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Technology based news from around the state - and the world!WisconsinINNO: New data shows WI startups raised record amount of funding in 2019
New data shows that Wisconsin tech companies raised a record amount of venture capital funding in 2019, even though total deal volume in the state remained flat. The Madison-based Wisconsin Technology Council and its Tech Council Investor Networks released...
InsideWis: Sense of urgency evident in WEDC report on COVID-19 economic recovery
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Missy Hughes, the secretary of Wisconsin’s leading economic development agency, doesn’t need much lecturing on the shortcomings of broadband penetration in rural Wisconsin. Her family’s home sits at the end of a rural road in southwest...
Guest column: It’s time for us to build America 5.0
By Kaleem Caire I was pleased to see that Princeton University’s Board of Trustees recently voted to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from their School of Public and International Affairs. I cannot tell you how disheartening it has been all of my life to walk by statues...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Direct Supply partners with San Francisco company on safety tech for elderly
Direct Supply, the Milwaukee-based technology, distribution and consulting company serving the senior care industry, is teaming up with a California health care tech company to develop safety innovation that can reduce the number of falls that take place among the...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Tech company with Wisconsin roots goes public with its IPO plans
Jamf Holding Corp. announced Tuesday that it had filed with the SEC to list its common stock on the Nasdaq market under the stock ticker JAMF. The announcement shouldn't be a surprise to longtime watchers of the Minneapolis-based tech company, which originated in Eau...
“AI: An end to work as we know it” featured in July 9 Tech Council webinar
As part of the Tech Council’s continuing webinar series, “Crossing the coronavirus chasm,” we’ll hear from Nick Myers of RedFox AI 1 p.m. Thursday, July 9. Individual and corporate members of the Wisconsin Technology Council may register now to learn about artificial...