SHINE Medical Technologies LLC and Phoenix LLC announced that the companies have completed a merger under which Phoenix has become a wholly owned subsidiary of SHINE.
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New chapter: University Research Park Creates a Sustainable Future Packed with Discovery
The Wisconsin Idea is the notion that the benefits of the University of Wisconsin should ripple well beyond the borders of campus. If you wanted to see the Wisconsin Idea in action, you could visit …
Pill Skills and Boosted Chews from UW-Madison compete in national entrepreneurship competition
Two groups of aspiring entrepreneurs from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will be among 25 finalists vying for $215,000 in prize funds this week at a national competition looking for the next big idea.
Prepare for (social) impact: StartingBlock cohort prepares to level up social change
Eleven teams of entrepreneurs, many of them local, will soon take their social entrepreneurship endeavors to the next level as part of StartingBlock’s 2021 Social Impact Cohort.
UW–Madison alum’s mask makes Time magazine’s list of best inventions of 2020
While studying abroad in Singapore as a University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineering undergraduate student in 2013, Max Bock-Aronson experienced heightened levels of air pollution firsthand. He also happened to be taking an engineering course on …
Scott Resnick: Fetch shows potential for high-growth technology companies in Wisconsin
Fetch Rewards has delivered to Madison its first unicorn — and, at least as important, lessons for how to achieve more high-growth startup companies. A “unicorn” in the technology sector is a venture-backed startup with …
UW-Madison hires former Foxconn official to build business relationships
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has hired a former official with Foxconn Technology Group to lead the university’s Office of Business Engagement. John Garnetti will lead the office as managing director, UW-Madison said Thursday. He starts …
Finalists in Gov’s Biz Plan Contest poised to aid in post-COVID economic rebound
Twenty-five entries representing sectors as broad as health, cleantech, education and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 18th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contestants have emerged …
Madison’s Fetch Rewards snags unicorn status after $210M investment round
Unicorn companies are startups that reach the statistically rare mark of being valued at $1 billion, which the consumer rewards app did last month when it closed a $210 million equity investment round. “It just …
New Research at UW–Madison website creates connections and amplifies scholarly success
A new campus tool is making it easier to find research collaborators on campus, while also highlighting the impressive productivity of campus researchers. . . . APIR is the campus liaison to Academic Analytics, which …