I-Q Corridor is the stuff of dreamers. Oh, but what a dream!

Ever heard of the I-Q Corridor? Unless you’re an economic development geek, probably not.The concept, first penned in a little-noticed Wisconsin Technology Council white paper, envisions an economic superhighway of sorts connecting the Twin Cities, Madison, Wis. and Chicago along interstates 90 and 94. The “I” stands for ideas, innovation, investment, intellectual property while the [...]

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Wisconsin’s Rapid Diagnostek gets $1.5M investment for biosensor technology

Rapid Diagnostek is developing a handheld sensor that can be used to detect diseases, bacteria or viruses by sampling a patient’s or animal’s urine, saliva or blood.

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Can Minnesota finally pass an angel investment tax credit? Is this a trick question?

For the past two years, the Minnesota House committee that oversees bioscience development held a special hearing on why Minnesota needs an angel investor tax credit to boost high tech companies. And for the past two years, nothing happened.

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