It’s Friday, finally! Time to catch up on some of the good things happening in our great city’s startup and entrepreneurship scene. Below is a list of click-worthy articles that will end your week with a smile. If you have some startup ecosystem good news to share, please send it to info@MKEStartup.News 

Congratulations, Summerfest Tech Pitch finalists Wisconsin Inno – Meet the startups selected for the 2022 Summerfest Tech Pitch Competition (bizjournals.com)

This week in Midwestern funding Midwest Funding Report: Viaphoton in Aurora, IL, Closes $80M – Mug.News

Concordia Angel Network makes its first investment Wisconsin Inno – Wauwatosa drug startup targeting menopause, Alzheimer’s, raises seed capital (bizjournals.com)

Congratulations, Sweetly Baked! New Milwaukee CBD bakery wins Project Pitch It $10,000 prize (biztimes.com)

Aurora grows! Advocate Aurora, Atrium Health merger will move HQ to North Carolina (jsonline.com)

Jobs for all These Coffee Shops Are Creating Inclusive Hiring Opportunities (milwaukeemag.com)

Opportunities

The Creative Destruction Lab Course offers mentoring, high-potential ventures and investment decisions exposure.

Applications are open for SPARC 7, an amazing opportunity for black, Hispanic and women owned companies. SPARC is a 10-week, cohort based, virtual training for businesses with revenues under $1 million. Click here to learn more about the program.

Milwaukee-centric Clicks

Still not as big as MKE’s love for him New Giannis Mural Completed » Urban Milwaukee

The Dairy State is changing The Changing Face of Farming | MKE People | mkelifestyle.com

The countdown to summer has officially begun! Summerfest in Milwaukee reveals full 2022 lineup: Disturbed, Lamb of God and more than 40 new headliners (yahoo.com)