THE NEWSROOM

Deposits and loans at Wisconsin banks continued to grow in the third quarter, but the pace of growth in deposits slowed as some consumers tapped into savings to deal with rising inflation, according to the latest data from the FDIC. Bank customers had $120.3 billion...

Milwaukee-based biotech startup Geno.Me is focused on expanding its client base and boosting sales as it nears the close of its seed two funding round, which has a cap of more than $3 million. Geno.Me links genomic and electronic health record data in an open...

Kiyem Obuseh and Tylor Brackett had a difficult decision to make. Should they attend their “extremely hard” calculus class? Or should they miss it to try to get a moment with Gov. Tony Evers at a press conference to talk to him about the app they were developing? The...

Earlier this year Plumb Pharmaceuticals, Inc. secured investment from the Winnow Fund, a Madison-based venture capital fund investing in pre-seed Wisconsin-headquartered startups with a particular focus on opportunities spinning out of the state’s public and private...

A new facility in Beloit will help Wisconsin increase domestic supply of a critical isotope for the health care industry. NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes recently finished construction and equipment installation at a new facility in Beloit to produce the medical...

Hang 10 Poké, a business idea of food-service entrepreneur Kean O’Brien, was the winner of the NEW Launch Alliance Pitch Event, held Dec. 1 at TitletownTech in Green Bay. AntiMussel and Starr Merrie Native Gifts took second and third place, respectively. The three...

Advocate Aurora Health has completed its merger with North Carolina-based Atrium Health, creating a combined organization called Advocate Health that will be headquartered in Charlotte, the organization’s announced Friday. The planned merger was originally announced...

Building on a strong agricultural legacy, Wisconsin has become a hotspot for startups in the agricultural technology sector. The state offers support for young companies, facilitating their growth so their innovative technologies can reach the market and scale up...

Wauwatosa-based accounting and advisory firm Wipfli announced Thursday it has acquired Chandler, Arizona-based ApostleTech. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ApostleTech is a software development company specializing in customer relationship management...

CareDirect, a Milwaukee-based company that sells secure digital medication cabinets to health providers, has a new CEO. Pharmacist and health tech executive Alex Yampolsky is the company's new chief executive, according to a Wednesday announcement. Yampolsky will lead...

The vice president of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce says “the value of the ecosystem is as strong as ever” despite business challenges like inflation and the labor shortage. In an interview yesterday, Kevin Little offered an optimistic perspective on the...

A Madison technology startup aims to deliver improved health care through interactive video-screen kiosks where someone can reach a nurse anytime day or night. Nurse Disrupted has installed kiosks at City on a Hill, a faith-based non-profit located in the former...

Fetch has added two key executive roles as the company moves to scale its technology and operational capabilities to keep pace with unprecedented growth in both user base and brand partnerships, the company announced today. Charles McColgan joins Fetch as its first...

Thursday marked a historic day for two well-known health systems in the upper Midwest as Gundersen Health System and Bellin Health have completed their merger of equals and have combined operations. “Our organizations are coming together with one vision for the future...

Interest rates are up, home prices are up, and inflation remains stubbornly high, despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts. But according to the handful of industry leaders who took the stage at “State of the Sectors,” an annual panel on economic trends hosted by the...

Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLRB), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer, today announced the appointment of Shane Lea as its chief commercial officer,...

As lawmakers prepare to write Wisconsin’s next biennial budget, one potential source of bipartisan cooperation could be working to address the state’s health care workforce shortages. That’s according to five of the state’s top health care lobbyists, who discussed...

Manufacturing activity in southeastern Wisconsin continued its downward trend in November as new orders and order backlogs both declined during the month, according to the latest Marquette-ISM Report on Manufacturing. The report’s Milwaukee-area PMI dropped from 45.24...

Andrew Schmitz has been selected as the inaugural managing director of the U.S. Venture Sustainability Accelerator. The startup accelerator program, a partnership between U.S. Venture and gener8tor, is located in Appleton and will support high-growth and innovative...