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More than 350 high school students and mentors from all across the United States came to compete in a VEX Robotics Competition at the Lambeau Field Atrium. Students from California, Illinois, South Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Montana, Indiana,...
Fox 11 News: TitletownTech invests in Tusk Logistics
TitletownTech says its latest investment is in a Chicago-based logistics company. Tusk Logistics publicly launched at the supply chain and logistics conference Manifest, and announced its $1.6 million pre-seed funding round, led by Forum Ventures with participation...
WisBusiness: State to get over $400,000 through settlement with crypto company
Wisconsin will receive more than $400,000 through a settlement with the crypto-related company Nexo Capital, the state Department of Financial Institutions says. DFI this week announced a $22.5 million multi-state securities settlement against the company, which was...
PR Newswire: WEC Energy Group announces project to demonstrate long-duration organic flow battery storage
WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC) today announced that the company will lead a pilot project at its Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee to test a new form of long-duration energy storage. WEC Energy Group is collaborating with EPRI, an independent, nonprofit energy research...
WisBusiness: TitletownTech: Invests in Tusk Logistics
TitletownTech, a venture capital firm formed out of a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, has invested in Tusk Logistics, a Chicago-based supply chain company that has built a national network of regional parcel carriers. Tusk publicly launched at...
BizTimes Milwaukee: RNC leaders discuss next steps, business opportunities for 2024 convention
There are still 17 months to go before the 2024 Republican National Convention comes to Milwaukee, but the GOP and local organizers are already laying the groundwork to bring upwards of 45,000 visitors to the city for the four-day event. Local officials and Republican...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Deborah Ford, champion of first-generation students, is leaving UW-Parkside chancellor post after 13 years
One of the University of Wisconsin System's longest-serving chancellors is leaving for a job leading a similarly sized university in the Midwest. Indiana University Southeast announced Thursday that UW-Parkside Chancellor Deborah Ford will begin serving as the...
PR Newswire: Upwardli Raises $2 Million in Series Seed Funding to Help the New to Country Unlock Access to Credit
Upwardli, a financial technology company offering credit building products for consumers new to credit, announced a $2 million Series Seed funding round led by Dundee Venture Capital, with participation from Techstars, J4 Ventures, Cascade Seed Fund, Avesta...
Wisconsin Inno: Milwaukee fintech startup raises $2M for app to help immigrants establish credit
Milwaukee financial technology startup Upwardli has raised $2 million in seed funding from investors to grow its credit-building platform, the company announced Thursday. Upwardli will use the capital to hire additional staff, improve platform features to help users...
BizTimes Milwaukee: MSOE to turn former residence into music conservatory
The Milwaukee School of Engineering has announced place to turn an historic home at 308 E. Juneau St. in downtown Milwaukee into The Patricia E. Kern Conservatory of Music. In a press release issued Wednesday morning, the school said it has acquired the one-time...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Aurora Health Care’s newest Milwaukee-area hospital gains foothold
It's been one year since the opening of Aurora Health Care's $228 million medical center in Mount Pleasant adjacent to the Foxconn Technology Group campus, with the new facility admitting nearly 1,800 patients by year-end 2022. The facility represents Aurora’s first...
WisBusiness: Alliant Energy: New era of energy delivery coming to Sheboygan
For more than a century, the city of Sheboygan has been a key energy hub helping to power homes and businesses in eastern Wisconsin and beyond. With new technological advances and the ongoing transition to cleaner renewable generation sources, Alliant Energy announced...
Emerging companies may seek ‘speed dates’ with major firms at March 20 Tech Summit
Emerging companies may apply through Feb. 22 to meet with major firms and explore potential business relationships around technology needs and innovation as part of the 10th annual Wisconsin Tech Summit, which will take place in-person at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field....
Alliant Energy: New era of energy delivery coming to Sheboygan
For more than a century, the city of Sheboygan has been a key energy hub helping to power homes and businesses in eastern Wisconsin and beyond. With new technological advances and the ongoing transition to cleaner renewable generation sources, Alliant Energy announced...
MKE Startup News: HeyGov helps municipalities modernize
Serial entrepreneur, Dustin Overbeck, got the idea for his company, HeyGov when he was struggling to receive payments from government municipalities in the early days of the pandemic. Overbeck is also the owner of Town Web Design, a company that creates websites for...
BizTimes Milwaukee: WEC Energy Group spending $250 million for stake in Texas solar project
The parent company of We Energies plans to spend $250 million to acquire an 80% stake in a solar project located around 140 miles northeast of Dallas, Texas. Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group will acquire the stake in the 250-megawatt Samson I Solar Energy Center,...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Team behind Character venture capital fund launches new pre-seed program
More than two years since the founding of Milwaukee-based venture capital fund Character by John Zeratsky, Eli Blee-Goldman and Jake Knapp, the team has unveiled an expansion of their venture capital efforts. A new program called Character Labs will help pre-seed...
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation: ‘Green’ Tylenol: Synthesizing Acetaminophen from Renewable Biomass
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is seeking commercial partners interested in developing an inexpensive method to synthesize the active ingredient in Tylenol and other pain relievers, as well as the commodity chemical p-aminophenol, from lignin. The...
City of Whitewater: New Leader Named for the Whitewater University Technology Park
he Whitewater University Technology Park board of directors has appointed Elizabeth Thelen, M.S. as the Whitewater University Technology Park and Community Engagement Center's Executive Director. After an extensive nationwide search, the search committee narrowed the...
Oshkosh Northwestern: Oshkosh Defense selected to submit prototypes in race for $5 billion heavy-duty military truck contract
Oshkosh Defense is gearing up to make a run at a $5 billion contract to build the U.S. Army's next generation of heavy-duty tactical trucks. The company, a subsidary of Oshkosh Corp., is one of four companies recently selected to deliver protoype trucks for evaluation...