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Amanda Savage, 33, is a married mother of one. She works full-time at Plexus in Neenah and, in her spare time, she's a Dasher for DoorDash. Savage is following the popular trend of using delivery or ride sharing apps as a secondary means to make more income for her...
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: Brookfield-based Patina Solutions Group acquired by L.A.-based consulting firm
Brookfield-based Patina Solutions Group Inc. has been acquired by Los Angeles-based Korn Ferry, a global organizational consulting firm. Patina Solutions provides companies with experienced executives for key projects and interim positions. Terms of the deal were not...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Here’s how much Fiserv CEO Bisignano and other top execs of the fintech giant earned last year
The top executive of Brookfield-based financial technology firm Fiserv Inc. received a sizeable increase in his overall compensation in 2021 — his first full calendar year as CEO of the company — but earned less last year than his predecessor did in the year prior....
Madison.com: ‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’ coming to UW-Madison to talk climate change
Bill Nye — yes, the “Science Guy” — is coming to Madison later this month to talk climate change. Nye will speak on the UW-Madison campus at 7 p.m. April 25 as part of the Wisconsin Union’s Distinguished Lecture Series. The event was initially scheduled for April 2020...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Eight Wisconsinites make Forbes World’s Billionaires List
Eight Wisconsin residents are included in Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s billionaires. Here they are, with their ranking on the Forbes World’s Billionaires List and links to their profiles on the Forbes website: 104. John Menard, Jr., $16.6 billion,...
Madison Startups: Doyenne Group Celebrates 10th Birthday
April marks the Doyenne Group’s 10th year in business, the organization announced recently. “After 10 years, our organization has certainly grown and changed,” Doyenne Group Executive Director Heather Wentler said. “To be able to stay open 10 years is a great...
InsideWis: Just following up: Looping back on recent columns
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – A brutal war in Ukraine rages, inflation is infectious, and a cold, wet April has largely lived up to poet T.S. Eliot’s branding as “the cruelest month.” Perhaps some updates on recent missives will warm things up. In late February I wrote...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Madison-based Fetch Rewards raises $240 million, grows valuation to over $2.5 billion
Madison-based Fetch Rewards Inc. has closed a funding round worth $240 million, bringing the company’s total funding to over $500 million. The grocery tech startup’s valuation has also increased to over $2.5 billion, a $1.5 billion valuation increase since this time...
Finalists in Gov’s Biz Plan Contest offer innovation in health, environment, more
Twenty-six entries representing sectors such as health care, cleantech, education, software and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contestants have emerged after...
Free forum on veteran suicide prevention set for April 12 in Appleton
The chief mental health officer for federal Veterans Administration medical centers across much of the upper Midwest will keynote a Tuesday, April 12 forum on suicide prevention and awareness to be held in Appleton. Dr. Edward Landrath, the chief mental health officer...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Plan for ‘history-making’ innovation district at former Chrysler site approved in Kenosha
After a more than yearlong public planning process involving hundreds of residents, business owners, institutions and community leaders, the Kenosha Common Council adopted a master plan Monday for an innovation neighborhood on the city's 107-acre former Chrysler...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Hartland-based Transcendent acquired by Miami-based IT company
Hartland-based Transcendent, an IT solutions provider, has been acquired by Miami-based Airiam, a newly formed managed IT and digital transformation company with a focus on cybersecurity. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Airiam recently formed as an IT managed...
Wisconsin Inno: gener8tor-affiliated angel investing group hits its stride with nearly 70 members
Wisconsin-based venture capital firm gener8tor Management LLC is known for its prestigious equity startup accelerator programs and the dozens of free early-stage entrepreneurship programs it runs nationwide. But the firm is also affiliated with a lesser-known angel...
WisBusiness: UWM engineer developing more accessible hearing aid
Editor’s note: Yi Hu’s company, My Hearing Care, is a finalist in the 2022 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. A UW-Milwaukee engineer aims to introduce a new cheaper and more accessible hearing aid to the market next year. Yi Hu is an associate professor of...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin LGBT Chamber launches new entrepreneur bootcamp with support from Harley-Davidson
The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce is seeking applicants for its newly announced LGBTQ+ Entrepreneur Bootcamp. The eight-week program will help LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs launch and accelerate their varying businesses. “Empowering Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs to...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Advocate Aurora’s investment arm acquires medical monitoring company
Advocate Aurora Enterprises, the investment arm of Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Illinois-based Advocate Aurora Health, has acquired MobileHelp, a Florida-based provider of remote patient monitoring and personal emergency response systems. MobileHelp, based in Boca...
The war hits home: How conflict in Ukraine affects trade in Europe, U.S. and Wisconsin
Three former U.S. ambassadors from Wisconsin will headline a free, virtual luncheon Wednesday April 20 on the effects of the war in Ukraine on trade and the overall economy. The webinar is part of the WisBusiness.com-Wisconsin Technology Council’s Trade Policy...
Cap Times: Madison’s Quiver Quantitative wants to shake up stock trading
Could the number of people visiting a company’s Wikipedia page predict the company’s stock price? What about the number of times a company is mentioned in a popular investing channel on Reddit? Or the amount the company is spending on corporate lobbying? Would knowing...
The Journal Times: Racine has the most electric buses in the state. But it won’t for long
Right now, Racine has the most electric buses of any fleet in the state with nine. But Belle City won’t be in the lead for long. Madison will use $41.6 million in federal funding to buy 27 electric buses for the coming first phase of the city’s bus rapid transit...