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Milwaukee's technology workforce expanded slightly in 2022 at a pace of growth that trailed other major Midwest cities, according to new data published by industry trade group CompTIA. Technology employment in the Milwaukee area grew 0.5% year over year in 2022 to...
Insight on Business: Wisconsin labor force participation rates among top 10 in U.S.
Wisconsin labor force participation rates are among highest in U.S., according to a report from the University of Wisconsin Extension. Community Development Specialist Matt Kures said Wisconsin regularly ranks in the top 10 as a state for labor force participation...
Wisconsin State Journal: Microsoft agrees to buy $50m Foxconn parcel in Wisconsin
Microsoft has agreed to buy a $50 million parcel of land in southeastern Wisconsin meant for Foxconn after the world's largest electronics manufacturer failed to fulfill grandiose promises to build a massive facility that would employ thousands of workers. Microsoft...
WisPolitics: Gov. Evers: Signs Executive Order, creates Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation
Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #195 creating the Green Ribbon Commission on Clean Energy and Environmental Innovation to advise on creating the state’s first-ever Green Innovation Fund. The Green Innovation Fund and its partners will leverage public and...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Hospital Association: WHA Advocacy Day brings in nearly 1,000 participants
Nearly 1,000 hospital and health care leaders, providers, staff, trustees and volunteers participated in Wisconsin Hospital Association’s (WHA) annual Advocacy Day today, the first held in person since the pandemic. Former Govs. Jim Doyle and Tommy G. Thompson were...
Epic Research: Strep Throat Infections Up 30% From 2017 Peak After Pandemic Drop
Key Findings Like other infectious illnesses, rates of strep throat infections dropped significantly in 2020, coinciding with COVID-19 pandemic precautions. Rates remained low throughout 2020 and 2021. Similar to prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, strep throat...
WisBusiness: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee: Earns Fast Forward grant to offer more paid internship opportunities
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has received more than $590,000 to develop and offer paid internship opportunities for students in collaboration with area businesses. The grant comes from the state Department of Workforce Development’s (DWD) Wisconsin Fast...
MKE Startup News: With ETI, nothing goes to waste
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...