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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"The Business News: Shawano entrepreneur provides drone services to Northeast Wisconsin community
The use of drones for photography has been gaining traction amongst businesses across industries, and interest continues to climb. Recognizing this boom, Cody Hudson transformed his decade-long hobby into an entrepreneurial venture – officially launching Shawano Drone...
Wisconsin Inno: Chicago AI startup raises money from venture fund launched by southeast Wisconsin employers
WVV Capital, a venture capital firm founded as a joint partnership between Advocate Health, Foxconn, Johnson Controls International and Northwestern Mutual, has invested in Chicago startup Drift Net Inc. The Series A extension will help the artificial intelligence...
PR Newswire: Earth Fare and GenoPalate Forge Groundbreaking Collaboration, Paving the Way for Genetic Personalization in the Grocery Sector
GenoPalate, an industry leader in personalized nutrition science announced today that it has selected Earth Fare, the clean grocery store committed to offering healthy and sustainable food choices, as its first grocer retail partner. Together, the brands are...
In Business Magazine: State Senate passes pair of bills bolstering creation of EV charging network
Wisconsin lawmakers took another step Tuesday toward creating a network of electric vehicle charging stations across the state, the Associated Press reports, passing a pair of bills that would make it easier for businesses to operate the stations and free up nearly...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: From solar farms to electric vehicles, 2024 will be a busy year in Wisconsin’s clean energy transition
The new year is shaping up as a critical juncture in Wisconsin's clean energy transition. New utility-scale solar farms, a coal plant decommissioning, a growing embrace of backup battery power and an electric vehicle charging network are all in the works, representing...
Cap Times: Stratatech downsizes, pulls plug on invention for burn victims
One of Madison’s first biotech companies is downsizing following the announcement that its parent company will cease efforts to commercialize its signature invention, a lab-engineered skin patch designed to help burn victims heal. Stratatech Corporation was founded in...
WEDC: WEDC awards more than $1 million to entrepreneurship groups
Nine organizations working to support entrepreneurs have been awarded more than $1 million in the latest rounds of Entrepreneurship Partner Grants from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). “Wisconsin’s economy is strong and growing thanks in part to...
The Business News: Schneider named one of World Best Companies of 2023 by TIME
Schneider National, Inc., a multimodal transportation, intermodal and logistics services provider, has been named to TIME’s inaugural list of the World’s Best Companies. All companies on the list, including Schneider, were evaluated based on the analysis of three...
The Business News: New data center to boost region’s economy, connectivity
Involta, a colocation, hybrid IT and managed services firm, is expanding its reach into Northeast Wisconsin with the purchase of a data center in the Village of Harrison. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company purchased a facility on a 24.5-acre site formerly owned by...
WisBusiness: Grocers group CEO points to automation becoming ‘new normal’
Grocery store customers should expect to see more self-checkout lanes and robots doing stocking and inventory tasks, according to the head of the Wisconsin Grocers Association. In a message published recently by the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s Wisconsin Economic...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Whitewater-based RoofMarketplace opens $2 million funding round
Whitewater-based RoofMarketplace, an online marketplace platform used by insurance carriers and roofing contractors to fulfill roofing claims, has opened a $2 million funding round, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC filing...
In Business Magazine: Tech Council to host SWIFT session for entrepreneurs at UW–Parkside
The Wisconsin Technology Council has organized a free session to help entrepreneurs of all types learn more about the basics of launching, funding, and growing a young business. The State of Wisconsin Initiative to Fast Track Entrepreneurs (SWIFT) event will take...
In Business Magazine: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters announces director of letters
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters announced Danielle Harms as director of letters. In this role, Harms will serve as editor of the academy’s signature publication, Wisconsin People & Ideas (WP&I) magazine, lead the WP&I Poetry &...
Wisconsin Bankers Association: Economic Report: Wisconsin is Headed for a Stronger 2024
By Tom Still, Wisconsin Technology Council Mike Knetter, the nationally known economist who runs the University of Wisconsin (UW) Foundation, aptly describes it as “the economic expansion we love to hate.” It is the notion that the U.S. economy has thus far dodged...
WisBusiness: WBA: Releases Annual Wisconsin Economic Report
The Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) has compiled eight sector-specific reports by industry experts to provide an overview of what is in store for Wisconsin’s economy in 2024. The reports — available at wisbank.com/2024forecast — include insights from: Rose Oswald...
Green Bay Press Gazette: From solar farms to electric vehicles, 2024 will be a busy year in Wisconsin’s clean energy transition
The new year is shaping up as a critical juncture in Wisconsin's clean energy transition. New utility-scale solar farms, a coal plant decommissioning, a growing embrace of backup battery power and an electric vehicle charging network are all in the works, representing...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Dr. John Raymond, Medical College of Wisconsin
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Dr. John Raymond, president and CEO of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Raymond shares his perspective on the state’s health care workforce challenges as well as efforts to address them, public health trends...
Learn how to launch, fund and grow your own business at SWIFT event Feb. 9 in Kenosha
Join advisors assembled by the Wisconsin Technology Council for a free session to help entrepreneurs of all types learn more about the basics of launching, funding, and growing a young business by attending the Friday, Feb. 9 event in Kenosha. This workshop will be...
InsideWis: Alzheimer’s study at UW-Madison may improve odds for dementia treatment
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – With longer lifespans comes the possibility of dementia in one of its currently relentless forms, as I know all too well from experiences within my own extended family. Watching loved ones as they slowly lose their memories and even their...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Communities that lose UW campuses could be given $2M to redevelop the property
The closures of three Universities of Wisconsin branch campuses have left empty buildings and hundreds of acres of unused land in Richland, Washington and Fond du Lac counties. A proposed GOP bill could give those communities $2 million to redevelop the former...