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By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. -- The year is 2028, and a state-of-the-art building has opened in the heart of UW-Madison’s College of Engineering campus. It’s six times larger than the Depression-era building it replaced and designed to last a century or more. More...
Cap Times: Madison startup gains federal backing to continue nuclear fusion research
A Madison startup’s quest to push the bounds of clean industrial energy through nuclear fusion has just gained federal backing in the form of a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The federal money, in concert with another $9 million in venture...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Dayne Rusch, Vyper Industrial and Vyper Energy
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Dayne Rusch, a Green Bay-area entrepreneur who launched startup companies Vyper Industrial and Vyper Energy. Vyper Industrial makes chairs for industrial shop environments and other customers. Since getting...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Troy Tesmer of Soul Mobility
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, Troy Tesmer, co-founder and president of Soul Mobility, talks about the young company’s category winning entry in...
WisBusiness: UW-Whitewater: Business student awarded $15,000 start-up funds
Chad Tjugum, a sophomore in the entrepreneurship program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater College of Business and Economics has been awarded a $15,000 fourth place in the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge e-Fest to fund a business venture called Rarities...
Fore! Blackhawk Country Club site of July 24 Tech Council golf outing to benefit BPC
Join us Monday, July 24, at Blackhawk Country Club in the Madison suburb of Shorewood Hills for a scramble golf tournament to support winners of the 2024 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest and to celebrate with members and friends of the Wisconsin Technology...
UW-Madison Innovate Network: Emerging companies from UW-Madison win big in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Startups developed at UW–Madison were recognized last week at the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest award ceremony during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Milwaukee. The pitch competition is designed to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup stages...
RedFox AI: RedFox AI Unveils Industry Veterans on New Board of Advisors, Revolutionizing Healthcare
RedFox AI, a leading conversational artificial intelligence startup, today announced the formation of its inaugural Board of Advisors, which includes healthcare and technology industry veterans Gary Frings, Harry P. Pappas, and Craig Gadke. Gary Frings is a highly...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Frontdesk raises another $4.8 million
On the heels of announcing its first corporate acquisition, Milwaukee-based short-term rental startup Frontdesk has raised another $4.8 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The startup’s latest funding round has had participation...
BizTimes Milwaukee: SpotHopper raises $12 million in Series B funding
Milwaukee-based SpotHopper, a provider of restaurant marketing and operations technology, has completed a $12 million Series B funding round, the company announced Tuesday. The funding, which came from San Diego-based TVC Capital, will help SpotHopper speed up the...
Learn how to launch, fund and grow your own business at SWIFT event June 29 in Adams-Friendship
Join advisors assembled by the Wisconsin Technology Council for a free session to help entrepreneurs of all types learn more about the basics of launching, funding, and growing a young business by attending the Thursday, June 29 event in Adams-Friendship. This free...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Marquette student-led business to partner with Stone Creek Coffee
Marquette University said Monday that Blue & Gold Brewing LLC, a Marquette-affiliated and student-run business, will partner with Stone Creek Coffee to create and release a new coffee product this fall. The production of the coffee product, from market research to...
Center for Technology Commercialization: $850,000 in state matching grants advance 10 innovative small businesses
Ten small businesses in Wisconsin will receive up to $850,000 to commercialize their innovations, thanks to the SBIR Advance program’s latest round of funding. Funded by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation WEDC, the state matching grant program provides...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Kikkoman Foods giving a total of $5 million to UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee
Kikkoman Foods Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Kikkoman Corp., announced Friday two separate donations to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, totaling $5 million. The Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Foundation will donate $3 million...
Marquette University, NMDSI award seven mini grants to university faculty
Marquette University, through its membership in the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, has awarded seven $50,000 grants to Marquette faculty to fund a variety of data science research projects touching on health care — mental, general and dental, food...
Cap Times: Jack Daniel’s whiskey waste becomes natural gas thanks to Madison firm
A Madison company is helping to build an innovative system that will turn the leftovers from Jack Daniel’s whiskey-making process into natural gas and liquid fertilizer, one they say will be the first of its kind in the U.S. Making whiskey involves mashing grain with...
BizTimes Milwaukee: West Allis startup WorkShift looking to revolutionize gig work for hospitality industry
Good help is hard to find. For those in the hospitality industry, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has made it even harder. For Bekki Yang, chief executive officer of West-Allis based startup WorkShift, this lesson was learned early on in the process of running her...
WisBusiness: Dept. of Financial Institutions: Wisconsin’s state-chartered banks report sound first-quarter financial performance
Wisconsin’s 125 state-chartered banks continue to demonstrate sound financial performance as of March 31, 2023, according to data released today by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI). Total assets of Wisconsin’s state-chartered banks stand at...
WisBusiness: Talking Trade with Heather Ranck, Rural Export Center
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Rural Export Center Director Heather Ranck highlights exporting opportunities and resources for rural companies. This North Dakota-based national research center is part of the U.S. Commerce Department, and focuses on...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Kurt Reinhold, Legacy Solar Cooperative
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Kurt Reinhold, founder of Legacy Solar Cooperative. The Madison-based co-op, which has more than 280 members across the state, was recently selected for a Phase 1 Community Power Accelerator Prize by the U.S....