High-tech small businesses could receive up to $75,000 from SBIR Advance matching grant
MADISON, Wis. – UW-Extension’s Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) is offering a matching grant of up to $75,000 to provide additional assistance
Wisconsin firms can visit Israel
Wisconsin businesses will have the chance to spend one week in Tel Aviv to establish or expand their global reach. Read More
Korean entrepreneurs to participate in Milwaukee accelerator
Ten South Korean entrepreneurs will soon be participating in an accelerator program—and potentially creating new Milwaukee companies and partnerships—at the Midwest Energy Research Consortium in Milwaukee. Read More
Transforming innovative UW System ideas into new businesses
Up to $200,000 in grants will be awarded to five small businesses in the latest round of awards in the Ideadvance program fostering the entrepreneurship ecosystem across Wisconsin. Read More
State grant to help boost redevelopment project in downtown Superior
The City of Superior has received a $109,877 state grant to help redevelop an old beer distribution warehouse into a new craft brewery – a project expected to spur further development downtown. Read More
Who will build the next tech hub?
While all of America’s top-ranked tech cities have a highly-skilled and highly-educated workforce, a whole host of other factors could shape which city is best positioned to be the next Silicon Valley. That’s a key takeaway from a new index created by real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield that identifies America’s 25 leading high-tech metro areas in 2016. Madison, Wis. came in at No. 10. Read More
State leaders join Governor Walker in celebrating success of state’s cheese industry
Governor Scott Walker, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Ben Brancel and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Mark R. Hogan will visit six cheese companies throughout the state today as part of the Wisconsin’s Dairy Month activities. Read More
Black River Falls Industrial Park site earns state’s Certified In Wisconsin designation
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) announced that it has designated a portion of the Black River Falls Industrial Park as a Certified In Wisconsin® development-ready site. Read More
HATCH to spawn enterprise in central Wisconsin
Central Wisconsin could be the birthplace of the country's next high-tech business innovation. That's one possible outcome for HATCH, a new competition for entrepreneurs to make community connections and earn $2,000 in start-up funds. HATCH, is geared to business ideas that can scale up to a national level. Read More
WEDC awards $250,000 grant to Milwaukee County for redevelopment project
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has awarded a $250,000 Community Development Investment Grant to Milwaukee County for the $21 million renovation of an underutilized historic industrial building on North 4th Street in Milwaukee. Read More
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