Entrepreneurship & Small Business

The winners of this year’s Wisconsin Innovation Awards have been crowned and two Kenosha companies are among those being recognized.

Delavan-based Millennium continues to surpass expectations in more ways that one. The telecommunications solutions company has been continually named one of America’s fastest-growing companies and 2022 has been no different.

Milwaukee-based BizStarts is supporting one of the graduates of its BizStarts Institute through the creation of a GoFundMe campaign.

Milwaukee-based Accent Property Restoration has been acquired by Haltom City, Texas-based BMS CAT. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. BMS CAT provides fire and water restoration services, as well as disaster cleanup and mold remediation.

Delavan-based Millennium, a telecommunications solutions provider, has more than doubled the cap on its Infrastructure Fund to keep up with customer demand.

Krause Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, Inc. has been acquired by Orlando-based Foundation Partners Group, an operator of funeral homes and cemeteries across the U.S. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) announced this week a $1 million investment that will go toward supporting the state’s rural entrepreneurs.

Here's what leaders of the Fastest 5 attributed to their company’s success:

The Idea Fund of La Crosse has launched its second venture fund focused on pre-revenue startups. Called Idea Fund II, the new venture fund has already attracted over $20 million in investment capital, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund’s goal is to raise up to $25 million.

After a two-year hiatus, the Future 50 program returned this year to recognize the fastest growing privately-owned businesses in...