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Congratulations to grand prize winner CranioSure in the 21st annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Their med-tech app, designed to assist in the early detection of infant skull conditions, was created from technology developed at UW-Madison. The startup...
Wisconsin Inno: Madison medtech, Pewaukee ice provider honored at Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference
CranioSure, a Madison-based company that has designed a mobile app to screen infant head shapes to detect risk of craniosyntosis – accurately and early enough to help avoid surgeries – has been named the winner of the 21st annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan...
Fore! The Oaks in Cottage Grove site of July 31 Tech Council golf outing to benefit BPC
Join us Wednesday, July 31, at The Oaks in Cottage Grove for a scramble golf outing to support winners of the 2025 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest and to celebrate summer with members and friends of the Wisconsin Technology Council. Click here to register...
BizTimes: Realta Fusion working with U.S. Department of Energy to develop fusion power plants
Madison-based Realta Fusion, an early-stage fusion company spun out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of eight companies chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy to help advance research and development for fusion power plants. Realta will receive an...
WisBusiness: SHINE supplying key material to UK cancer therapy company
SHINE Technologies is supplying UK-based Blue Earth Therapeutics with a key material for a prostate cancer clinical trial, the Janesville company says. In a recent release, SHINE announced its partnership with the business, which develops radiopharmaceutical...
WisBusiness: Reinhart: Welcomes Scott Fiducci to its corporate law practice
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. (Reinhart) announces that Scott Fiducci has joined the firm as a shareholder in its Corporate Law Practice. Fiducci focuses his practice on counseling clients on mergers and acquisitions transactions and other strategic matters, debt...
Former Involta, now Ark Data Center, hosts grand opening
American co-location firm Involta, which has rebranded to Ark Data Centers, will hold a grand opening for its northeast Wisconsin data center starting 1 p.m. June 12 at W. 6149 Old Highway Road, Menasha. Refreshments will be served and tours of the data center will...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Madison-based medtech company wins 2024 Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Madison-based medtech company CranioSure is the winner of this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The startup, founded by Dr. Daniel Cho, has designed a mobile app that screens infant head shapes and can detect craniosynostosis early enough to avoid...
Med-tech app that detects infant skull condition earlier wins 2024 Biz Plan Contest
CranioSure, a Madison-based company that has designed a mobile app to screen infant head shapes to detect risk of craniosyntosis – accurately and early enough to help avoid surgeries – is the grand prize winner of the 21st annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan...
MKE Startup News: And the winners are….
The Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest began in January with nearly 150 applicants and concluded this afternoon. The 13 remaining contests pitched their companies to a judging body composed of key members of the Wisconsin startup ecosystem on June 6 in...
WisBusiness: Madison-based CranioSure has won this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest for its app that can detect an infant skull disorder called craniosynostosis
This disorder is characterized by the premature fusion of babies’ skull bones, which can require surgery to correct if not caught early enough. Ordinarily, the fibrous connective structure between these bones remain flexible, allowing the skull to grow along with the...
SHINE Technologies: SHINE Technologies Partners with Blue Earth Therapeutics for First Supply of Ilumira from Its New Facility
SHINE Technologies, LLC (SHINE), a pioneer in next-generation fusion-based technology, today announced a new partnership with Blue Earth Therapeutics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development of innovative radiopharmaceuticals. SHINE has provided the...
InsideWis: Just catching up: Some follow-ups on past columns and news
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Writing a weekly column is always a snapshot in time. Things can and do happen to advance the story. Here are a few examples tied to recent “Inside Wisconsin” columns: Wisconsin links to Microsoft: In a column dated May 8, I wrote about...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Madison-based Understory closes $15 million Series A round
Madison-based insurtech firm Understory has closed a $15 million Series A funding round. The oversubscribed funding round was led by San Francisco-based True Ventures and Prelude Ventures. “With the infusion of this funding, we are poised to bring our proprietary risk...
Need one excuse to attend ‘Treps Conference? Here are 10 good reasons to be there June 5-6
Hundreds of people are set to attend the 2024 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Milwaukee. Here are 10 reasons to join them Wednesday and Thursday for one of the Midwest’s premier events for entrepreneurs. Online registration is open until 5 p.m. on Sunday, June...
Tom Still’s May 29 remarks to Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce conference
Tech Council President Tom Still spoke via video at the May 29 Rural Resurgence conference in Wausau, joining Jim Wood of Competitive Wisconsin Inc. and Dennis Winters, chief economist for the state Department of Workforce Development, in commenting on the challenges...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Partnership between Microsoft, UW-Milwaukee aims to get AI into manufacturing
This fall, Wisconsin will become Microsoft’s seventh location in the world to build, develop and test artificial intelligence solutions to improve the efficiency of business operations. On May 8, President Joe Biden and Brad Smith, vice chair and president of...
Discounted registration for military vets, students available for Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference
Returning military veterans and students may register at a discount to attend the 21st annual conference, to be held June 5-6 at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. The conference returns to the “Cream City” to celebrate the region’s rise as a startup and...
InsideWis: New Wisconsin Investment Fund will be noticed beyond state borders
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Among the first news outlets to pick up on the May 29 unveiling of the $100 million Wisconsin Investment Fund were two outside the state – the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in Washington and U.S. News & World Report. Both took note within...
Evers announces $100 million Wisconsin Investment Fund
See below for articles pertaining to the announcement of the Wisconsin Investment Fund. BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin launches new $100 million investment fund with biohealth focus Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Evers, WEDC, private venture capital funds launch $100...