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Milwaukee-based The Way Out, a company that offers an anti-bias software platform, has raised $400,000 in seed funding. The lead investor for the funding round was Milwaukee-based Gateway Capital Partners, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in pre-revenue...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Aurora Health Care’s new East Coast partner plans $893M hospital bed tower
Atrium Health's billion-dollar investment into its facilities at Carolinas Medical Center continues as plans for a new bed tower push forward. Atrium is one of three brand names for Advocate Health, a corporate umbrella organization created through a recently...
La Crosse Tribune: UW-La Crosse continues to improve its carbon footprint
Since 2005, UW-La Crosse has reduced heating and electricity emissions by about 30% — despite growing in building space by about 40%. The additions included Centennial Hall, Eagle Hall, the Student Union and Prairie Springs Science Center. Centennial, Eagle and the...
WisBusiness: Talking Trade with Investment Strategist Andy Rothman of California firm Matthews Asia
In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” former diplomat Andy Rothman of the firm Matthews Asia highlights the benefits of U.S. engagement with China and says an initially bumpy transition from strict Covid protocols will improve next year. Rothman urges continued...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Engineer vying for Miss America uses platform to show women can succeed in male-dominated fields
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student from Wausau will be the first nuclear engineer to compete in the Miss America contest Dec. 15. Grace Stanke, who was crowned Miss Wisconsin in June, is using her platform to advocate for nuclear energy while showing women they...
Associated Press: Foxconn qualifies for Wisconsin state tax breaks again
Foxconn Technology Group qualified for tax breaks from the state of Wisconsin for a second year in a row in 2022 under revised contract terms that lowered benchmarks the technology company needed to meet. The Taiwan-based company qualified for $8.6 million in tax...
Cap Times: Madison business leader Amy Gannon remembered in new book
A new book tells the life story of Amy Gannon, a Madison business leader and advocate for female entrepreneurs who died in 2019 in a helicopter crash while on vacation in Hawaii. Gannon, who was 47 at her death, co-founded the nonprofit Doyenne Group in 2012 to mentor...
Wisconsin Inno: In another investment in medtech firm, Venture Investors and SWIB join HistoSonics’ $100M round
A Minnesota medical technology company that's developing a non-invasive device to destroy cancerous tissue has raised $100 million. Plymouth, Minnesota-based HistoSonics Inc. announced Tuesday that it raised $85 million of the funds in a convertible-note form of...
Wisconsin Inno: Zywave lays off employees as growth slows amid economic headwinds
Milwaukee-based insurance technology firm Zywave Inc. announced a reduction in its workforce Wednesday impacting "a number of employees," Zywave CEO Jason Liu said in an email. The layoffs hit as Zywave comes off three years of rapid growth marked by nine...
WisBusiness: Utilities running EV charging pilot programs
Several utilities in Wisconsin are running pilot projects for electric vehicle charging infrastructure to gather data. Mark Bender, special counsel for the law firm Godfrey & Kahn in Madison, gave an overview of several of these projects yesterday during a...
WDTJ-Milwaukee: Wisconsin reacts to breakthrough in nuclear fusion research
The announcement Tuesday of a "net energy gain" using thermonuclear fusion at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California was met with excitement across the world, including Wisconsin. UWM Physics Professor Doctor Philip Chang marveled at the conditions that were...
Is ‘Cream City’ also becoming ‘Cyber City’? Milwaukee tech landscape topic of Jan. 12 luncheon
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier “Chevy” Johnson and City Development Commissioner Lafayette Crump will talk about city and regional technology assets at a Thursday, Jan. 12 Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon. Following Johnson and Crump as a panelist after their...
BizTimes Media: Wisconsin 275: Meet the state’s most influential business leaders
BizTimes Media today unveils Wisconsin 275, a new publication naming the most influential business leaders in the state. This 124-page book profiles 275 Wisconsin business leaders in a variety of industries, doing business in all corners of the state. Industries...
Marshfield Clinic Health System CEO Dr. Susan Turney to step down September 2023
Marshfield Clinic Health System today announced that Susan Turney, MD, MS, FACP, FACMPE, is stepping down as CEO in September 2023. Turney became the organization's first CEO in September 2014 and has guided it through unprecedented growth and expansion while serving...
PR Newswire: Exact Sciences Presents First Time Data Detailing Ability to Predict Radiation Therapy Benefit in Breast Cancer Patients
Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today shared initial clinical validation data for its breast cancer radiation signature, Profile for the Omission of Local Adjuvant Radiotherapy (POLAR), at the 2022 San...
UW-Madison: Folds in pUG molecules turn off genes and could provide clues about human disease
Genes. They’re what control the way living things look and even function, what eye color they may have and even what diseases they may live with. Scientists have worked for decades to understand how some genes get switched on while others are switched off, or...
Madison Startups: Entries Open for 2023 Gov Biz Plan Contest
The Wisconsin Technology Council’s 20th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries now until 11:59 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, organizers announced today. The contest looks to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup stage of tech-enabled...
20 and counting! Gov’s Business Plan Contest open for 2023 entries through Jan. 31, 2023
The 20th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2023 competition until 11:59 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2023. The Wisconsin Technology Council produces the contest to encourage entrepreneurs statewide in the startup stages of...
WisBusiness: Most bank CEOs expect state economy to weaken in next six months
Nearly three quarters of Wisconsin bank CEOs included in a recent survey expect the state’s economy to weaken in the next six months. The Wisconsin Bankers Association’s biannual Economic Conditions Survey found 72 percent of responding bank executives have a negative...
Wisconsin Inno: Zillow acquires Milwaukee firm to bolster real estate software offering
Real estate tech company Zillow Group Inc. has acquired VRX Media, a real estate marketing company based in Milwaukee. The acquisition, announced Thursday, is meant to strengthen Seattle-based Zillow's real estate software brand ShowingTime+, a platform for agents to...