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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"Over two dozen investor groups set to attend Early Stage Symposium; application deadline extended
A growing list of investors from Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest and beyond will attend the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium, to be held in person Nov. 8-9 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. Companies that apply for, and are asked to present, at the...
Wisconsin Inno: Cologuard maker Exact Sciences plans huge expansion in Arizona
Exact Sciences Corp. is working on a major expansion plan in Phoenix. The Madison-based cancer detection firm behind the Cologuard at-home cancer detection test is set to build a 250,000-square-foot facility and create more than 800 jobs, according to city of Phoenix...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Milwaukee-based startup Appion Solutions providing software to help automate apprenticeship programs
In today’s technological world, you’d probably be surprised if you went to apply for a job and were told that you could only do so by filling out documents by hand and then faxing them over or dropping them off in person. That’s often the reality for workers looking...
BizTimes Milwaukee: SysLogic CEO helps co-found new Madison-based cybersecurity consultancy
A trio of cybersecurity and information technology professionals have come together to launch Madison-based Ghostscale, a full-service cybersecurity consultancy. Tina Chang, chief executive officer of Brookfield-based SysLogic and a member of BizTimes...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Froedtert Health to acquire sole ownership of Network Health
Wauwatosa-based health care provider Froedtert Health announced today that it has reached an agreement to purchase health care provider Ascension Wisconsin’s interest in Menasha-based Network Health, a provider of commercial and Medicare health insurance plans....
Wisconsin Public Radio: Investment down in Wisconsin startups this year; state struggles to keep momentum of record-breaking 2021
After a record-breaking year for startup investment in 2021, Wisconsin has struggled to keep that momentum going in 2022 and 2023. Investment in early-stage companies was down last year, but still higher than pre-pandemic levels, according to an annual report from the...
Wisconsin Inno: Study finds Milwaukee entrepreneurs among nation’s youngest on average
A new study that ranks cities by the lowest average age of entrepreneurs across the nation's 50 largest metro areas has found that Milwaukee ranks among the youngest in the country. According to an analysis by online financial platform provider LendingTree, the...
WisBusiness: While 2023 investment falters, one expert optimistic about Q4 activity
While investment activity in Wisconsin so far this year is faltering, one expert says there’s still time for “a nice uptick” in the coming months. The Tech Council has identified about $191 million in investment deals in 2023 — well below the year-end totals of $870...
BizTimes Milwaukee: MATC opens new STEM Educational Center at downtown campus
Milwaukee Area Technical College is celebrating the grand opening of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Center at its downtown campus. The educational center, which officially opened on Friday in Building C of its campus at 700 W....
Milwaukee Business Journal: Haribo of North America’s already looking at expanding first U.S plant in Kenosha County, adding hundreds more workers
Haribo’s decision to build its first U.S. gummi bear plant in Kenosha rather than near Chicago was based partially on seeing smiling faces during a visit to the Brat Stop restaurant near Interstate 94. That visit came as Haribo of America leaders explored sites near...
WisBusiness: UW–Whitewater: New partnership increases cyber resiliency in Wisconsin
A new collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Division of Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will bolster cybersecurity in the state. A memorandum of understanding signed on Sept. 15 by WEM...
InsideWis: Even in tough climate, young companies can raise money they need
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – There’s rarely a time when it’s easy for early stage companies to raise money from investors, and today’s conditions fall on the opposite end of the scale. And yet, for those companies with technologies or business ideas favored by the...
StartingBlock: Meet the Madworks Fall 2023 Cohort!
We're thrilled to introduce the 8 companies in this Fall's Madworks Cohort. The Madworks Accelerator is a 11-week program, comprising tailored mentorship and building governance acumen. The program is industry agnostic. In addition to connecting companies to...
WisBusiness: Emerging tech, industries driving investment landscape, WEDC expert says
Emerging technologies and industries are driving the national investment landscape, according to WEDC Senior Venture Investment Director Greg Williamson. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. earlier this year announced Williamson would be leading the Wisconsin...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Adhira Sunkara of WiSys
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show, Adhira Sunkara of WiSys discusess the group’s lead role in a National Science Foundation planning grant tied to...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Synthetaic’s AI tool helps scientists discover Hawaiian seabirds thought to be extinct
Delafield-based artificial intelligence startup Synthetaic and its flagship product, the Rapid Automatic Image Detection tool, have helped scientists working for The Nature Conservancy discover two species of seabird previously thought to be locally extinct. Arlington...
WMC: Sixteen Wisconsin Products to Compete in Manufacturing Madness Tournament
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and Johnson Financial Group announced on Wednesday the top 16 products moving on in the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. Nearly 60,000 votes were cast for over 100 products during the contest’s popular vote round....
Madison Gas & Electric: MGE’s First Pole-Mounted EV Charging Station Available to Drivers
Are you interested in electric vehicles (EVs) but unsure where you would charge? MGE has added the first pole-mounted EV charging station to its network of more than 50 public charging stations! The charger—which is attached to an existing MGE utility pole—is located...
‘Capital for the Coulee Region’: Status of Prairie Springs Center topic of Oct. 18 lunch in La Crosse
The need to complete phase two of the Prairie Springs Science Center on the UW-La Crosse campus, which a mix of business leaders believe can spark Coulee Region growth, will be discussed at the Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon in La...
WisBusiness: Early figures suggest state seeing lower levels of investment in 2023
Early investment figures for 2023 suggest the number and size of deals in Wisconsin may be lower this year, according to Tech Council Investor Networks Director Joe Kremer. Speaking yesterday during a luncheon hosted by the Wisconsin Technology Council in Madison,...