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Orbita, a Boston-based provider of smart virtual assistants and workflow automation for healthcare, has acquired Wellbe‘s assets, the company announced recently. According to a release, the acquisition includes Wellbe’s software, customers and select staff. “Orbita...

A group of Wisconsin partners is seeking a “regional tech hub” designation from federal officials focused on personalized medicine and biohealth technology. According to yesterday’s announcement from the consortium of 15 public and private sector organizations, this...

In March 2023, the Tech Council released “Taking the Pulse,” a report that noted Wisconsin ranked in the nation’s top quartile for health-care quality (12 states) and in the middle of a seven-state region for mean inpatient charges. Learn more by clicking here....

Manufacturers in rural areas are more vulnerable to disruption from the transition to electric vehicles, according to a WEDC official. Flannery Geoghegan, senior director of policy at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., yesterday discussed findings from a recent...

The Wisconsin Technology Council would be among the Wisconsin partners in The Bloch, one of three Illinois "tech hubs" proposals described below: Innovate Illinois today announced its support for two transformative projects seeking federal Economic Development...

Milwaukee-based Golgix has developed AI software that predicts failures on automated production lines for manufacturers in industries such as food and beverage, paper, plastics, consumer goods, electronics, and pharmaceuticals. According to the company, unplanned...

A total of 46 Wisconsin companies made the 2023 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Inc. magazine unveiled the list today. The top Wisconsin company on the list is Madison-based Veda Data Solutions, a data provider for health care...

Radiation-emitting drugs, or radiopharmaceuticals, are increasingly used to target and kill cancer cells with positive results for patients. In July, during an appearance on Wisconsin Public Radio’s "The Morning Show," the 2023 crowned Miss America Grace Stanke said...

The past year has been a difficult one for startups marked by declines in venture capital funding and layoffs — but it was not all doom and gloom in the Midwest. That's according to Chicago VC firm M25, which released its annual list of the region's top startup...

Thirteen Milwaukee-area companies were counted among the list of America's fastest-growing firms produced each year by Inc. magazine, marking a decline from a year ago. The Inc. 5000 list ranks U.S.-based for-profit companies based on each business's revenue growth —...

Milwaukee's Advanced Ionics received $12.5 million in a Series A investment for its green hydrogen electrolyzer technology. The technology startup was founded in 2017 and is a pioneer in scalable, sustainable green hydrogen production. Its target market is heavy...

VBA, a Germantown firm specializing in cloud-based health benefits software, secured a $156 million private-equity investment led by Spectrum Equity of Boston to fund the suburban Milwaukee firm’s growth. The sizable capital infusion will enable VBA to meet demand for...

Inc. magazine listed Whitewater-based RoofMarketplace number 217 on its annual list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful independent small business companies in the United States....

After two years of serving as the executive director at 100state, Joseph Dahari announced that he has stepped down from the coworking space, effective Aug. 11. JJ Pagac, who oversaw membership, is the new executive director. “I’m excited to take on the role,” Pagac...

Rapid Radicals was the winner of the 2022 Governor's Business Plan Contest.  Rapid Radicals, a company providing innovative, high-rate wastewater treatment, launched its pilot wastewater treatment system on Thursday, August 10 at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage...

Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics, are not recyclable using conventional mechanical recycling...

Milwaukee-based startup Rapid Radicals has reached the next milestone in commercializing its proprietary wastewater treatment technology. The company has created a decentralized wastewater treatment system that can treat water in less than 30 minutes – 16 times faster...