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Energy Tech Innovations, LLC (ETI) is one of the 26 companies vying for a win in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan contest. Founded in 2015, this company has developed a simpler and more cost-effective way to create biogas, while commodifying the carbon dioxide...
Wisconsin Inno: ‘It’s the time to lean in’: VC 414 founders on starting a venture capital firm in 2023
2023 has not been easy on the venture capital industry. The year started off on the heels of months of major technology firm layoffs, and with an uncertain economy marked by high inflation and a challenging stock market. In March, the collapse of Silicon Valley...
Wisconsin Inno: VC 414 backs music startup in its first publicly announced investment
A startup that's looking to transform the music industry is the first company Milwaukee venture capital firm VC 414 publicly announced it has backed. Milwaukee-based Even Labs Inc. announced Friday it raised $2.2 million in seed funding with participation from VC 414,...
Wisconsin Inno: These Wisconsin startups raised the most VC money in 2023 so far
The U.S. venture capital market continues to be challenged by issues including instability abroad, stubborn inflation rates and several high-profile bank failures, which have led to less access to capital and fewer startup exits, according to a new report. Likewise,...
BizTimes: The Interview: Corey Jaskolski
A simple drawing of what a weather balloon might look like from above led to Delafield-based artificial intelligence startup Synthetaic being featured in The New York Times. The company’s Rapid Automatic Image Categorization platform was able to track the Chinese spy...
BizTimes Milwaukee: ‘Quote unQuote:’ Diane Hendricks
Billionaire Diane Hendricks, chairman and sole owner of Beloit-based construction materials company ABC Supply, reflected on her entrepreneurial journey during a recent appearance at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon. Hendricks, who grew up on a Wisconsin dairy...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Embedded technologies power Milwaukee
Leaner is better. That’s what Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerburg said when he announced in March that the company would be laying off 10,000 workers. That sentiment sums up the ongoing shift in the technology sector as several well-known companies, including...
PR Newswire: Microsoft and Epic expand strategic collaboration with integration of Azure OpenAI Service
Microsoft Corp. and Epic on Monday announced they are expanding their long-standing strategic collaboration to develop and integrate generative AI into healthcare by combining the scale and power of Azure OpenAI Service1 with Epic's industry-leading electronic health...
Lakeland University: Culver’s founder inspires young Lakeland entrepreneurs
For the record, Craig Culver’s favorite frozen custard at Culver’s Restaurant is vanilla, but he’s also partial to the most popular flavor, caramel pecan. Culver, whose family founded the popular Culver’s Restaurant franchise, came to Lakeland Tuesday to share his...
MKE Startup News: EVEN raises $2.2 Million seed round
Milwaukee-based startup EVEN, launched in 2022, has reached another funding milestone. Company founder and CEO, Mag Rodriguez, announced it raised a $2.2 million seed round to support the direct-to-consumer platform that allows artists to sell their music to...
MKE Startup News: Wisconsin VC Funding Quarter 1
At the close of the first quarter, financial reports across the board indicate venture and growth investors in private companies continued to scale back their investment pace. According to Pitchbook data, 27 Wisconsin-based startup companies raised venture capital in...
WisBusiness: WARF touting method for extending storage life of meat products
WARF is seeking commercial partners to help develop a new method for extending the storage life of various meat products. This method’s inventor, Mark Richards, is a professor in UW-Madison’s Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences. The Wisconsin Alumni Research...
MKE Startup News: Finalists in Gov’s Biz Plan Contest announced
Twenty-six entries representing sectors such as health care, cleantech, education, software and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 20th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contestants have emerged after...
WisBusiness: Redox, Verato Form Partnership
Redox has partnered with Verato, which specializes in identity data management solutions, to enable healthcare organizations to create and leverage more accurate data to drive faster organizational innovation and operational success, the company announced recently....
BizTimes Milwaukee: Milwaukee-based tech startup EVEN completes $2.2 million seed round
Milwaukee-based tech startup EVEN wants to change the status quo in the music industry. Through the startup’s blockchain-based platform, artists can sell their music directly to fans before uploading it on traditional streaming platforms. Fans who use EVEN are given...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison expert says nuclear tech at ‘pivot point’
The chair of UW-Madison’s Department of Engineering Physics says nuclear energy is at a “pivot point” as development progresses on new types of reactors. Paul Wilson spoke yesterday during a Madison event hosted by the Customers First Coalition focused on new nuclear...
InsideWis: ‘Food as medicine’ is the mission of Milwaukee-based national effort
By Tom Still MILWAUKEE -- A blend of old and new can be found in Milwaukee’s “Food for Health” enterprise. The old is seen and heard in its remodeled headquarters, which at one time was a furniture store and still has the creaky wooden floors to prove it. The...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Milwaukee leaders share their vision of how the city can become a national leader in AI
Leaders from Northwestern Mutual’s Data Science Institute see many ways that artificial intelligence could position Milwaukee as a national leader in technology and research. During a roundtable discussion held Thursday, Marquette University president Michael...
Green Bay Press Gazette: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College names new president, first female to lead college in its 111-year history.
Kristen Raney is Northeast Wisconsin Technical College's next president, making her the first female to lead the college in its 111-year history. Raney will start July 1, taking over for current president Jeffrey Rafn, who served the college for 26 years and is...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Nick Kees, Godfrey & Kahn
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Nick Kees, an attorney with Godfrey & Kahn in Milwaukee. Kees, a member of the law firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, discusses an event being put on next week by the Wisconsin District Export...