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, GenoPalate! Wisconsin Inno – Milwaukee’s GenoPalate raises $5.6M to grow its personalized nutrition products (bizjournals.com)

Congratulations, innovators! Two Kenosha companies take home Wisconsin Innovation Awards (biztimes.com)

HealthTech on the rise Wisconsin Inno – Froedtert & MCW innovation arm steps up focus on VC investing with three new deals (bizjournals.com)

Congratulations, Northwestern Mutual Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual to pay out nearly $7 billion dividend (jsonline.com)

Meet SharkCrates Rev Up: SharkCrates’ collapsible shipping crates bring a new level of flexibility to businesses (biztimes.com)

Meet startup superstar, Jerry Jendusa Jerry Jendusa | MKE People | mkelifestyle.com

Opportunities

Nominations are now open for the Wisconsin Inno Fire Awards 2022 Wisconsin Inno Fire Awards Nominations – Milwaukee Business Journal (bizjournals.com)

Milwaukee-centric Clicks

Great news for area non-profit Eyes on Milwaukee: Teens Grow Greens Plans Big Expansion » Urban Milwaukee

Embracing winter ‘Dig In!’: Winter gardening with Venice Williams | WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee’s NPR

It’s the spookiest weekend of the year! Where you and your family can celebrate Dia de los Muertos and Halloween in MKE (onmilwaukee.com)