THE NEWSROOM

At Findorff, we aim to drive innovation and foster new and exciting customer experiences. With that in mind, we are excited to welcome Robbie Oldenburg as Director of Business Development, and congratulate Brad Olson on his promotion to Director of Project Management!...

Wisconsin had the second-best 10-year small business survival rate in the nation over the last decade. Only Iowa had a better ranking. That’s according to a recent analysis from The Southern Bank Company, a financial institution based in Alabama that looked at data...

Food For Health, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit that provides home-delivered medically tailored meals to low-income individuals in southeastern Wisconsin, has announced a $15 million fundraising campaign to advance its mission of preventing and reversing diet-related...

A forthcoming state budget proposal to create a new $75 million venture capital fund of funds could lead to a total of $300 million in new VC funding becoming available for Wisconsin startups. During next week’s meeting of the state’s Joint Finance Committee, Rep. Bob...

Marquette University has received a $2.5 million gift from the Helene Fuld Health Trust to support the university’s plans to renovate and build an addition for the new home of Nursing in the heart of campus. The university will name the College of Nursing’s Center for...

Milwaukee-based software startup Forj has acquired San Francisco-based Mobilize, a company that has created a “professional growth network” platform for building and engaging membership communities. Forj provides a virtual events and member experience platform for...

Exact Sciences, a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, announced today that it awarded $1.1 million to 18 organizations through its Funding Opportunities for CRC Screening Uptake Strategies (FOCUS) Program. Grant recipients are committed to...

Aurora Health Care and Froedtert Health have turned to the gig economy as one strategy for addressing a shortage of nurses that has persisted beyond the pandemic. Retaining nurses via an app is less expensive than contracting travel nurses through outside employment...

In the midst of declining enrollment, Wisconsin's higher education institutions are making the case for increasing their operating budgets and student aid, saying additional funding is crucial to building Wisconsin's workforce and essential for the health of the...

A 12-year-old CEO pitched his tech startup to the Project Pitch It moguls on the latest episode of the Shark Tank-style television show. Racine resident Josiah Love is the founder of JML Tech Studios. He is a student at Wisconsin Connections Academy in Appleton. His...

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. thinks the state could become a critical epicenter of the global supply chain for electric vehicles. That’s according to a recently released report in which WEDC proposes six strategies Wisconsin can use to achieve this vision....

It’s hard to fault anyone who saw news of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure in March and had flashbacks to the onset of the Great Recession. It wasn’t hard to imagine the bank’s failures leading to troubles for hundreds if not thousands of businesses and their employees....

A Milwaukee logistics and business management software firm raised far less capital than the $5 million to $10 million initially planned — and that’s a very positive sign, according to the firm’s CEO. Renaissant Inc.’s Thomas Dean told the Business Journal in March...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced 21 Wisconsin dairy companies will receive a Dairy Processor Grant in 2023. The purpose of these grants is to help foster innovation, improve profitability, and sustain the...