An Evansville-based startup is looking to help water utilities prevent pipe breaks. Utiliz has developed a subscription-based app that can predict which pipes are most likely to fail next by aggregating data from a variety of sources, including the water utility itself. The startup last week took the $10,000 top prize at the Spring 2022 Crossroads Pitch Competition at The Mill in Bloomington. ... Read More
A Bloomington-based startup founded by two Indiana University chemistry professors has inked a deal with Massachusetts-based Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT). Megadalton Solutions will license to Waters its charge detection mass spectrometry technology, which can be used in the development of cell and gene therapies.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne is the recipient of four robotic arms and controllers from Trelleborg Sealing Solutions. The equipment is valued at $40,000 from the Fort Wayne-based manufacturer and supplier of precision seals, bearings and custom-molded components. ... Read More
Thousands of Hoosier students and parents will descend on Lucas Oil Stadium this weekend for the Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship... Read More
Fishers-based startup AfterSchool HQ has raised a seed round totaling $1.24 million... Read More
Fort Wayne-based Indiana Tech has announced plans to launch this fall a new bachelor’s degree in mechatronics and robotic engineering. ... Read More
Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) has given $250,000 to Marian University’s newly established engineering school... Read More
Indianapolis-based Qualifi has closed on a $2.5 million seed round of funding. The startup, which has developed an on-demand screening platform for recruiting teams, says it will use the funding to further product development and expand go-to-market efforts.... Read More
Indianapolis-based TechPoint has unveiled the list of nominees for the 23rd annual Mira Awards, honoring the "Best of Tech in Indiana." This year's nominees include 76 companies that employ more than 52,000 Hoosiers, as well as more than a dozen entrepreneurs from the state's tech sector. ... Read More
Ball State University is partnering with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with the goal of benefitting students in the school's esports program. The university says the deal includes scholarships for members of its varsity esports team.... Read More
Indianapolis-based The Bee Corp has received its second investment from IU Ventures. The company, which has developed technology to determine the health of beehives, says it will use the $125,000 from the IU Angel Network to enhance its technology and bring it to new markets.... Read More
An Indianapolis-based startup founded by three high school seniors has created a software platform to help job seekers find the ideal employer. Fia Recruit recently received $20,000 in funding through the Elevate Nexus pitch competition for the central region, as well as a $1.5 million valuation.... Read More
Purdue University Professor Mark Lundstrom says almost every week he is talking with technology companies that are considering building a plant in different states to manufacture microchips and other advanced systems... Read More
A Carmel-based tech startup has closed on a $6 million funding round. Lumavate is a Software-as-a-Service company that has developed a platform for businesses to design, build and launch mobile apps without the need for coding or development resources. ... Read More
Indianapolis-based ConverSight.ai says it has closed on a $4 million Series Seed round of funding. The startup, which has developed an artificial intelligence and adaptive analytics platform, says it will use the funding to further enhance its platform and expand its sales and marketing teams.... Read More
The University of Evansville has awarded substantial scholarships to several Indiana high school students as part of UE’s High School Changemaker Challenge... Read More
A project by students at Manchester Junior-Senior High School has been selected for a trip into space as part of NASA’s “TechRise Student Challenge.... Read More
An Indianapolis-based tech startup that launched last year out of the High Alpha venture studio has closed on a $1.5 million seed round of funding. The Juice, which has developed a business-to-business content discovery platform, says it has seen nearly 850% revenue growth in its first year of operation.... Read More
A recently-established tech company has closed on a $6 million seed round of funding. Castiron, which launched out of Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha in October, has developed an e-commerce platform for independent culinary artists.... Read More
A San Francisco-based company that operates a hub in Indianapolis has closed on a $150 million Series E round of funding. Ironclad Inc. says it will use the funding to fuel product innovation and further scale its digital contracting platform.... Read More
