CDI, Novascan, WID, 4490, & More: This Week’s Wisconsin Watchlist

that his company is working to expand its current lab capacity to 2 million tests per year, or more. The company plans to break ground on a new lab facility later this year, Conroy said, according to a transcript of the call on the stock market website Seeking Alpha.

—Madison-based 4490 Ventures, which provides capital to software startups headquartered in Wisconsin and other Midwestern states, led an $8 million funding round in PhysIQ, of Chicago. PhysIQ develops machine learning-powered software that helps users monitor patients and clinical trial subjects.

According to 4490’s website, all of the companies in its portfolio are based in Wisconsin except PhysIQ and Networked Insights, which was founded in Madison in 2006 but later relocated to Chicago.

Author: Jeff Buchanan

Jeff formerly led Xconomy’s Seattle coverage since. Before that, he spent three years as editor of Xconomy Wisconsin, primarily covering software and biotech companies based in the Badger State. A graduate of Vanderbilt, he worked in health IT prior to being bit by the journalism bug.