THE NEWSROOM

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...

Stoves, washing machines and scrap material. These are a few of the things Evan Rinke has pulled out of rivers that flow into Lake Michigan. This is Rinke's first summer operating a marine debris boat, which is used to pick up trash along Lake Michigan’s shoreline....

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with David Noyce, executive associate dean and Arthur F. Hawnn Professor at UW-Madison’s College of Engineering. Noyce is also the executive director of the Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory and the Wisconsin...

Nearly Two-Thirds of Total Businesses in the Health Care and Social Assistance Sector are Women-Owned In this month’s data snapshot, we explore the landscape of women-owned businesses in Wisconsin. To calculate sector shares, we utilize both employer and nonemployer...

Milwaukee-based artificial intelligence startup Golgix announced this week it has closed a $600,000 seed funding round led by Milwaukee-based venture capital firm Gateway Capital. The company also received a $200,000 investment from the Idea Fund of La Crosse. Golgix...

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) approved two Alliant Energy battery energy storage projects totaling 175 megawatts (MW). The approval clears the way for construction to begin on the 100-MW Grant County Battery Project and 75-MW Wood County Battery...