase. The company is the only Wisconsin startup to make it to the final round of the competition that attracted applications from 5000 startups from across the nation....
Cap Times: Tech entrepreneur Winnie Karanja continues STEM work with Represented Collective
When tech entrepreneur Winnie Karanja launched her Madison nonprofit Maydm in 2015, she noticed a curious pattern. “When you ask people to name an engineer, an innovator, a STEM leader, they say: Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk,” said Karanja, who...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Hilary Stohs-Krause, board member for Forward Festival
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with returning guest Hilary Stohs-Krause, co-owner and vice president at Ten Forward Consulting in Madison and board member for Forward Festival. She discusses this year’s technology and entrepreneurship festival...
Wisconsin Inno: 88Nine Radio Milwaukee’s Tarik Moody building new listener experience with AI
Rhythm Lab Radio, which is hosted by Tarik Moody from 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) company Super Hi-Fi to use AI in its radio broadcast. The partnership will create a new digital station that will complement Moody’s weekly...