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The head of WEDC wants the agency’s $50 million venture capital fund to have an impact outside of the state’s main startup hubs of Madison and Milwaukee. Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes was the featured guest at yesterday’s...
Exact Sciences awards grants to 18 organizations focused on increasing colorectal screenings
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...
‘Diligent (Baker’s) Dozen’ to present live May 31 at Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Milwaukee
Finalists representing diverse tech-based sectors in Wisconsin’s early-stage economy will present live to judges and others Wednesday, May 31, in Milwaukee as part of the 20th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The presentations at the Italian...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Froedtert, Aurora tap gig economy tech to fill nursing shifts
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...
Wisconsin Inno: Two Wisconsin groups win NSF grants to plot innovation hubs that could land $160 million
Similar to the way in which Silicon Valley is synonymous with information technology, Wisconsin could eventually be known for water innovation or sustainable agriculture. At least, that's what two new Wisconsin groups are working toward. The two separate teams led by...
WisconsinEye: Newsmakers: UW System and Technical Colleges in the Biennial Budget
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...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Twelve-year-old CEO, high school students pitch companies on Project Pitch It
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...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin manufacturers working to get ahead of nationwide electric vehicle transformation
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....
BizTimes Milwaukee: Checking in on Wisconsin banks
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....
Wisconsin Inno: Why less is more for Milwaukee logistics software firm’s capital raise
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...
WisBusiness: Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Announces 2023 Dairy Processor Grant recipients
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...
WisBusiness: WiSys, other partners getting $1M grant to plan sustainable ag effort
UW System campuses and other partners led by WiSys are getting a $1 million federal grant to plan a regional effort around sustainable agriculture. WiSys President Arjun Sanga says the project could represent a “key economic driver” for the state. “Just as a...
Wisconsin State Journal: New Glarus Brewing’s Deb Carey honored for seizing Wisconsin beer scene
When New Glarus Brewing Company released its first batch of beer in late 1993, it was far from a household name. But over the past 30 years, after millions of barrels of beer and an increasingly competitive craft beer market, Deb Carey has guided the company she...
WisBusiness: VC 414 to invest in women, other underrepresented entrepreneurs
A newly launched venture capital firm called VC 414 aims to invest in women and other underrepresented entrepreneurs. The firm was established in January by venture capitalist and angel investor Jennifer Abele and former BMO Harris executive Raquel Filmanowicz. While...
InsideWis: With big goals in mind, National Science Foundation invests in two homegrown ideas
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. -- During a fireside chat on the UW-Madison campus in March, a leader in the National Science Foundation’s newest and most hands-on program gave a tip of the hat to what he was seeing in his quick tour of Wisconsin. “There’s talent all...
WiSys: WiSys-led partnership wins $1 million NSF grant to make Wisconsin a global leader in sustainable ag
A Wisconsin partnership led by WiSys, a supporting foundation of the University of Wisconsin System that sparks research, innovation and entrepreneurship across the state, has been awarded $999,911 from the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Regional Innovation...
WisBusiness: TitletownTech: Invests in Renaissant
TitletownTech, a venture capital firm formed out of a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, has invested in Renaissant. Renaissant is a Wisconsin-based supply chain company that provides a technology and data solution for the flow of trucks and...
The Water Council: National Science Foundation Resiliency Innovation Engine: Development Award
The Water Council has received a Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to plan a Resiliency Innovation Engine in eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois addressing water and energy resiliency for manufacturers and utilities. Formally...
BizTimes Milwaukee: The Water Council, partner organizations awarded $1 million to address water and energy resiliency
The Water Council is taking the next steps to help create a regional innovation engine here in eastern Wisconsin focused on climate issues. The nonprofit, along with several partnering organizations, announced this week it has been awarded $1 million from the U.S....
WisBusiness: The Water Council: Wisconsin wins $1M NSF Engines Development Award to address water & energy resiliency
The Water Council and its partners have been awarded $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to plan a Regional Innovation Engine in eastern Wisconsin addressing water and energy resilience for manufacturers and utilities. The Water Council applied...