Entrepreneurship & Small Business
SBIR grants helping several southeastern Wisconsin businesses commercialize their inventions
Five area businesses have received grants to help them commercialize their products through SBIR Advance’s latest funding round.
The state matching...
Rapid Radicals wins Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Milwaukee-based company Rapid Radicals is the grand prize winner of this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest.
Rapid Radicals has developed...
Lakeland University hires entrepreneur to lead Jake’s, A Lakeland Community
Stephanie Hoskins, the co-founder of cloud-based software company Debtle, has been hired by Lakeland University as the inaugural Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. Chair for Business & Entrepreneurship to lead Jake’s, A Lakeland Community.
Torzala Brewing set to open in Bay View’s Lincoln Warehouse in June
Milwaukee's newest brewery, Torzala Brewing, is soon set to open in the the Lincoln Warehouse building in the city's Bay View neighborhood.
Report: startup creation in rural Wisconsin communities sees sharp decline
A newly released report on rural innovation shows that since 1978, the number of startups in rural Wisconsin has dropped by 50%.
Rev up: Advanced Ionics to use $4.2 million seed round for pilot projects
Milwaukee-based startup Advanced Ionics plans to use the $4.2 million it secured through its first funding round to launch...
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Lakeland University clears path for innovation, entrepreneurship in Sheboygan County with Jake’s Café initiative
In a region with an economy historically dominated by large, national companies like Sargento Foods, Johnsonville and Kohler Co.,...
Milwaukee Regional Innovation Center executive director Guy Mascari to retire
Guy Mascari will retire at the end of this year after more than 27 years in leadership positions at...
Four local companies make it to final round of Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Over 200 entries have been narrowed down to 13 finalists in the annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Four of those 13 companies are from southeastern Wisconsin. They include Milwaukee-based Rapid Radicals Technology, Brookfield-based ContraDoc Inc., Milwaukee-based My Hearing Care and Fontana-based Reinventauctions.com.
NVNG launches online, statewide database of startups to increase national exposure
Madison-based NVNG Investment Advisors has launched an online database that aims to encapsulate all of the state’s startups. Called +Venture Wisconsin, the database was created to increase exposure of Wisconsin companies to national and international venture capital communities.
