Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Access resources and stories to support entrepreneurs in southeastern Wisconsin.
Marquette clinic offering free legal resources for local entrepreneurs
Students in Marquette’s Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic (LEC) have successfully completed their Neighborhood Entrepreneur Project, aimed at providing free legal support to low and moderate-income microentrepreneurs in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee-based Ideawake completes $1 million funding round
Milwaukee-based Ideawake has completed a $1 million funding round which will be used to help the company accelerate its market expansion into health care.
Racine-based R&B Grinding Co. acquired by Texas private equity firm
Racine-based R&B Grinding, LLC has been acquired by Willis & Smith Capital, a Plano, Texas-based private equity firm. The transaction closed on Feb. 1. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Investments in Wisconsin early-stage companies in 2021 shatter previous high
Angel investors and venture capitalists invested at least $810 million in young, Wisconsin-based companies in 2021, shattering the previous yearly early-stage investment record for the state of $483.6 million in 2020
CEO of Milwaukee-based Exit 7C pleads guilty to wire fraud
Blessing Egbon, founder and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based Exit 7C, has reached a plea deal with the state in which he has agreed to plead guilty to three counts of wire fraud.
MKE Tech Hub Coalition’s impact report shows nonprofit is bringing talent to Milwaukee
The MKE Tech Hub Coalition is one of a handful of local organizations seeking to increase the amount of tech workers in our region. The coalition’s newly released 2021 impact report highlights how much closer they are getting toward their ultimate goal: to inclusively double the tech workforce in southeastern Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee software startup Dinvy temporarily offering their platform for free
Milwaukee-based software startup Dinvy is looking to help other local businesses through their “Let’s Go Milwaukee” campaign.
Two Milwaukee companies are semifinalists for national ‘Startup of the Year’
Milwaukee-based startups washbnb and Rex Academy have been named semifinalists at the Startup of the Year Summit currently taking place in Tampa, Florida. The local startups are the only Wisconsin companies among the list of 82 semifinalists, which are based across the U.S.
Greendale-based Emergency Fire & Water Restoration acquired by First Onsite
Emergency Fire & Water Restoration (EFWR), a Greendale-based fire and water restoration, mitigation and reconstruction service provider, has been...
Madison-based Cultured Decadence acquired by UPSIDE Foods
Madison-based Cultured Decadence, a manufacturer of cell-cultured seafood alternatives including lobster meat, has been acquired by Berkeley, California-based UPSIDE...
