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🔒 Milwaukee-based Advanced Ionics taking part in Spanish business accelerator
Milwaukee startup Advanced Ionics, a company focused on tackling the decarbonization of heavy industry, has been selected out of a pool of 420 businesses to take part in the Fondo de Emprendedores accelerator.
Milwaukee Public Museum unveils design plans for new building, as it begins major fundraising push Â
On Monday morning, MPM unveiled renderings for its planned $240 million new museum building and campus slated to be built on a 2.4-acre site northeast of Sixth Street and McKinley Avenue in the Haymarket neighborhood near downtown Milwaukee.
Weekly Debrief: Can Kohl’s make it in downtown Milwaukee?
Maredithe Meyer, Andrew Weiland and Arthur Thomas from BizTimes Media get together to discuss the news of the week,...
RNC site selection committee recommends Milwaukee to host the 2024 Republican National Convention
A Republican National Committee site selection committee today recommended Milwaukee to be the host city for the 2024 Republican National Convention, according to reports. A major step, but not the final one, towards Milwaukee hosting the convention.
🔒 Fiserv again ponders HQ relocation
Brookfield-based fintech company Fiserv, Inc. is once again seriously considering plans to relocate its corporate headquarters.
Kohl’s unveils plans for store in downtown Milwaukee
Kohl's Corp. announced plans Friday to open a new retail location in the former Boston Store space on West Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee.
🔒 A sneak peek inside Ascent as it welcomes its first tenants
When Tim Gokhman, managing director of New Land Enterprises, first set out to construct Ascent MKE --Â a hybrid mass timber building at 700 E. Kilbourn Ave. in downtown Milwaukee -- his primary reason for wanting to pursue the project was simple aesthetics.
🔒 Waukesha-based TIP Technologies acquired by Virginia software company
Waukesha-based TIP Technologies, a quality management system (QMS) provider for highly regulated manufacturers, has been acquired by Herndon, Virginia-based Deltek.
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🔒 Milwaukee data science company Sift Healthcare raises $9 million
Milwaukee-based Sift Healthcare, a data science company that helps health care providers receive increased patient payment and payer reimbursement, has closed a $9 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Allos Ventures and First Trust Capital Partners. The Winnebago Seed Fund is one of several early investors in the company.
Summerfest attendance this year was far below pre-pandemic levels
Total attendance for Summerfest 2022 was 445,611, according to its producer, Milwaukee World Festival Inc. That’s an 8.8% increase compared to attendance of 409,386 in 2021, but far below pre-pandemic levels for the festival.
Is a 100 basis point increase on the way?
If a 100 basis point increase lands, it’ll be the largest increase in modern Fed history.
🔒 Metro Milwaukee home sales down 3.8% for first half of year
Home sales in the four-county metro Milwaukee area were down 3.8% during the first half of the year, compared to a year ago, and 10.6% in June, year-over-year, according to the latest home sale data from the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.