Entrepreneurship & Small Business
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Venture Investors closes on $75 million VC fund, opens Milwaukee office
Venture Investors LLC recently closed on a $75 million venture capital fund created to promote health care opportunities generated by Midwestern universities.
Co:Lab civic accelerator to focus on Clarke Square, Lindsay Heights and Riverworks
Milwaukee-based civic accelerator Co:Lab will permanently launch in February with a focus on addressing challenges brought forward by the Clarke Square, Lindsay Heights and Riverworks neighborhood groups.
Startup Milwaukee Week to return with diversity focus
Startup Milwaukee Week announced it will return in November for its fourth year with an increased focus on diversity and inclusion and more opportunities for emerging startups to connect with venture capitalists from the Great Lakes region.
UWM-incubated startup SafeLi LLC awarded $1 million federal commercialization grant
Shorewood-based startup SafeLi LLC has received a $1 million federal grant to further commercialize the graphene-based materials it has...
Local cybersecurity startup shutting down
Milwaukee-based cybersecurity startup Deeplight Systems is going out of business.
New Milwaukee professional women’s organization to focus on inclusion, mentorship
The female founders of three Milwaukee-based companies have launched a new organization that will offer peer-to-peer mentorship for Milwaukee area women professionals.
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Progress for Wisconsin venture capital
When Badger Fund of Funds was still an idea, Ken Johnson shared with me one of his motivations. He...
Former Cree Inc. CEO named innovator-in-residence at Marquette University
Marquette University announced Chuck Swoboda, an alumnus and former longtime chief executive officer of Cree Inc., as its first-ever...
‘Project Pitch It’ opens fourth season to students
Wisconsin entrepreneurship pitch television show “Project Pitch It” is calling on middle and high school students to audition for...
A Goodman’s Desserts wins Rev-Up MKE
A Goodman’s Desserts, a Milwaukee business that creates scratch-made desserts from family recipes, has won the fourth annual Rev-Up...
