THE NEWSROOM

Milwaukee-based Renaissant, Inc., the IT company behind loading dock intelligence platform Dock|C2, has closed a $1.5 million seed round. The funding round was led by Atlanta-based Venture 53 with participation from Green Bay-based TitletownTech and Camden, New...

Employer interest in Wisconsin apprenticeship programs is on the rise amid fierce competition for talent. That’s according to Liz Pusch, deputy director of Wisconsin Apprenticeship with the state Department of Workforce Development. She spoke yesterday at the Madison...

Milwaukee has the youngest small businesses among U.S. cities nationwide, which is an indicator of startup activity, according to a recent study. The average age of small businesses in Milwaukee in 2022 was 55 months or about four-and-a-half years, according to a new...

The stock price for Madison-based cancer screening and diagnostic test company Exact Sciences Corp. soared Wednesday after the company reported higher-than-expected sales in the first quarter. Exact Sciences (Nasdaq: EXAS) on Tuesday reported total revenue of $602.5...

BizStarts, a Milwaukee-based group that helps entrepreneurs achieve success, won runner-up honors for a national award recognizing high-performing community business accelerator and incubators programs. The U.S. Association for Small Business and...

Global venture capital firm gener8tor, in partnership with energy, transportation, and sustainability solutions company, U.S. Venture, has announced the inaugural cohort of startups selected for investment through the U.S. Venture Sustainability Accelerator. The U.S....

VC MKE is returning this year for its second in-person event, to be held in conjunction with Summerfest Tech, from June 28 through June 29. The organization was founded by Milwaukee-area professionals Dana Guthrie, Que El-Amin, Tarik Moody, Ed Javier and Maggie...

There are many reasons why it makes sense for Microsoft to build a $1 billion data center in Racine County, not the least of them being geology, weather and shovel-ready land in Mount Pleasant. Similar growth opportunities could pop up elsewhere in Wisconsin – with a...

As hospitals in Wisconsin grapple with a tight labor market and rising costs, mergers offer a chance to improve care coordination and bring together complementary skills. The latest in a series of recent high-profile hospital mergers was announced last month between...

Any woman who’s gone to buy professional clothing has experienced firsthand the frustration of not having the same number of pockets as their male counterparts. Entrepreneur Barbara Zabawa has invented a solution to this problem and recently shared her product with...

Dairyland Power Cooperative is collaborating with Mine Storage International AB (Mine  Storage) and Michigan Technological University (MTU) to explore the potential for pumped storage  hydropower in the Upper Midwest. Dairyland will be evaluating the development of...

The rate at which Wisconsin’s "prime working age" adults are either working or looking for work is among the best in the country, according to a recent report from the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Economists describe prime working age as individuals between 25...

The Summerfest Tech Pitch Competition is set to return this June during the expanded three-day event to be held at Potawatomi Casino Hotel. The Pitch Competition, produced by Young Enterprising Society and sponsored by Molson Coors, involves a group of entrepreneurs...

Spanish manufacturer Ingeteam this year intends to begin manufacturing electric vehicle charging stations at its Milwaukee plant to seize on the growing demand in the U.S. This will become the company’s second EV charger manufacturing operation after its facility in...

As renewable energy generation grows, the agriculture industry has voiced concerns about it driving up the cost of quality farmland. That’s why some Wisconsin researchers are looking at ways the two industries can coexist. "Agrivoltaics," the use of land for both...