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Foxconn Hasn’t Created Innovation Centers
Hasn’t fulfilled promise of 1,200 jobs and new centers in Milwaukee, Green Bay, Eau Claire, Madison.
Johnson Controls Introduces AI Facial Recognition Software
A new product from Johnson Controls, the smart building technologies giant, is introducing a facial recognition system that can notify stores, schools and other venues of the presence of an undesirable person. With the AI-enabled system, retail businesses, venues or...
Northwestern Mutual invests in California-based fintech mobile app
Northwestern Mutual’s venture capital arm joined a $3.5 million funding round for U-Nest Inc., a California-based financial services mobile app. Northwestern Mutual’s investment, made by the company’s Future Ventures Fund, marks the first investment of the $20 million...
Conversion begins of historic Walker’s Point industrial building into Eagleknit Innovation Hub offices
The $30 million conversion of a historic Walker's Point industrial building into offices, including space for two nonprofit job training groups, has started. Eagleknit Innovation Hub, 507 S. Second St., also will seek tech-based businesses and other tenants, according...
Former Milwaukee Bucks Star Michael Redd Joins $50M Sports Tech Fund
Former Milwaukee Bucks star Michael Redd has joined Columbus, Ohio-based ADvantage Sports Tech Fund as a venture partner. The $50M fund launched in 2018 and is backed by leAD Sports, an investment firm backed by the family of Adi Dassler, the founder of Adidas, and...
Novel Coworking debuts new coworking space in Milwaukee
Workspace provider Novel Coworking is debuting private offices, office suites, and coworking space at its new Cathedral Square location. The company acquired the 790 N. Milwaukee St. building in May and has renovated it into state-of-the-art workspace for one to...
Sheboygan County EDC Names New Director of Innovation and Engagement
The Sheboygan County Economic Development Corp. and FreshTech Task Force have appointed a staff person to focus specifically on the organization’s FreshTech Innovation District and its programming. FreshTech is a half-mile urban technology park for co-working, lab...
New York group proposes ‘food tech incubator’ on Milwaukee’s west side
A vacant building and parking lot near the northwest corner of West Wells Street and North 27th Street on Milwaukee’s west side could be turned into a vertically integrated food facility consisting of an urban farming operation, commercial kitchen, educational...
Wisconsin’s Top 10 Tech Fundings of 2019
The amount of venture capital raised in a tech ecosystem is often an important metric in gauging its growth. And as the year comes to an end, Wisconsin Inno wanted to recap some of 2019’s largest funding rounds.
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