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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.
Greater Milwaukee area’s standout moments in tech: Year in Review
Microsoft, Foxconn, Northwestern Mutual and Direct Supply were just some of the big-name companies to make headlines in Milwaukee in 2019.
Chicago IT Consulting Firm Is Expanding to Milwaukee
An information technology consulting startup from Chicago is expanding into Milwaukee and has chosen the city’s newest coworking space as its secondary home. EGuide Tech Allies, founded by Gregory Perrine in 2016, will begin operations in Milwaukee in January and is...
US Travel: 25 Best Places To Visit In 2020
Forbes lists Milwaukee among the 25 best places to see in 2020 citing the city's many positives, including: "The city that turned beer brewing into a major industry by 1900—thanks to barons Blatz, Pabst, Schlitz and Miller—excels today because of multiple...
Deluxe Corp. acquires Fiserv’s remittance solutions business
Brookfield-based financial services technology company Fiserv Inc. sold its remittance solutions business to Minnesota-based Deluxe Corp., the company announced Tuesday. The Deluxe deal comes less than a month after Fiserv sold 60% of its investment services...
Wisconsin Startups Earn Seed Money at BrightStar’s Regional Pitch Competitions
Inventors of an app that tells residents how to follow city guidelines for recycling, a wireless audiovisual system, and a device that detects unseen hazards for truck drivers, are receiving seed money to build their products after winning their respective startup...
Local students experience ‘10,300 hours of code’
Milwaukee-area students were taught 10,300 hours of code as a part of Milwaukee’s “Hour of Code,” a NEWaukee and Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition initiative that promotes tech skills among the youth. The Hour Code runs during Computer Science Week, which is Dec. 9 to Dec....
Foxconn Says it Can’t Find Workers
A Foxconn executive says the company has been unable to recruit employees necessary for its development project in Wisconsin. Alan Yeung, Foxconn’s director of United States Strategic Initiatives, said the company has traveled across the country, “from North Carolina,...
American Family Insurance announces $50,000 program for k-12 students at Sherman Phoenix
American Family Insurance is offering $50,000 to support the STEAM & Dream program at Milwaukee’s Sherman Phoenix, which would be a program to support K-12 students and young adults interested in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
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