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By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Few are surprised to learn Madison and Milwaukee are hubs for tech-based innovation involving young companies. Visual evidence, surveys, rankings and studies have shown as much over time. It’s a familiar story to many Wisconsin observers...
WisBusiness: Expert warns of semiconductor industry vulnerabilities
A supply chain specialist warns the United States will be “in a world of hurt” if semiconductor production coming out of Taiwan is disrupted. Rosemary Coates, founder and executive director of the Reshoring Institute, discussed logistics trends yesterday during a...
MKE Startup News: Program offers tax incentive for startup investments
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) established the Qualified New Business Venture (QNBV) Program in 2005 to drive investment into early-stage companies that show the potential to create next-generation economic opportunity in Wisconsin. The QNBV...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison: UW’s Tracey Holloway elected to National Academy of Medicine
Tracey Holloway, atmospheric scientist and professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of her leadership in initiatives to connect climate...
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce: Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin Announced by WMC and Johnson Financial Group
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – partnered with Johnson Financial Group to announce this year’s Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin on Wednesday at WMC’s annual Business Day in Madison event. Pierce...
Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.: Ally Grant
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s (WEDC’s) Diverse Business Development Program is designed to promote inclusivity in Wisconsin’s economy by supporting existing, new and expanding businesses owned by minorities, women, LGBTQ individuals, veterans and...
Madison Startups: Gener8tor Co-Founders to Receive ‘Triple E’ Award
The Wisconsin Technology Council announced today that it will honor Joe Kirgues and Troy Vosseller with the annual Excellence in Entrepreneurial Education award during the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium taking place Nov. 9-10 at the Monona Terrace. According to a...
Wisconsin State Journal: Carl Gulbrandsen, a giant in Wisconsin research, dies at 75
Carl Gulbrandsen, a key player in advancing research at UW-Madison who advocated for stronger ties between universities and private companies, died Monday at the age of 75. A Viroqua native, Gulbrandsen worked for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF, for...
Tech Crunch: Here are the 5 finalists of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022
During the last two days, 20 startups pitched their companies as part of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022. These 20 companies were selected as the best of the brand-new Startup Battlefield 200 and competed for a chance to take home the Battlefield Cup...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison: WARF announces annual grant for university research
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation today announced its annual support to the University of Wisconsin–Madison research enterprise for the academic year ending in 2023. The amount totals $130.0 million across all grant categories and programs. Continuing a...
WARF News: WARF and UW mourn the death of Carl Gulbrandsen, former WARF Managing Director and a visionary champion for Wisconsin innovation
Carl Gulbrandsen, whose leadership and vision during his 16 years as Managing Director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) resulted in unprecedented technological innovation and a doubling of the foundation’s investment portfolio to $2.6 billion, died...
Wisconsin Inno: Allina Health, Flare Capital launch hospital-at-home care platform
Allina Health has partnered with Flare Capital Partners, a Boston-based health care technology venture capital firm of which Advocate Aurora Health Care is an investor, to spin off a new company called Inbound Health to help health systems to offer hospital-at-home...
Wisconsin Inno: Wisconsin startups raised $100M from VCs in Q3 — See who landed the biggest deals
At the national level, venture capital investments in startups continue to slow after a record year in 2021. In Wisconsin, startups raised $100.28 million across 18 deals in the third quarter, according to the latest data from PitchBook Data Inc. and the National...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison: Improved understanding of early spinal cord development paves the way for new treatments
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are developing the means to turn stem cells into a wide range of specific types of spinal cord neurons and cells in the hindbrain — the critical nexus between the spinal cord and the brain — paving the way for...
WARF leader Gulbrandsen passes; strong legacy in tech economy
Carl Gulbrandsen, who left his mark on Wisconsin’s research landscape and its early stage economy over the course of two decades, died Monday following a prolonged illness. He was 75. A native of Viroqua in southwest Wisconsin, Gulbrandsen was managing director of the...
Co-founders Kirgues, Vosseller of gener8tor to receive ‘Triple E’ award at Early Stage Symposium
Joe Kirgues and Troy Vosseller, who launched gener8tor 10 years ago in Wisconsin and have guided its growth into one of the nation’s leading accelerator programs for young companies, will accept the “Excellence in Entrepreneurial Education” award Nov. 9 at the...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Milwaukee pharmaceutical company Estrigenix Therapeutics gets SBIR grant
Milwaukee-based Estrigenix Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on research in estrogen biology, is the recipient of a $300,000 National Institute of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. The funding will be used to support...
WisBusiness: Estrigenix Therapeutics: Awarded $300,000 Grant from the National Institutes of Health
Estrigenix Therapeutics, Inc., a Wisconsin-based, privately held pharmaceutical company leading the way in estrogen biology, has been awarded a $300,000 National Institute of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant. The one-year grant...
SHINE Medical: SHINE Gets Dutch Approval for Project to Improve Patient Access to Promising New Nuclear Medicine
SHINE Technologies, a next-generation fusion technology company, and SHINE Europe announced today that the Dutch government has approved a substantial grant proposal to develop a plan to produce a variety of terbium isotopes for use in nuclear medicine. Within this...
Tests to remove PFAS at Dane County airport demonstrate up to 97% removal rate over time
A joint venture between a Verona-based firm and a Canadian company has led to promising results in an expanding pilot project aimed at removing PFAS in targeted military and civilian sites at the Dane County Regional Airport on Madison’s East Side. A three-part...