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Delafield-based data company Synthetaic has closed a $15 million Series B financing round led by Green Bay-based TitletownTech and New York-based Lupa Systems. IBM Ventures and Booz Allen Hamilton also participated in this funding round, which will help Synthetaic...
What are 2024 trends in early stage investing? Learn more at Feb. 27 Tech Council luncheon
Investing in early stage companies nationally was significantly down in 2023 across the country, Wisconsin included, but the new year is still young. How do veteran investors view the prospects for the remainder of 2024? Join us Tuesday, Feb. 27, for a preliminary...
Wisconsin Inno: Delafield AI startup Synthetaic plans to nearly double staff after raising $15 million
An artificial intelligence startup with its headquarters in Delafield plans to nearly double its staff this year after raising $15 million in its latest venture capital round. Synthetaic Inc. announced its Series B raise Tuesday. It currently has 47 employees and...
BizTimes Milwaukee: We Energies plans $2 billion in natural gas power projects in Oak Creek, Paris
Wisconsin Electric is planning to build a 1,200-megawatt combustion turbine natural gas power plant on its Oak Creek campus and will also seek approvals for a new liquefied natural gas facility on the campus. The utility’s plans also call for a 130-megawatt...
26 Northeast Wisconsin: Microsoft helps the Lakeshore, and tech students, through grant
Lakeshore Technical College is one of fourteen schools in the country awarded a grant from a company you may be familiar with. Microsoft Foundation awarded Lakeshore Tech's cyber security program $20,000. The school says the money will be used for scholarships and...
Wisconsin Public Radio: UW-Madison researchers uncover hint for cause of cleft lips and palates in developing babies
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are one step closer to understanding how and when cleft lip and palates form during pregnancy. The discovery, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could mitigate the risk of the...
Madison Startups: Cellectar Reports First Patient in Phase 1B Clinical Trial
Cellectar Biosciences enrolled its first patient in its Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating iopofosine I 131 in pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory malignant high-grade gliomas (pHGG), the company announced today. According to a release, the open-label study...
WisBusiness: UW–Milwaukee: Scientist lands $542,000 NSF award for modeling virtual tumor tissues
Mahsa Dabagh, a biomedical engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development award by the National Science Foundation to build a virtual model of a human tumor that can reveal biomarkers of cancer formation and...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Founder of Milwaukee-based health tech startup Food FiXR launches sister nonprofit
The language of science doesn’t necessarily translate into the language of business. That’s the problem Dr. Grace Hameister has continually run into over the last two years as she’s sought to gain financial support for her first health-tech startup, called Food FiXR....
Cap Times: Wisconsin’s video game industry could get a boost with tax credit
As layoffs sweep the booming video game industry, a new bill aims to support and grow Wisconsin’s gaming companies with a tax credit for wages and other eligible expenses. The bill, authored by Republicans Sen. Patrick Testin of Stevens Point, Rep. Clint Moses of...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee manufacturers more optimistic about 2024 than other businesses, survey finds
Milwaukee-area manufacturers are more optimistic about 2024 than other businesses in the region, according to the latest Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce survey. Seventy-one percent of surveyed manufacturers expect sales to increase this year, while 13%...
MKE Startup News: Poeschl joins MKE Tech Hub
The MKE Tech Hub Coalition announced that Joe Poeschl has joined the organization as its Director of Engagement. The non-profit organization was formed in October 2019 by a group of local businesses focused on advancing technology and innovation in the region....
BizTimes Milwaukee: Marquette exceeds $750 million ‘Time to Rise’ fundraising campaign goal
Marquette University announced Thursday that it has raised $767 million for its “Time to Rise” fundraising campaign, exceeding the goal university leaders set roughly eight years ago for the effort. Launched privately in 2016, and publicly announced in August 2021,...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison: Researchers first to 3D print functional human brain tissue
A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists has developed the first 3D-printed brain tissue that can grow and function like typical brain tissue. It’s an achievement with important implications for scientists studying the brain and working on treatments for a...
InsideWis: Combination of ills keep health care in Wisconsin on the ‘watch’ list
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Health care in Wisconsin is suffering from a serious case of “long COVID.” Not so much the disease itself, although it’s on the rise again, but how the lingering effects of the pandemic are challenging systems that deliver care. Burnout...
U.S. National Science Foundation: NSF establishes 10 inaugural Regional Innovation Engines across the country
The U.S. National Science Foundation today established the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program, awarding 10 teams spanning 18 states. With a potential NSF investment of nearly $1.6 billion over the next decade, NSF Engines represent one of...
Faith Technologies: Faith Technologies awarded projects of distinction gold award from ABC of Wisconsin
Faith Technologies, an energy expert and national leader in electrical planning, engineering, design and installation, received a gold-level 2024 Projects of Distinction Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Wisconsin for its work at Exact...
Channel 3000: Wisconsin DPI receives federal funds to boost career and technical education
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on Tuesday announced a nearly $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to boost career and technical education. The DPI was one of 19 grantees in the country to be given funds through the Perkins...
Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: DATCP Announces Dairy Processor Grant Recipients 2024
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced that 15 Wisconsin dairy companies will receive a Dairy Processor Grant. The purpose of these grants is to help foster innovation, improve profitability, and sustain the...
MKE Startup News: LeaseCrunch secures investment; continues to scale
LeaseCrunch, a Milwaukee-based SaaS company that provides software for the lease accounting industry, announced that it received a capital investment from Aquiline Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount. The New York-based venture capital firm was founded in 2005....