Indianapolis-based HKW is adding to its portfolio. The middle-market private equity firm has acquired domiKnow, a software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, though financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed.... Read More
Terre Haute-based Joink LLC is continuing to expand its fiber optic network in Indiana. The technology services company says it is set to begin providing residential and business fiber internet service in the city of Brazil beginning next year.... Read More
With the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act this year, the U.S. is moving full steam ahead with growing its semiconductor industry. But Purdue University Professor Peter Bermel says the country needs to consider several factors to become competitive.... Read More
TechPoint on Wednesday announced its acquisition of the Indy CIO Network, a peer group and idea forum designed to support chief information officers throughout central Indiana. TechPoint said it is rebranding the organization to the Indiana CIO Network.... Read More
Federal agencies have mapped out how well the entire country can access the internet, and plan to use the map in a funding formula — but they need help fine-tuning it before a January deadline. The Indiana Broadband Office is calling on Hoosiers to help.... Read More
Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research has released the results of a nationwide study examining which areas of the country are most likely to land a semiconductor plant, and three Indiana locations are mentioned. ... Read More
Online publication Computerworld has unveiled its 2023 ranking of the Best Places to Work in IT, and three Indiana companies made the list. The ranking is based on an annual survey of readers, PR professionals, and others.... Read More
Indianapolis-based technology company VisionThree is partnering with the city of Crawfordsville to launch its first V3CONNECT lab at the Fusion 54 coworking space next month. The VR career lab is part of an $80 million effort announced earlier this year.... Read More
Indianapolis-based TrendyMinds is adding to its portfolio. The digital marketing agency announced Wednesday it has acquired Fishers-based Statwax, a performance marketing agency that focuses on data science and analytics.... Read More
Idaho-based private equity firm Teleo Capital Management has acquired a controlling stake in Indianapolis-based Sharpen Technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the announcement did not specify what percentage of the company Teleo now controls. ... Read More
State economic development officials want to make sure Indiana can respond quickly to opportunities when federal dollars are doled out for innovative projects in defense, new energy and microelectronics. As part of the response plan, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. is partnering with the Applied Research Institute to jointly develop innovative strategies to attract new businesses and support existing work. ... Read More
Against the objections of dozens of residents, members of Lebanon City Council voted Monday to annex 5,225 acres of land for the LEAP Lebanon Innovation and Research District, marking another milestone in the Indiana Economic Development Corp.’s path to creating an advanced manufacturing and technology hub in central Indiana.... Read More
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has announced a partnership with the Applied Research Institute to jointly develop strategies to attract new businesses and support existing work, especially in the national security and defense sectors.... Read More
Kenzie Academy, an Indianapolis-based technology apprenticeship and coding school founded in 2017, has been acquired by Southern New Hampshire University, SNHU announced Tuesday.... Read More
More than half of Hoosier manufacturers surveyed by Conexus Indiana this year said they have implemented or piloted at least one digital technology into their operations—a dramatic increase from just two years ago.... Read More
The Lacy School of Business at Butler University will next month host its annual Crossroads Classic Analytics Challenge. The competition features student teams from four Indiana universities working to solve real-world analytic problems.... Read More
Eleven Fifty Academy, the Indianapolis-based computer coding school that is in financial distress, is negotiating with Indiana Wesleyan University about a potential deal that, among other things, could lead to the university acquiring the coding school’s curriculum.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $600,000 grant to a West Lafayette-based ag-tech startup co-founded by a Purdue University professor. JUA Technologies International plans to use the funding to further develop its solar-powered crop dehydration technology.... Read More
Technology developed by a civil engineering professor at Purdue University to make “smart concrete” has captured the attention of Fast Company magazine. The innovation, developed by Professor Luna Lu is being called one of the of the “Next Big Things in Tech."... Read More
Indiana University is extending strategic partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division. The university says the partnership is designed to create a pathway for technology developed at NSWC Crane to move through the commercialization pipeline.... Read More
