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By Tom Still CHILTON, Wis. – Just off the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago lies the 40-acre site of the Lakeside Vision Center, a research and demonstration project tied to Faith Technologies Inc., a Wisconsin born-and-bred company that has grown from a handful of...
WisBusiness: Universities of Wisconsin, DSPS: Partner to facilitate faster licensing
The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) and the Universities of Wisconsin announced an agreement today that will allow the Universities to help facilitate the occupational licensing process for their students entering health care fields....
Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin has record number of apprentices in 112-year-old training program
Wisconsin has a record-high number of enrolled apprentices in a state program designed to be a pipeline for skilled workers in trades and emerging industries. Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that 16,384 apprentices are currently enrolled in Wisconsin’s Registered...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin businesses need more engineers. GOP is holding up UW-Madison project that would help address shortage
The Republican war on diversity, equity and inclusion could cost Wisconsin hundreds of engineers. The GOP-controlled Legislature declined to fund a new engineering building for the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of the state budget. The project would expand...
Gov. Evers: Gov. Evers Announces PSC Received 124 Applications Requesting More than $221 Million from Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program
Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC), today announced the Wisconsin Broadband Office received 124 applications requesting $221.6 million for the Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program. PSC is expected to award up to $42...
Wisconsin Inno: Madison startup harnessing quantum sensors wins Wisconsin Tech Council’s Pitch Olympics
locate rare-earth metals like copper, nickel and cobalt won the Wisconsin Technology Council's recent Elevator Pitch Olympics. The startup, Dirac Labs, was among 15 companies that gave 90-second pitches to a panel of investor judges at the council's Early Stage...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison researchers develop new heat-resistant alloy
UW-Madison researchers have developed a new metal alloy that can withstand higher temperatures, which could be used to improve high-speed aircraft. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is touting the technology as a “top licensing prospect” in its engineering and...
Wisconsin Legislature’s Tech Caucus visit to Faith Technologies
Members of the Wisconsin Legislature’s Tech Caucus, a bipartisan informal working group, met Nov. 13 at Lakeside Vision Center, a 19,000-square-foot technology center near Chilton that operates entirely on renewable energy. Established in mid-2022 by Faith...
Wisconsin Inno: Froedtert & MCW piloting generative AI technology as it invests in startup
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin has invested in a health care artificial intelligence startup and is piloting the startup's product, marking the Milwaukee-area health system's first foray into generative AI. The startup is Layer Health, which...
WisBusiness: Survey finds optimism about 2024 manufacturing revenues despite recession concerns
Despite some concerns about a possible recession, the vast majority of manufacturers in a recent Wipfli survey expect their revenues to increase next year. The Milwaukee-based accounting and advisory firm yesterday released results of its latest online survey...
InsideWis: From macro to micro: Advice for young companies in challenging times
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. -- Even in the best of times, launching and growing an early stage company isn’t easy. It’s difficult to get the attention of investors, even harder to land angel or venture capital dollars once inside the front door, and harder still to...
WisBusiness: A startup called Spectacle Health was chosen as the audience favorite in this year’s Elevator Pitch Olympics, a rapid-fire pitch competition hosted by the Wisconsin Technology Council
Company founder Erika Poole competed against 14 other entrepreneurs during yesterday’s contest, held during the Tech Council’s Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Each was given 90 seconds to make their case before being rated by a panel of investor judges on their...
Wisconsin Inno: Milwaukee tech executive Andy Nunemaker to be honored for investing track record
Milwaukee investor and technology executive Andy Nunemaker is being honored for his decades-long history of technology investing. The Wisconsin Technology Council is inducting Nunemaker into its George Mosher Memorial Investor Hall of Fame, the council recently...
WisBusiness: Investor panel discusses funding landscape, offers advice to startup leaders
Investment activity this year is being restrained by low levels of available capital, but plenty of funding opportunities exist for determined entrepreneurs. That’s according to a panel of investors who spoke yesterday during the Early Stage Symposium in Madison, an...
MKE Startup News: 2023 Elevator Pitch Olympics
One of the most anticipated events during the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium is the Elevator Pitch Olympics. Fifteen companies from the region presented 90 second pitches to the audience and a panel of five investor judges. The judges for the event were: Greg...
MKE Startup News: Milwaukee Pitches in Madison
Three Milwaukee startups were among the 24 companies that pitched for the Tech Council Investors Network at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium hosted by the Wisconsin Technology Council on Nov. 8. The Network is a public-private effort to “develop a broad state...
WisBusiness: The winner of this year’s Elevator Pitch Olympics is Dirac Labs, a Madison-based startup using specialized sensors to identify underground mineral deposits
Co-founder Aishwarya Das yesterday pitched the business to a panel of investor judges and a crowd of attendees at the Early Stage Symposium in Madison, an annual event held by the Wisconsin Technology Council. He and other competitors were given 90 seconds to make...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Microsoft massively increases size of data center development plans in Mount Pleasant
Microsoft has drastically increased its plans for the data center campus it is developing in Mount Pleasant, Racine County Economic Development Corp., the Milwaukee 7 and Mount Pleasant officials announced Friday. Earlier this year, the company announced plans to...
Wisconsin Inno: Firm led by investor, serial entrepreneur Andy Nunemaker prepares for Saas product rollout
Milwaukee investor and serial technology executive Andy Nunemaker said his latest company expects to release its cloud-based product within the next six months. Nunemaker is the CEO of Groupware Technologies Inc., a health care software company in the care management...
The Daily Reporter: Wisconsin business titans rally for UW-Madison College of Engineering expansion
A group of Wisconsin business leaders, hailing from companies such as Mortenson, GRAEF and Milwaukee Tool, put out a call for renewed support of a new engineering building at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. In June, the Republican-led Joint Finance Committee...