Blue Line Battery is one of 20 startups selected for the Tech Council Investor Networks tracks at the Early Stage Symposium. Blue Line Battery will give a recorded five minute pitch and have virtual opportunities to meet with investors

The ISS National Lab is supporting a variety of technology development to enhance International Space Station (ISS) capabilities. ISS crew members began work on a collaborative project with Rhodium Scientific and iButtonLink to validate the Rhodium Science TempLog-20iB, a miniature flight-certified device providing industry-standard temperature monitoring.

Congratulations to University of Wisconsin-Whitewater alumnus, Andrew Hoeft! Andrew, the founder and CEO of Pinpoint Software, received a 2020 Wisconsin Innovation Award. Over 380 Wisconsin startups were nominated and four winners were selected for the 2020 Innovation Awards.

SafePro Technologies is one of five startups selected for the gBETA Fall 2020 cohort! gBETA is a free, seven-week accelerator that works with five startups at a time for no fees and no equity.

The Black Sheep continues to hold a high standard for health and safety while operating during the pandemic. It sets an example for other businesses, that putting people first doesn’t mean a profit loss.

The Burlington Area School District plans to return to in-person lessons in August, but has expanded its partnership with JEDI Virtual to serve families who don’t feel comfortable sending their kids back to school.

Abu Dhabi-based tech accelerator Hub71 selected Scanalytics and 10 other global start-ups for its incentive program. Scanalytics is aiming to use Abu Dhabi as a base to explore European markets and to hire tech talent from UAE universities.

After receiving more than 100 applications, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has selected iButtonLink and another seven U.S. manufacturers to make a new ventilator tailored for coronavirus patients.

As one of the 28 finalists in the 2020 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, UW-Whitewater graduate Trevor Santarius is pursuing his latest entrepreneurial endeavor, ModuTree. ModuTree is a modular hunting blind system that gives hunters the ability to design, build and modify their own custom blind set-up.

Many K-12 education leaders are looking at options to move to a virtual learning environment as our community works to contain and mitigate the COVID-19 outbreak in Wisconsin. Beth Clarke, Senior Director for Digital Leadership and Learning at CESA 2, teamed up with PowerGistics to host a webinar and discuss the importance of leadership characteristics that support a virtual learning environment.

Mark Becker and Jeff Peterson, the founders of Geneva Supply Inc., have been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Wisconsin Small Businesspersons of the Year.

Thanks to a SOARing grant from the Wisconsin Department of Instruction, and a team of experienced educational consultants from CESA 2, Lakewood is exceeding expectations.

The Whitewater Grocery Co. will be a community-owned grocery provider with different and healthier food choices previously unavailable to the Whitewater community. The goal of the store is to get 1,000 community owners by opening day, and of course, ownership comes with benefits.

The Marshall School District will host a statewide online charter school, JEDI Virtual , through the 2022-23 school year. In exchange for taking a turn administering the program, Marshall’s $10,500 annual fee for collaborating school districts will be waived for the next three years.

David Gee, Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at UW-Whitewater and Co-Director of UWW Launch Pad, is working on an app that focuses on mental health. Through the HUG app, people who suffer from depression, anxiety, or any other mental health issue will have a way to connect with mental health professionals who can provide help.