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Burlington-based Ictect, a software development company leveraging artificial intelligence for the creation of intelligent content, is gearing up for its first funding round after already securing its pre-seed round from Milwaukee-based venture capital firm Gateway...

Dean Amhaus was not always a champion of the city of Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin. A Cudahy native, he left Wisconsin in the mid-‘70s to attend college, spending time in both Washington D.C. and New York City. “I left, like a lot of people at that time,...

When compared with peer cities like Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, metropolitan Milwaukee's innovation economy shines when it comes to talent but lags on measures including venture capital funding for startups and job creation. Those are among the findings of the recently...

It was a case of being in the right place at the right time for Waukesha-based Octane Coffee, a startup that uses proprietary technology to power a fully automated, drive-thru café. After hosting a grand opening event for its first location in October, Octane Coffee...

In July 2020, a month after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police, Ruben Anthony Jr. stood at a podium in front of Urban League of Greater Madison and announced that his organization planned to build an incubator for Black and minority-owned businesses, and...

State and local officials received five $500,000 federal grants to study expanding Amtrak passenger rail service from Milwaukee to Chicago, Green Bay, Madison, Eau Claire and the Twin Cities. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Wednesday announced the five routes received...

Exact Sciences, a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, announced today that it awarded $1.3 million to 23 organizations through its Funding Opportunities for CRC Screening Uptake Strategies (FOCUS) Program. Grant recipients are committed to...

Foxconn Technology Group is eligible for $6.3 million in additional tax credits from the state of Wisconsin after meeting a series of hiring and spending benchmarks in 2022. A verification form submitted to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. shows that the...

A majority of Wisconsin bank CEOs no longer see a recession as likely within the next six months, a dramatic shift from earlier this year, according to the latest survey from the Wisconsin Bankers Association. In the WBA’s mid-year survey, 56% of respondents said a...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Greg Piefer, CEO of SHINE Technologies. This fusion technology company, headquartered in Janesville, is developing applications in health care, industrial and defense industries. Earlier this year, SHINE...

Kenneth Bockhorst, who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin-based Badger Meter, will speak at the Jan. 10 Cap Times “Power Hour” breakfast at Madison’s Edgewater Hotel. Bockhorst joined Badger Meter in 2017 as its chief operating officer and...

C-Motive Technologies Inc. disclosed that Milwaukee’s Rockwell Automation participated in the Middleton electrostatic motor company’s latest capital raise, which totaled about $5.5 million. C-Motive announced the Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) equity investment when...

Dairyland Power Cooperative is the selected developer for a Midcontinent  Independent System Operator, Inc., (MISO) 345 kilovolt (kV) transmission project in Wisconsin.  The competitive bid was won by Dairyland to develop, own and operate a new 345 kV line from  the...

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, for the first time, has topped $1.5 billion in research expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation. With this accomplishment, UW–Madison is ranked 8th among the nearly 900 public and private universities surveyed by...