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With the recent all-cash sale of one of its portfolio companies, a venture capital firm in Madison says it's returning money to Wisconsin investors. Brazen Technologies Inc., a recruiting event management software firm founded in Wisconsin, was recently acquired by...
Our votes are in! Ten reasons to attend this week’s Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium
Artificial intelligence is doing some amazing things, but we would prefer to see the “real,” in-person intelligence and wit of people like you at the 19th annual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Here’s are 10 motivations to drop by Wednesday and Thursday...
WEDC: Now available: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Wisconsin 2022 Report on Program Activity
A new report summarizes the 2022 activities of WEDC’s entrepreneurship and innovation programs, which support a vibrant entrepreneurial culture in Wisconsin by offering targeted resources to various types of startups at crucial stages of development. During the period...
InsideWis: From pets to AI to medical breakthroughs, entrepreneurs have ideas
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – I don’t live in one of the 87 million U.S. households with at least one pet, but I know pet owners will spend generously to help their little companions live better lives. Entrepreneurs understand that $137 billion per year consumer...
Veterans, students, others get discounted entry to 2023 Nov. 8-9 Early Stage Symposium
Armed services veterans who want to learn about trends that could affect how they finance and grow their businesses may register at a major discount to attend in-person Nov. 8-9 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. Registration is open by clicking here. Veterans from the...
WisBusiness: Evers task force on workforce, AI holds first meeting
The head of the state Department of Workforce Development says the rise of AI technology “couldn’t come at a greater time” given the state’s labor challenges. Speaking this week during the first meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial...
Emerging firms will pitch over two days at 2023 Early Stage Symposium in Madison
Thirty-nine young companies will pitch to potential investors and others throughout the course of the in-person Nov. 8-9 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. Registration is open by clicking here. That includes 24 companies selected by conference organizers to present...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Driven by Microsoft, economic growth, WEC Energy Group investing additional $1.4 billion in renewables
WEC Energy Group is adding $3.3 billion to its new five-year capital investment plan, including an additional $1.4 billion in renewable energy generation. The plan, which covers 2024 to 2028 now calls for $23.4 billion in spending, up from $20.1 billion in the plan...
WisPolitics: Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence
Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #211 creating the Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence to gather and analyze information and produce an advisory action plan to identify the current state of generative artificial intelligence’s (AI)...
WisBusiness: Midwest Games founder sees potential for ‘mega-hit’ video game coming out of Wisconsin
Kvalo is speaking on a video gaming plenary panel at the upcoming Early Stage Symposium. Visit wisearlystage.com for more information on the conference! Midwest Games founder and CEO Ben Kvalo sees the potential for a “mega-hit” video game coming out of Wisconsin in...
Provost, computer scientist Charles Isbell Jr. to speak Nov. 21 at Tech Council Madison luncheon
Charles Isbell Jr., who is the new provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the UW-Madison, as well as a nationally known computer scientist, will speak Tuesday, Nov. 21, at the Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon in Madison. The luncheon will be held...
Green Bay Press Gazette: Green Bay-based video game publisher raises $3M from TitletownTech, Skee-Ball maker
A Green Bay-based video game publisher that wants to fund and support Midwest-based game developers raised $3 million from TitletownTech, the owner of Skee-Ball, and other Wisconsin investment funds. Midwest Games launched earlier this year in Green Bay by Ben Kvalo,...
Wisconsin Inno: Wisconsin won a coveted tech hub designation. See which places it beat out.
As Wisconsin celebrated a successful bid to become a designated U.S. regional technology hub, hundreds of other places across the country — including St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Raleigh, North Carolina — didn't make the cut. Wisconsin was among 31 places the Biden...
Andy Nunemaker to join ‘Investor Hall of Fame’ at Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison
Andy Nunemaker, who has been an active member of Milwaukee’s Golden Angels Investors for more than 20 years, built and led companies and created a legacy of community service, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Technology Council’s “George Mosher Memorial Investor...
UW-Eau Claire: UW-Eau Claire grant expands access to services for people with traumatic brain injuries
More than four decades ago, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire alumna Audrey Nelson struggled in her college courses less than a year after a traffic crash injured the frontal lobe of her brain. “I was just sort of bumbling along for a while,” recalls Nelson, who...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: We Energies, MPS youth internship and apprenticeship proram opens doors to energy careers
Walking away from the backhoe she'd just operated and heading to a massive wood chipping truck, Enaviana McGowan was already feeling good about the choice she made — exploring a career as an electrical line worker for We Energies. The junior at Milwaukee High School...
Madison Startups: EnsoData, React Health to Partner
EnsoData is partnering with React Health, a sleep and respiratory device manufacturer, to optimize positive airway pressure (PAP) adherence support for patients with sleep apnea, the company announced recently. “Out PAP compliance AI model has an incredible ability to...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Rockwell, Microsoft expand partnership with generative AI
Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. is expanding its partnership with Microsoft Corp. “to accelerate automation design and development through generative artificial intelligence,” according to an announcement on Thursday. The two companies do have a longstanding...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin business leaders see AI’s potential. Are companies ready?
When Alex Peters walks through manufacturer KI’s Green Bay plant, he sees a lot of potential for how artificial intelligence could enhance the company’s machines. The northeast Wisconsin company produces furniture for offices and schools. KI manufactured its first...
Marquette University: Marquette College of Nursing first in nation to collaborate with Epic to integrate electronic health records software into curriculum
The Marquette University College of Nursing has entered into a collaboration with Epic, the industry leader in electronic health records software, to integrate the company’s new Lyceum platform for electronic health records into the college’s nursing curriculum....