THE NEWSROOM

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...

With backing from large banks and other deep-pocketed sponsors, the Arlington, Virginia-based community lending organization Momentus Capital has launched a new fund that will invest primarily in companies led by diverse entrepreneurs or doing work in communities of...

A startup accelerator program started in Silicon Valley that has chapters around the world is launching in Wisconsin next year. Founder Institute Wisconsin will run a 15-week accelerator program for pre-seed startups, with the first cohort scheduled to start in March...

Earlier this month, Shorewood native and Madison entrepreneur Max Lynch sold his mobile application development startup Ionic to Boston software firm OutSystems. The companies didn't disclose the terms of the deal but "everyone is very happy, both with the financial...

Three startups based in the Milwaukee area: Milwaukee-based Advanced Ionics, Milwaukee-based Rapid Radicals and Hartland-based Wearable Technologies Inc., will be recognized for excellence in innovation at the Innovation + Entrepreneurship Forum, to be held at the...

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes has completed construction and all equipment installation at its new facility in Beloit, Wisconsin, to produce the medical radioisotope molybdenum-99 without the use of highly enriched uranium. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National...

Cancerous tumors that aren’t candidates for surgery or chemotherapy sometimes respond well to alternatives like immunotherapy, but even cutting-edge cancer treatments that harness the immune system have their limits. A recent study by researchers at the University of...

Ask any startup founder and that person will tell you funding an early-stage business is a key obstacle on the pathway to success. Typically, the initial capital for a new business comes from the founder. After that, it is common for the founder to seek capital from...