One hundred Indianapolis police officers are donning virtual reality headsets as a method to battle the dangerous levels of stress that come with their job. A Black female entrepreneur is leading the charge with her startup, Peak Mind.... Read More
The TechPoint Foundation for Youth says 167 teams at last weekend's State Robotics Championship qualified for the world championship in Dallas. However, the foundation is seeking help in raising funds to cover costs to send the teams to the event.... Read More
Warsaw-based medtech startup GemViz has received a $20,000 investment from Indianapolis-based Elevate Ventures. GemViz said the funding will be used to further develop its software that seeks to improve diagnostic accuracy and optimize treatment plans.... Read More
A South Bend-based company has taken the top prize in the 2023 Crossroads Collegiate Pitch Competition hosted by The Mill in Bloomington. rScan has developed an app it says simplifies the process of selling returned merchandise online. ... Read More
The TechPoint Foundation for Youth will Saturday host the Indiana Robotics State Championship in downtown Indianapolis. More than 1,600 students will compete at Lucas Oil Stadium for a chance to advance to the VEX World Championship in Dallas, Texas.... Read More
Carmel-based health care technology startup Blue Agilis Corp. has secured a $2.5 million round of seed funding from one of the nation’s largest health care payers. The funding round closed on March 10, said Blue Agilis co-founder and CEO Nadia Adams. ... Read More
Fishers-based marketing tech company Vibenomics Inc. has been acquired by Austin, Texas-based Mood Media, the companies announced Tuesday. The acquisition closed Monday. Vibenomics declined to disclose financial terms of the deal.... Read More
The Purdue University Airport is partnering with Saab and Ericsson to create a 5G network to support research that could improve operations and security at airports. Purdue said the "lab to life" project test 5G innovations in real-life scenarios.... Read More
Suicides are climbing faster among young people than adults, triggering alarm bells that “what we’re doing isn’t working,” says University of Notre Dame psychologist Theodore Beauchaine. He’s co-leading a mission to reinvent teen suicide prevention efforts.... Read More
Dr. Malaz Boustani, an esteemed brain doctor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is haunted by the fact that he didn’t identify his own father’s Alzheimer’s disease. “I think I’m a great brain doctor—and I missed it,” he says. ... Read More
Indianapolis-based Elevate Ventures Inc. is launching a new three-day innovation conference, Rally, which is designed to spark innovation by bringing together hundreds of companies, entrepreneurs, universities and investors from a range of different sectors. The event will include a pitch competition with $5 million in prizes.... Read More
The results of a new study commissioned by AgriNovus Indiana, an initiative to grow the state’s agbioscience economy, show the economic impact of the agbioscience sector has undergone substantial growth in recent years. “Extraordinary. Historic, by definition,” touted Mitch Frazier, president and CEO of AgriNovus. ... Read More
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in the U.S., but more than half of the cases are undiagnosed. An Indianapolis startup has its sights set on commercializing high-tech contact lenses that could diagnose glaucoma and delay its progression. ... Read More
A collaboration of three Indianapolis-based organizations has received a $300,000 grant to help establish apprenticeships for Black adults who want to work in Indiana’s technology industry. The grant came from the Indianapolis African American Quality of Life Initiative to fund a two-year pilot program to help fill the state’s talent pipeline.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has announced a partnership with two other schools to support the country's growing semiconductor industry. Through the HIVE program, the partners aim to update semiconductor manufacturing and microelectronics curricula.... Read More
Columbus-based Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) expects to see big growth in its alternative-fuels business over the next several years, but the path from here to there is a bit unclear, CEO Jennifer Rumsey said this week.... Read More
A Massachusetts-based nonprofit engineering innovation company is expanding into Indiana. Draper on Tuesday announced the opening of a new office at the WestGate@Crane Technology Park in Odon.... Read More
West Lafayette-based pharma-technology startup Novilytic LLC has made its commercial product launch and announced plans to expand to a second location in the Indianapolis area, while also growing its staff. The young company developed technology that provides pharmaceutical companies with a real-time alert if a batch of drugs under development is contaminated.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Studio Science has secured a growth capital investment. While a specific dollar amount was not disclosed, the firm said Tuesday the funding will be used to expand its core business areas and add dozens of jobs over the next several years.... Read More
The Commerce Department is opening applications for computer chip manufacturers to access $39 billion in government support to build new factories and expand production. All companies seeking funds will need to show how they plan to develop a local workforce.... Read More
