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Contact Colleen McDonald Sr. Communications Consultant - Earned Media 414.801.3146 | cmcdonald@mcw.edu Seed Grants support community health, workforce development, and health-focused research Milwaukee, Wis. – Jan. 21, 2025 – The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (AHW) will fund 66 new projects focused on improving health and...

A new venture capital fund called Mastercraft Ventures is launching in Beloit with a $2.4 million investment from the state’s Badger Fund of Funds.  This marks the sixth VC fund to have the Badger Fund as its lead investor and the first in Rock County, according to a release from Mastercraft. The fund manager,...

-- A new venture capital fund called Mastercraft Ventures is launching in Beloit with a $2.4 million investment from the state’s Badger Fund of Funds.  This marks the sixth VC fund to have the Badger Fund as its lead investor and the first in Rock County, according to a release from Mastercraft. The fund...

Will Invest in Wisconsin-based Startup Companies Contact: Steve Lyons 608-220-7478 Beloit, Wisconsin – January 21, 2025 – Mastercraft Ventures announces the launch of a new Wisconsin venture capital fund, Mastercraft Ventures Fund I, LP (the “Fund”). Based in Beloit, Wisconsin, the Fund seeks...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Dairy Business Association, in collaboration with Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, honored Duane Ducat of Deer Run Dairy yesterday with the association’s second annual Community Outreach Award. This award recognizes farmers who are active in their community and share the stories and positive messages of dairy farms and products. It was presented during...

Subscriber note: There will be no WisBusiness.com AM News Monday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Products will resume Tuesday. Thanks for subscribing!  -- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Erik Iverson, CEO of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.  WARF this year is celebrating its 100th...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Erik Iverson, CEO of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.  WARF this year is celebrating its 100th anniversary, putting a spotlight on its role in supporting and commercializing UW-Madison research. Iverson shares his thoughts on the organization’s history, its wide-ranging impacts in Wisconsin and where it’s...

MILWAUKEE, WIS. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a multi-year $26 million grant to add new Women's Business Centers (WBCs) and increase support of existing WBCs across the country on Thursday. The Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) has been named as one of the grant recipients, and will receive funding to support childcare enterprises across the...

APPLETON, Wis. — McCarty Law LLP, a top law firm in Northeast Wisconsin, is proud to announce that attorney Ali Ratajczak has been appointed as the new director of the Fox Valley Estate Planning Council (FVEPC). With years of experience in estate planning, wills and trusts, Ratajczak’sleadership will bring expertise, innovation and a collaborative spirit to support education and cooperation among...