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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"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....
InsideWis: Misplaced ire: GOP frustrations with UW and the engineering building
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. -- Viewed from the perspective of Republican state legislators, it’s easy to see why some of them repeatedly question the University of Wisconsin System or, especially, the UW-Madison campus. Those lawmakers may think some campuses have gone...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Uline to add 200 jobs in Kenosha County
Pleasant Prairie-based shipping and business supplies provider Uline is looking to fill 200 new positions as the company embarks on 4.5 million square feet of new development in Kenosha County. According to a press release from Uline, the company has begun development...
Madison Startups: Realta Fusion Raises $12M in Funding
Realta Fusion, a fusion energy technology spin-out from the University of Wisconsin, has raised $12 million in financing, the company announced recently. The funding consisted of a $9 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures and a $3 million award from the U.S....
BizTimes Milwaukee: Middleton company developing carbon nanotubes wins Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Middleton-based startup SixLine Semiconductor is the winner of this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Katy Jinkins, co-founder and chief executive officer of the company, was one of 13 participants to pitch their business to a panel of judges last...
Wisconsin Inno: Madison fusion energy startup lands $12 million to decarbonize heavy industry
Backed by $12 million from a well-known Silicon Valley venture firm and the U.S. Department of Energy, a new Madison company is developing fusion energy technology for industrial heat and power. Realta Fusion Inc. was spun out of research conducted at the University...
Milwaukee Business Journal: New Glarus president Deb Carey says brewer preparing succession plan
Known for its popular Spotted Cow beer sold only in Wisconsin, New Glarus Brewing Co. has grown substantially since its founding in 1993. As it celebrates 30 years in business, the company is planning multiple expansion projects and preparing a succession plan to...
Wisconsin Inno: Wisconsin startups honored for innovation, including Germantown’s Chocolate Rescue for Dogs
SixLine Semiconductor, a Middleton-based company, won the grand prize of the Diligent Baker’s Dozen, this year’s business plan contest for the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference. The Diligent Baker’s Dozen contest held Thursday at the Italian Community Center in...