The Pitch is a Milwaukee Business Journal and Wisconsin Inno series that gives a snapshot of a local startup. The Business Journal doesn’t endorse companies featured in The Pitch, nor is it an invitation to invest.
Each piece is published in print and online and is based on a standard questionnaire that each founder completes, as well as a follow-up interview. This page highlights all of the companies we've featured to date. To suggest a startup for possible future features, email tnykiel@bizjournals.com.
Artificial intelligence and data
- Relitix: Real estate technology firm
- Synthetaic: AI solutions company leveraging synthetic data
- Marquette Energy Analytics: Provides utility-scale energy demand forecasting services
Biotechnology
- Retham Technologies: Blood clotting disorder diagnostics company
Blockchain
- Blokios: Blockchain-based authentication system for connecting product manufacturers to their end consumers
- PerceptForm: Cryptocurrency and blockchain products and services provider
Financial technology
Manufacturing technology
- PartsBadger: Online machine shop for manufactured parts
Mobile apps
- Food FiXR: Augmented reality app for healthy grocery shopping
- HouseCall Wisconsin (MERA): Preventative care mental health app
- RadPoker: Casino gaming mobile app aimed at Gen Z and millennial users
- Sydetasker: Gig economy app
- The Way Out: Second-chance employment platform for formerly incarcerated job seekers
- Where to Hunt (Outlnd): GPS app that identifies occupied hunting land
Physical products
- Joy Boost: Maker of stick-on wireless phone chargers
- NewWay Innovation: Electric bicycle company
- Satori Food Project (Twi Pods): Maker of Keurig pods designed to improve mental health
Software
- eCourt Reporters: Online marketplace for legal support services
- Like|Minded: Community engagement enterprise platform
- Renaissant: Logistics software for freight management
Water technology
- Rapid Radicals Technology: Fast, decentralized wastewater treatment system developer
- NanoAffix: Creator of electronic sensing platform that detects contaminants in water or air
