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Milwaukee-based investment bank and financial services company Baird is the only Wisconsin company named to Fortune magazine’s annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. This is the 19th year in a row that Baird has made the list. The company ranks 27th on the...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison: Biodegradable gel boosts immune system’s attack on several cancers in mice
A new biodegradable gel improves the immune system’s ability to keep cancer at bay after tumors are surgically removed. The gel, tested in mice, releases drugs and special antibodies that simultaneously deplete immune-blocking cells called macrophages from the...
WisBusiness: The Wisconsin Technology Council says a newly enacted law will make it easier for early-stage companies to compete beyond Wisconsin while maintaining a presence in the state
The new law alters the state's Qualified New Business Venture program, which provides investors with a 25 percent state tax credit on investments in qualifying companies. One of the conditions for businesses in the program is having at least 51 percent of their...
Bill to improve Wisconsin’s investor tax credit law signed by Gov. Evers following legislative action
Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law Assembly Bill 759, which will make it easier for young companies to stay put in Wisconsin as they grow and add jobs while expanding beyond its borders. It took effect Sunday, April 10. The effort to pass the bill was led by the...
Wisconsin Inno: Fetch Rewards CEO Schroll says $2.5B Madison startup still growing, exit not near: Q&A
With more than $500 million in financing raised to date, 13 million active users and around 720 employees, Madison-based Fetch Rewards runs a fast-growing consumer rewards app and digital marketing platform that gives users free points for uploading receipts and...
WisBusiness: Talking Trade with Mike Dankler, a principal with Michael Best Strategies in DC
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Michael Best Strategies Principal Mike Dankler provides an update on the latest sanctions against Russia and the effect on trade and commodity prices. “One area where the U.S. and EU and others haven’t really gone the full way...
WisBusiness: Groundbreaking held for Black Business Hub
The head of the Urban League of Greater Madison says “help is on the way” for minority entrepreneurs now that construction has begun on the Black Business Hub. “We have to take some risks, because we know that it is time that significant investments be made with Black...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Froedtert & the Medical College partnership with digital health company will include new clinics
A venture capital-backed firm from San Francisco whose CEO hopes to one day be the “Starbucks of health care” is expanding to Wisconsin to open urgent-care clinics and partner on specialty care with the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin health network....
Wisconsin Inno: Bird rolling out sidewalk safety technology it already piloted in Milwaukee
Bird Global Inc. began testing its first-of-its-kind “smart sidewalk protection” riding detection technology this week in West Hollywood, California. The technology, which aims to prevent shared scooters from operating on city sidewalks, has been piloted in Milwaukee,...
Cap Times: ‘A big day’: Black Business Hub breaks ground on the south side
The Urban League of Greater Madison broke ground Friday on what is expected to be a transformative Black Business Hub on the south side of Madison. Gov. Tony Evers, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, state Rep. Sheila Stubbs, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and hundreds of...
WisBusiness: The 26 finalists in this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest are building companies in the fields of advanced manufacturing, life sciences, information technology and more
As part of this annual event, put on by the Wisconsin Technology Council, finalists will submit a 15-minute pitch deck to a panel of about 75 judges. Their plans include details on their product or service, target customers, market opportunity, competitors and more....
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Ayla Annac, co-founder, president and CEO of InvivoSciences
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Ayla Annac, co-founder, president and CEO of Madison-based InvivoSciences. This pre-clinical stage biotech company is developing a method for creating tissue samples from patients’ blood, urine or skin to test...
Wisconsin Inno: Green Bay startup developing technology to help banks offer crypto trading raises $1.7 million
Wisconsin financial technology startup Sequoir has secured seed funding ahead of the expected rollout of its blockchain technology to banks and credit unions starting June 1. The Green Bay-based company raised $1.7 million in a seed funding round led by Grey Elephant...
Wisconsin Inno: Advocate Aurora to lend lab, clinical research capabilities to Madison biohealth startups
The Advocate Aurora Research Institute will extend its laboratory and clinical research capabilities to emerging biotech companies through its new sponsorship of Madison biohealth startup incubator Forward Biolabs. Advocate Aurora aims to accelerate new technologies...
Wisconsin Inno: Madison unicorn Fetch Rewards raises another $240 million as valuation tops $2.5 billion
Around a year after consumer loyalty app maker Fetch Rewards announced it had raised Series D venture capital financing at a billion-dollar valuation, the Madison-based company announced Thursday it has raised another $240 million in equity and debt to fuel its rapid...
BizTimes Milwaukee: David Reeves on returning to Milwaukee and helping to build a tech ecosystem | Ep. 125
David Reeves is a Milwaukee native. He got his first taste of entrepreneurship watching his parents operate their fast food restaurants at Grand Avenue Mall. As president of OpenGov, a cloud software provider for municipalities, he brought one of the company’s offices...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Seven southeastern Wisconsin companies named finalists in Governor’s Business Plan Contest
A group of seven southeastern Wisconsin businesses are finalists in the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contest is designed to help entrepreneurs write business plans, prepare them to launch a company, get feedback from mentors, and to...
Scenes from La Crosse: Tech Council board meeting at Kwik Trip
Why are these people outfitted in hairnets, gowns and booties? They took part in the Tech Council’s April 5 board of directors meeting at Kwik Trip’s production center in La Crosse, where the day’s menu included a bakery line tour board members, staff and guests. Kwik...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin’s paper industry, employing 30,000, desperately needs new talent
Wisconsin’s $18 billion paper industry, employing more than 30,000 people, faces a labor shortage even with the shutdown of mills that were a cornerstone of rural communities. The industry’s share of workers under age 25, at less than nine percent, is among the lowest...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: MATC CareerHub offers the freedom to explore
Whether you are a recent high school graduate or a workforce veteran with 20 years of experience, paving the way to your goals can be a momentous, daunting and sometimes costly endeavor. But with the CareerHub at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s West Allis campus,...