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The dean of UW-Madison’s College of Engineering says hydrogen represents a significant opportunity for Wisconsin’s economy as the country moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But Ian Robertson also said society isn’t ready yet for widespread adoption of clean...
MKE Startup News: LeaseCrunch Eases Lease Accounting Changes
To understand the runaway success of Milwaukee-based LeaseCrunch, you have to know a little bit about accounting. Most businesses are required to follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Commonly known as GAAP, these standards are put forth by the Financial...
Experienced ‘treps, investors on hand Nov. 9 for six panels at 2022 Early Stage Symposium
Some of the most active entrepreneurs, investors and service experts from Wisconsin and beyond will take part in informative panel discussions during the first day of the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. The in-person conference, which continues Thursday,...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin is awarded 65 electric school buses. They could reduce costs, CO2 and asthma.
Wisconsin is set to get 65 new electric school buses with federal funds ― reportedly the first ever electric school buses in the state, which has lagged behind others in adopting them. Districts that applied for funds were picked in a lottery system. Milwaukee Public...
PR Newswire: Vivid Microscopy’s technology detects stages of cardiac microvascular disease using an animal-based model as demonstrated in a University of Louisville study
Vivid Microscopy, an emerging biotech company in the United States, today announced the successful use of its high content screening probe, SEMKUR-IM, in a study conducted by the University of Louisville on coronary microvascular disease (CMD) in post-menopausal...
Madison Startups: Cellular Logistics Earns $337K SBIR Grant
Cellular Logistics announced recently that it is the recipient of a second Phase I SBIR Grant through the National Institutes of Health, this one worth $337,000. According to a release, the money will be used to further evaluate the functional immune and angiogenic...
WisconsinEye: WI Technology Council: Wisconsin’s Hydrogen Economy
On October 25, 2022, the Wisconsin Tech Council held an Innovation Network luncheon on how 10 Midwest states and private partners are working to make hydrogen an affordable, safe and carbon-free energy option. The event features UW-Madison Engineering Dean Ian...
BizTimes Milwaukee: GenoPalate raises $5.6 million to expand product offerings
Wauwatosa-based GenoPalate, Inc., a nutritional genomics company, has raised $5.6 million during the initial phase of its $10.6 million equity financing round. The funding will be used to expand the company’s product offerings. The funding will also be used to improve...
Wisconsin ‘teams’ competing for NSF grants to take stage Nov. 10 at Early Stage Symposium
The “Regional Innovation Engine” program of the National Science Foundation is a nationwide effort to turn promising research into economic growth, jobs and enduring partnerships involving a mix of regional players. Leaders of three Wisconsin coalitions that have...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Without more people moving to Wisconsin, its workforce may shrink by 130K by 2030
Without more people moving to Wisconsin, the state’s working age population is expected to shrink by about 130,000 people within eight years. That’s according to a recent report by Forward Analytics, the research arm of the Wisconsin Counties Association. The report...
Wisconsin Ag Connection: Dairy Innovation Hub Releases Annual Report
More than 130 projects have been funded so far across the participating Wisconsin college campuses of the Dairy Innovation Hub. That's according to the group's latest annual report, which was released this week by Faculty Director Dr. Heather White. "Having positive...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Hospital merger could affect 2M patients in Wisconsin, 3 other Midwest states
About two million people in Wisconsin and three other Midwestern states could have better access to specialty health care. That's if a merger between Marshfield Clinic Health System and Essentia Health moves forward. Marshfield Clinic operates hospitals and clinics...
WisBusiness: New investment strategies aim to bring ‘political transparency’ to S&P 500 index funds
Two Madison-based companies have released new investment strategies aimed at bringing “complete political transparency” to S&P 500 index funds. Goods Unite Us and Quiver Quantitative yesterday announced the launch of the “Republican Large-Cap Core Strategy” and...
PR Newswire: Biotech Company GenoPalate Raises $5.6 Million from Investors – Investments in Personalized Nutrition and Healthy Eating Continue to Rise
GenoPalate, Inc., a Milwaukee-based nutritional genomics company, has closed on $5.6 million in investments in the initial phase of its current $10.6 million round of equity financing. The funds will be used to grow and enhance GenoPalate's product offerings to...
WisBusiness: BioForward Wisconsin: New report puts statewide biohealth industry economic impact at $32B
BioForward Wisconsin, the collective voice of Wisconsin’s robust and comprehensive biohealth cluster representing more than 220 member organizations, shared results of the Wisconsin Biohealth: Industry Landscape and Economic Impact Report which highlights the...
Wisconsin Inno: TitletownTech backs Chicago-based water sensor startup Stemloop
Green Bay venture capital firm TitletownTech's latest investment is in Chicago-area biosensor company Stemloop Inc., which aims to solve the problem of unsafe drinking water. The financing from TitletownTech, a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft,...
WEDC Blog: African firm makes a historic investment in Wisconsin
Wisconsin delivered all the elements Ghana-based Niche Cocoa was seeking in its first North American manufacturing site. “Taking into account proximity to customers, logistics, high-quality human capital and a business-friendly environment, Wisconsin was a great...
Cellular Logistics: Cellular Logistics Awarded Second NIH Phase 1 SBIR Grant
Cellular Logistics has been awarded a $337,000 SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health to further evaluate the functional immune and angiogenic (blood vessel growth) responses of the company’s Cardiac Fibroblast Matrix product, CFX™ Solus, for the...
Exact Sciences: Exact Sciences Expands Leadership In Colorectal Cancer Screening With New Data Presented At The American College Of Gastroenterology 2022 Annual Meeting
Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced the company will present new data supporting the positive impact of Cologuard® as a colorectal cancer screening tool during the American College of...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Family chemistry: Nexus Pharmaceuticals brings new thinking to drug industry
Tucked just out of plain sight of motorists traveling along the I-94 corridor in Kenosha County, there’s a three-story, 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie that marks the next stage of growth for a family-owned pharmaceutical company that...