10 Dec Acquisitions and tech for pandemic solutions: The stories that dominated Wisconsin’s tech scene in 2020
These were the stories that shaped Wisconsin tech in 2020.
2020 kept us busy at Wisconsin Inno, as we’ve worked to keep our readers up to speed with everything happening across the state’s tech and startup scene. To recap the year that was, we wanted to take a look back at some of the biggest headlines of the year.
Acquisitions and tech for pandemic solutions: The stories that dominated Wisconsin’s tech scene in 2020:
- Exact Sciences acquires Boston’s Thrive Earlier Detection Corp. in $2.15B deal
- FluGen works on Covid-19 vaccine
- Employees, people of Dane County, oppose Epic’s decision to bring workers back to campus
- Epic’s innovations offer several Covid-19 solutions
- SHINE Medical raises $80M, begins selling cancer therapeutics
- Milky Way Tech Hub launches $50M fund
- One of Wisconsin’s most heavily invested tech companies moves to Arizona
- Packers, Microsoft build steady economic pipeline from Green Bay with TitletownTech