The Amex Biotech Index includes only about 20 biotech stocks (most of which are the large-cap biotech stocks, which are usually the best performers). No Midwest biotech companies are listed on this index. The Nasdaq Biotech Index has expanded significantly. The Midwest has three company stocks...
MADISON—After partnering up for two years, the Wisconsin Life Sciences and Venture Conference and the Wisconsin Biotech & Medical Device Conference have decided to go their separate ways....
Park Bank and Impact Seven use Wisconsin Impact Fund to distribute loans The Wisconsin Impact Fund has loaned $3.5 million to The Alexander Company, the developer of a commercial campus on Madison's south side, as part of a federal program designed to boost community development....
Act provides $6.5 million a year for 10 years in tax credits MADISON – The future of venture capital and investment in Wisconsin was discussed at an economic development breakfast panel discussion presented last Wednesday by the UW-Madison Small Business Development Center at the MG&E...
Forty-five Wisconsin small businesses will be honored June 1 at the 2004 Technology Awards Banquet for receiving over $24.6 million in federal research and development grants....
Madison, Wis. -- Pulling an all-nighter has never been so profitable for a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison Business School students who won a venture capital (VC) competition Saturday. Chris Lang, Gail McGuire and Paul Pucci, all MBA students, secured the win from a panel...
CHICAGO – Michigan has an ancient and proud history of interstate sports rivalries (especially with Ohio, Illinois and other Midwest states). Sometimes, like this past New Year’s Day, the rivalry generates nasty taunts such as: “What do the Michigan Wolverines and marijuana have in common?...
Wisconsin has many great assets for building a thriving high technology climate, most notably one of the nation’s top research universities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Yet we continue to hear about the brain drain from Wisconsin because we have...
Eau Claire, Wis. – Technology entrepreneurs often experience a difficult time in securing conventional loans in order to finance their company’s growth. But, for high-technology firms in located in the Eau Claire region help is on the way as a result of...
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Milwaukee metropolitan area is emerging as a region with a broad and diverse information technology (IT) and biomedical industry, according to a report entitled, “Southeastern Wisconsin 2004 Directory of Information and Biomedical Companies,” sponsored and released by 09 December, 2003 / 0 Comments