THE NEWSROOM

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 &...

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...

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...

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...