Among the first news outlets to pick up on Wednesday’s unveiling of the $100 million Wisconsin Investment Fund were two outside the state — the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in Washington and U.S. News & World Report. Both took note within hours.
As I mentioned to those who gathered at Madison’s Forward BIOLABS for the announcement by Gov. Tony Evers and others, that’s a big reason why the public-private fund is not an end in the state’s journey to build a more vibrant technology economy, but a new and significant beginning.