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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"WPR: Wisconsin Labor Market Faces Challenges New And Old Coming Out Of COVID-19 Pandemic
More workers are returning to the labor force in Wisconsin as the state continues to recover from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wisconsin added more than 10,000 non-farm jobs last month. That includes more than 8,000 jobs added to the private...
Cap Times: State gives Urban League $585,000 for business accelerator, job training
The Urban League of Greater Madison has received two grants totaling nearly $600,000 to support underrepresented entrepreneurs and job seekers, the organization announced at a press conference on Friday. A $400,000 “Capital Catalyst” grant from the Wisconsin Economic...
Scramble to sign up! Lake Arrowhead site for Aug. 16 Tech Council golf outing
NEKOOSA, Wis. – Join us Monday, Aug. 16, at the Lake Arrowhead Pines Golf Course for a golf tournament to help celebrate the Wisconsin Technology Council’s 20th anniversary. The tournament will be a scramble format. While there are no official U.S. Golf Association...
InsideWis: Wisconsin must step up to compete for federal R&D dollars
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The federal government is poised to make its biggest investment in research and development since the end of World War II, the dawn of the space age and the Cold War defense buildup, with hundreds of billions of dollars to improve U.S....
Green Bay, Door County and Eau Claire first three stops in venture capital report tour
Learn more about the state of angel and venture capital investments in Wisconsin and meet the director of the Tech Council Investor Networks July 26, 27 and 28 in Green Bay, Door County’s Egg Harbor and Eau Claire, respectively. Those locations are the first three of...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee 7 plans to create 8,800 jobs, secure $1 billion in capital investment for the region by 2024
Milwaukee 7, an economic partnership of seven counties in southeastern Wisconsin, plans to create 8,800 jobs and secure $1 billion in capital investment for the region between 2020 and 2024. To date, M7 has helped create over 2,000 jobs and secured $501 million of the...
Arosa and WARF Venture Funds Lead Financing to Expand Pyran, Inc.
Renewable chemicals company hires experienced CEO & begins toll manufacturing to meet customer demand Pyran, Inc., a high-growth company that creates high-performing 5-carbon products made from renewable resources, today announced that it has closed its latest...
WisBiz: The Show’ features Dr. Nick Von Bergen of Atrility Medical
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. MADISON – The latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show” spotlights Dr. Nick Von Bergen of Atrility Medical, the winner of the 2021 Governor’s Business Plan...
Midwest Startups: Axuall Closes $10.4 Million Series A
Axuall, a digital professional identity network that enables healthcare providers to share their authenticated credentials and qualifications in real-time, announced today that they closed $10.4 million in Series A funding led by Flare Capital Partners. Additional...
WisconsinINNO: Startup Milwaukee Week will merge with MKE Tech Hub Coalition
Starting this year, Startup Milwaukee Week — an annual entrepreneurship event held since 2016 — will now be hosted by the MKE Tech Hub Coalition and be called Milwaukee Tech Week. As the name change reflects, the retooled event will broaden in scope to cover corporate...
Wisconsin State Journal: Rebounding from tragedy, Paradigm sold for $450 million
A Middleton company that creates software for the building products industry and was the site of a 2018 workplace shooting is being sold to a Texas firm for $450 million. Builders FirstSource in Dallas has announced that it is purchasing WTS Paradigm, which has 280...
WisBusiness: DHS officials warn of delta variant impact on the unvaccinated
State health officials are warning that the more contagious delta variant of COVID-19 could pose a problem in areas of the state with lower vaccination rates. Julie Willems Van Dijk, deputy secretary of the state Department of Health Services, says officials are...
Wisconsin State Journal: Foxconn reports meeting 81% of total capital investment requirement under new contract
Foxconn Technology Group has reported spending 81% of the necessary capital investment requirement laid out in the company's new, significantly smaller contract with the state for a manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin. Foxconn reports spending more than $542...
UW-Oshkosh: UWO student’s business nets grant from Bucks star’s social impact fund
A University of Wisconsin Oshkosh student’s small business venture is getting a boost from a Buck. The university’s Alta Resources Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) summer incubator program, is the founder of Flora Fruit Co., a subscription service that...
InsideWis: To keep COVID-19 economy booming, rural vaccinations key
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It is “Roaring 20s, 2.0” in much of America. Stocks are booming, cash is looking for smart places to invest, businesses are clamoring for workers, and materials and products of all types are slowly returning to the supply chain. Let’s not...
Join us at one of several stops across Wisconsin for our first ‘Wisconsin Portfolio’ statewide tour
Meet Tech Council Investor Networks Director Joe Kremer, participate in an engaging discussion around the Portfolio and network with a happy hour to follow the presentation. What angel and venture capital means to the Wisconsin economy will be a topic of a series of...
WARF: Wisconsin students to speak with NASA astronauts aboard space station July 13
Discovery Outreach event connects students and scientists MADISON, Wis. – On July 13, hundreds of K-12 students and families from throughout Wisconsin will gather to hear directly from astronauts on the International Space Station through a live video downlink. The...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Dana Guthrie closes Milwaukee VC fund after raising $12.5 million
Gateway Capital’s fund manager Dana Guthrie raised $12.5 million less than a year after she began raising capital for the Milwaukee-based venture fund. The Gateway fund is one of Wisconsin’s five Badger Fund of Funds, an 8-year-old venture capital program designed to...
NVCA: Don’t Hurt Startups When Reining in Big Tech: Four Lessons from a New Academic Report
BY JEFF FARRAH Congress has stepped up its focus on large technology platforms. The current emphasis is how our nation’s antitrust laws can be changed to address the power of these companies. One of the proposed solutions is restricting or forbidding acquisitions of...
Madison Development Corp.: Gomez joins as vice president of Lending & Investments
Madison Development Corporation, a non-profit organization serving the residents and businesses of Dane County since 1977, Wednesday announced the appointment of Juan Gomez as Vice President of Lending & Investments. As a key member of MDC’s Executive Management...