17 Apr Local companies bring in bucks from investors
Three Madison-area companies, including FluGen, located at URP, have boosted their finances with significant investments they’ve received recently....
Three Madison-area companies, including FluGen, located at URP, have boosted their finances with significant investments they’ve received recently....
Scientists in Madison are preparing to join colleagues in more than 400 cities across the globe in a March for Science on Earth Day. The event will include a march, a rally and a science expo on the Library Mall....
FluGen has raised another $2 million from investors to support current and planned clinical trials of an experimental universal influenza vaccine that the Madison, WI-based startup is developing....
Wisconsin tech companies added an estimated 3,909 jobs in 2016 -- a 4 percent increase -- according to Cyberstates 2017, an annual analysis of the nation's technology industry....
A few years ago, venture capital conference audiences were comprised predominantly of investors from stand-alone venture funds. Today, however, the makeup includes many more "in-house" funds within larger corporations....
Twenty-six entries representing sectors as broad as social media, health technologies and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 14th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest....
Lynx Biosciences, a Madison-based biotech company located at URP, is undertaking a fundraising round for $1 million....
Exact Sciences Corp. today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) included Cologuard® in its updated Medicare Advantage Star Ratings program. Medicare Advantage plans now can help increase their Star Ratings when their beneficiaries complete Cologuard, Exact Sciences' non-invasive colon cancer screening...
URP Managing Director Aaron Olver was part of a panel that discussed a report that examines the economic impact of "tech hubs" in the United States. The report identifies Madison as one of the four hubs of industry and innovation positively impacting research and economic...
A panel of alumni and faculty led by Kevin Conroy, CEO of Exact Sciences, addressed the issue of education and the future of the biotech industry on March 23, 2017 at the Wisconsin Institute for Medical Research (WIMR). Listen to the podcast of the discussion...
You do not have to live near an ocean to take the plunge into innovation and entrepreneurship. While eight of the ten U.S. universities conducting over $1 billion of R&D each year are in states bordering an ocean, two of the nation’s research powerhouses –...
The Master of Science in Biotechnology Program celebrates its 15th year in 2017, and it’s looking to continue to meet the needs of the biotechnology industry in an ever-changing industry climate....