Great North Ventures straddles the line between a standard venture capital firm and an incubator of sorts. Founded in 2017, the company has funded 27 startups, two of which launched
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To the legions of digital art aficionados and cryptocurrency adherents gathered at U.S. Bank Stadium for the “VeeCon” NFT conference this weekend, Minnesota congressman Tom Emmer had a clear message:
Amid global market jitters and ongoing inflation concerns, Minnesota’s economy continued to hum along last month. According to the state’s monthly jobs report, Minnesota’s unemployment rate hit 2.2 percent in
By most accounts, Wall Street investors have largely sweated out the SPAC fever of 2021. After a euphoric run last year, many businesses that went public through so-called “blank-check” companies,
St. Paul-based Civic Eagle, purveyor of software that tracks legislation, on Wednesday announced that it raised $10 million in a Series A funding round. Enview, the company’s flagship offering, provides
Minneapolis-based Bright Health Group has been a darling of the local startup community for years. Hailed as Minnesota’s first “unicorn” startup—a company whose valuation has surpassed $1 billion—Bright Health built
Minneapolis attorney Peter Michaud represents at least two firsts for national law firm Ballard Spahr LLP. When he takes over as the firm’s chair in 2024, he’ll be the first
Back in 2020, in the wake of pandemic-driven office closures and civil unrest, many assumed that downtown Minneapolis would become a ghost town. Though the number of office workers has
Minnesota may not necessarily be the startup capital of the nation, but it appears to be the place for new companies to survive over the longer term. That’s one of
The 19-bed rural hospital in Starbuck, Minnesota, where Dr. Rahul Koranne got his start as a physician is no more. Back in 2005, financial pressures forced the small facility to
A place for the dead is making more space for the living. Lakewood Cemetery — the final resting place for lawmakers Hubert H. Humphrey, Paul Wellstone, and several other prominent
In the eyes of some, state government is a hulking, slow-moving machine perpetually bogged down by bureaucracy. Fearful of failure, state agencies generally avoid taking bigger risks, even if they
Minnesota’s largest publicly traded companies are heeding calls for improved gender parity on their boards, though the number of women in executive roles is still falling behind the national average.
Nationwide, the economic picture is still something of a mixed bag. Though inflation has grown at its fastest clip in more than 40 years, the unemployment rate has fallen to
The push for organized labor continues. On Thursday, workers at Minneapolis-based Peace Coffee announced plans to unionize in hopes of “better wages, better working conditions, and a collective voice at
Amid the dozens of publicly traded firms in Minnesota, Baudette-based ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc. often flies under the radar. The pharmaceutical company about five hours north of Minneapolis has grown largely
Minnetonka-based health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday said it’s again pushing back the closing date for its $13 billion acquisition of Nashville-based Change Healthcare. In a news release issued
Krista Matthews, chief development officer of Planned Parenthood North Central States, is still in disbelief about the $20 million check her organization recently received. After all, it’s not every day