TechPoint expanding Indiana Founders Network to Fort Wayne
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Indianapolis-based TechPoint is expanding its Indiana Founders Network to Fort Wayne, the organization announced Wednesday.
The network, launched in Indianapolis in November 2023, is designed to connect startup founders with other entrepreneurs and gather for peer support and networking.
TechPoint expanded the network to Bloomington last September.
The Fort Wayne expansion is being done in collaboration with nonprofit business accelerator Northeast Indiana Innovation Center and Fort Wayne Tech, a nonprofit dedicated to retaining tech talent in northeast Indiana.
“We believe in the power of community, and supporting local founders is key to building a stronger, more connected, and innovative tech ecosystem,” Fort Wayne Tech founder and President Lindsay Lott said in a news release. “The Fort Wayne chapter will provide tech founders, entrepreneurs, and startups with the support, mentorship, and connections they need to grow and thrive in Northeast Indiana.”
The network is free to join for founders and provides access to members-only events, small peer group conversations and meetups, discounts to other ecosystem events and services, and access to education, coaching and mentors through the TechPoint Venture Support platform.
TechPoint said the expansion to Fort Wayne is also part of the NIIC’s “Entrepreneurship for ALL” initiative.
“We’re incredibly excited to collaborate with TechPoint to extend the impact they’ve seen in the central part of the state,” said Jami Thomas, NIIC senior director business development. “This expansion promises to be a major catalyst for our local tech ecosystem.”
The first meeting of the Fort Wayne chapter will take place April 16 at 5 p.m. at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center. TechPoint says like the other chapters, Fort Wayne’s group will make its own agenda and schedule of speakers or discussion topics.
TechPoint said more than 150 founders have joined the Indiana Founders Network since its inception.