THE NEWSROOM

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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....