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A group of heavyweight investors including K5 Global and Bezos Expeditions — as well as Venture Investors of Wisconsin making its biggest investment ever — have bought a majority stake in HistoSonics, a deal that values the Plymouth, Minnesota-based medtech company at...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Plans for 2.5M-square-foot data center project advance in Port Washington
Vantage Data Centers’ plans for a 2.5 million-square-foot data center complex were recommended for approval by Port Washington’s Design Review Board at a Tuesday meeting, a city spokesman said. The company submitted plans for four main buildings on about 670 acres...
Incoming Tech Council president Brickerman featured Sept. 18 at W·O·M·E·N reception
Former partner with gener8tor and incoming Wisconsin Technology Council president Maggie Brickerman will speak Thursday, Sept. 18 at the annual W•O•M•E•N reception in Madison. Brickerman will talk about her background, her vision for the future of the Tech Council and...
Maggie Brickerman to become president of Tech Council; will succeed Tom Still
The Wisconsin Technology Council announced Monday that Maggie Brickerman has been named its next president, succeeding Tom Still, who is retiring Oct. 3 after 23 years of leadership. Brickerman, a founding leader of Wisconsin-based tech incubator gener8tor, has spent...
WisBusiness: Realta Fusion publishes research on fusion breakthroughs
Realta Fusion and research partners at UW-Madison are aiming to publish an early design for a commercial-scale fusion energy pilot device next year. The Madison-based startup and partners at the university recently issued two studies detailing breakthroughs made by...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Laura Strong, Forward Festival
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with returning guest Laura Strong, board member for Forward Festival and founder and CEO of Valency Fund. The show previews the upcoming event series, which organizers tout as the state’s largest celebration of...
In Business: Madison’s Recovery.com buys Recovery Brands addiction treatment care websites
Madison’s Recovery.com and American Addiction Centers (AAC) on Thursday announced the sale and transition of several addiction treatment care navigation websites from AAC subsidiary Recovery Brands to Recovery.com. The sites...
InsideWis: Midwest ‘startup city’ rankings show Wisconsin on emerging path
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Chances are you have never heard of Cove, Mumbies, Service ID or Vitaminis, but if the owners and supporters of those four young companies are successful, those might be familiar names in the years ahead. All four were participants in this...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Details unveiled for Port Washington data center development agreement
Port Washington aldermen are reviewing a proposed development agreement for the massive data center development planned by Denver-based Vantage Data Centers. The Common Council is scheduled to vote on the agreement during its next meeting, Aug. 19. The agreement would...
BizTimes Milwaukee: The Boldt Co. names former Microsoft leader as its director of data centers
The Boldt Co., an Appleton-based construction firm, has named former Microsoft leader Dale Lewis director of data centers, a newly created position within the company. Lewis previously served as director of construction for Microsoft’s data center campus in Mount...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood gains momentum
After the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood secured its first private project last month, with Wintrust Financial Corp. announcing plans to build a State Bank of the Lakes branch in the 107-acre former Chrysler factory site, the organization’s leaders are set for more...
WisBusiness: Construction tech use still in ‘adolescence’ despite interest in AI, cybersecurity
Advanced technology use in construction is “still in its adolescence” despite many companies planning to integrate AI, according to a report from Milwaukee-based advisory firm Wipfli. The company this week issued its latest report on the state of technology in...
Exact Sciences: Exact Sciences Announces Exclusive License with Freenome for Blood-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, and Freenome, a biotechnology company pioneering an early cancer detection platform, today announced they have entered into an agreement under which Exact Sciences will...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Medical College of Wisconsin opens $150 million cancer research center. Project took years to do
The Medical College of Wisconsin has opened its $150 million cancer research center − a project years in the making. The five-story building will allow the Medical College to expand and centralize its cancer labs, equipment and staff now spread out across the campus...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Rockwell Automation plans $2 billion investment aimed at boosting productivity across U.S. plants
Milwaukee-based manufacturer Rockwell Automation will spend $2 billion over the next five years making several investments in its existing facilities aimed at improving productivity. The $2 billion investment will include new digital infrastructure and additional...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Hilary Pham of Equability
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. The latest episode of "WisBusiness.com: The Show" features Hilary Pham of Equability, which won the Business Services category of the 2025 Wisconsin Governor’s...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: These Wisconsin video game workers were first to unionize at a major U.S. studio. Three years later, they have a contract.
Video game testers at Middleton-based Raven Software have ratified their first union contract, more than three years after making local and national headlines by launching the first union at a major U.S. studio. Ratified on Aug. 4, the contract gives employees a 10%...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin offering Lilly up to $100 million in tax credits for Kenosha County project
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is offering pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly up to $100 million in tax credits to support the company’s expansion project in Kenosha County. This past year, Indianapolis-based Lilly spent nearly $1 billion to acquire a...
In Business: Graceful Management Systems develops AI-based tool to cut construction costs
A new software product from Madison’s Graceful Management Systems, which uses AI to improve project management and reduce costs in the construction industry, is on the cusp of a significant milestone. The beta testing period for GMS’ technology is wrapping up and the...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Microsoft to exceed initial $3.3B plan for Mount Pleasant data center campus
Microsoft Corp. is upping its investment plans in Racine County. The technology giant in May 2024 announced with much fanfare and a visit from then-President Joe Biden plans for a $3.3 billion data center campus in Mount Pleasant on some of the land originally...