Category Archives: Tech

BrightStar Invests in ImageMoverMD

Story provided by Alex Moe, WisBusiness.com BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. today announced that it has committed $260,000 to two companies, Inventalator Inc., dba Ideawake, Milwaukee, and ImageMoverMD Inc., Middleton. These…

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Understory Receives Patent

Understory has received a patent for its mechanical strain-based weather sensor, the company announced today. “This patent changes the game,” Understory CEO Alex Kubicek said in a statement. “For the…

SafetyNet Expands to Iowa

SafteyNet has expanded Renter SafetyNet, its insurance program that focuses on the rental market, to Iowa, the company announced recently. “Renter SafetyNet solves an unfortunate yet unignorable societal problem–the lack…

Polco Expands to New Cities

Polco’s online voting platform to improve accuracy on public engagement is now being used in three more Wisconsin cities, the company announced recently. The platform launched most recently in Appleton…

Ionic Releases PWA Toolkit

Ionic has released a beta version of its Progressive Web Apps (PWA) Toolkit, the company announced recently. “PWAs have become the de facto way to ship a great web experience to…

GrocerKey Adds Mobile Self-Checkout

GrocerKey has expanded its platform to include mobile self-checkout, the company announced recently. “Smartphone technology is changing the way consumers shop across retail, and grocery is no exception,” GrocerKey CEO Jeremy Neren…

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Understory to Expand Network

Understory is announcing this week that it will expand its national coverage to cover more than 90 percent of all weather-related catastrophes. According to a release, Understory’s goal is to save the insurance…

Tailored Care Accepted into PULSE@MassChallenge

Tailored Care, which helps care professionals support unpaid family caregivers, will be a member of the 2018 PULSE@MassChallenge beginning in January in Boston, the accelerator program announced recently. As previously reported,…

NovoMoto Completes M-WERC

NovoMoto is one of six companies that completed the recent Mid-West Energy Research Consortium’s accelerator program, WERCBench Labs, Thursday night in Milwaukee, the consortium announced today. The startup, which aims…

New GrocerKey Features Target Shoppers

GrocerKey, which creates white-label online stores for grocery stores, has added new features to its software, including capabilities to drive shopper behavior, the company announced recently. “In the rush to implement…