Minneapolis-based Syncris is on a mission to improve the performance and reliability of microgrids—small electric grids that can operate with or without a larger network. CEO Scott Tracy says the
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Shortly after former Arctic Cat vice president Brad Darling and an outside investment group purchased the venerable snowmobile maker in late April for an undisclosed sum, they announced plans for
Medtronic this week said it plans to cleave off its diabetes business into a separate, publicly traded company. The new, yet-to-be-named company would be headquartered in California and have about
A Chanhassen-based medical company has raised $52 million in its quest to treat an aggressive form of brain cancer. Late last week, Alpheus Medical Inc. announced that it closed its
Burl Gilyard, a respected fixture in the Twin Cities media scene and former TCB staffer, died Thursday. He was 58. Gilyard, described as a “laconic and funny writer” in the
St. Paul-based Ecolab is beefing up its presence on the East Coast. On Wednesday, the company announced that it has officially opened a new “bioprocessing applications” lab in King of
The new owner of Thief River Falls-based Arctic Cat says he’ll rehire most workers that were set to be laid off this month. On Thursday, Arctic Cat’s new CEO, president,
Since Lemonada Media was founded in 2019, the Minneapolis-based podcast production company has gone on to make shows with the likes of comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus and British royal family member
Four women-led businesses will get their shot at running brick-and-mortar storefronts in downtown Minneapolis this summer. On Thursday, the Minneapolis Downtown Council unveiled the four members of its Chameleon Retail
A unique type of manufacturing facility that promises to bolster national security initiatives is coming to Maple Grove. On Tuesday, nonprofit BioMADE announced that it plans to build a $132
Bill George, the former Medtronic chief executive and prominent Minnesota philanthropist, knows that his $1 million donation to Harvard won’t plug the multibillion-dollar hole the school is facing. But he
Travail Kitchen and Amusements co-owner Mike Brown would prefer not to think back to the early days of Covid. “It’s kind of a stain on the world,” he says. Like
There might not be many things that Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison and the Trump administration agree on, but the fate of Eden Prairie-based medtech firm Surmodics Inc. appears to
In 2024, energy derived from renewable resources again accounted for about one-third of all electricity generated in Minnesota. That’s according to the annual “energy factsheet” released Thursday by nonprofit group
For women, the path to the C-suite isn’t necessarily easier these days, but it certainly is changing. That’s one of the takeaways from TCB’s annual Women in Leadership luncheon at
An interventional cardiologist for more than 35 years, Dr. Robert Wilson has ordered countless X-ray-guided procedures over the years. These generally routine procedures are carried out to place stents in
A global accelerator program is starting a new chapter in the Twin Cities. On Thursday, Sunnyvale, California-based accelerator and investor group Plug and Play announced the nine startups that will
A former Target executive aims to supercharge the venture capital scene in the upper Midwest with a new fund targeting consumer product companies. Karl Bracken, a more than 14-year veteran