Innovation

Milwaukee-based SpeakPulse, an app that offers AI-enabled interview preparation technology so job seekers can hone their interview skills, has been acquired by Las Vegas-based ENTITY Academy.

Renaissant, the IT company behind loading dock intelligence platform Dock|C2, has raised $1.07 million in funding to support future growth. The company completed a $770,000 funding round this month and received a $300,000 technology development loan from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

The Madison-based company was founded in 2020 and is focused on providing mid-term housing for remote workers.

Summerfest Tech is returning this June with an expanded Pitch Competition.

It’s been a dream almost four years in the making, but Octane Coffee founder Adrian Deasy is currently on track to open his first drive-thru location this summer.

Milwaukee entrepreneur Christopher Perceptions is hoping to bring a new type of cryptocurrency to the city.

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.

Milwaukee-based software startup Dinvy is looking to help other local businesses through their “Let’s Go Milwaukee” campaign.

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.

WEC Energy Group plans to test hydrogen as fuel source for its power plants as part of a pilot...