Associate Editor

Winter Keefer

Winter Keefer is MinnPost’s Metro reporter and served as TCB's associate editor from January 2022 to March 2024.

Winter served as associate editor of TCB from January 2022 to March 2024, covering business news and trends, including startups and development. Born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Winter has reported on all ends of the Great Lakes state. She comes to Minnesota after three years with MLive/The Flint Journal. Winter has also reported for the Kalamazoo Gazette and MLive’s statewide education newsletter. She graduated in 2018 from Northern Michigan University where she served as editor-in-chief of the university’s student newspaper The North Wind.

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From the Expert: Building a Cannabis Product

From the Expert: Building a Cannabis Product

Sarah Odde is the vice president of sales and marketing for BevSource, a St. Paul-based beverage development, sourcing, and production company. When Minnesota’s 2022 law addressing hemp-derived THC edibles went
The Venture Capital Correction

The Venture Capital Correction

If you want to understand the state of venture capital this year, look no further than the recent raise extension by Golden Valley-based Omnia Fishing. In May, the e-commerce company
Yardstik Secures $12M Raise

Yardstik Secures $12M Raise

Edina-based employment screening tech startup Yardstik announced last week it raised $12 million. The company plans to use the funds to bring its screening, verification, and onboarding tools to more
Nucleus RadioPharma Lands $56M Raise

Nucleus RadioPharma Lands $56M Raise

A Rochester-based medical startup partly founded by Mayo Clinic has caught investor attention. In a Tuesday announcement, Nucleus RadioPharma said it raised $56 million in a Series A funding round. The