HR Startup Lands Early Investment
An Indianapolis-based startup focusing on streamlining the hiring process for human resources teams has closed on a $600,000 pre-seed investment round. Qualifi says it will use the funding to further... Read More
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Live Performance App Wins New Venture Competition
A group of current and former students at the University of Notre Dame has taken the $50,000 top prize in the 2021 McCloskey New Venture Competition. The team won for its app Juke, which connects perf... Read More
Innovatemap Growing in Indianapolis
Indianapolis-based Innovatemap has announced plans for further growth in central Indiana. The digital product agency says it will invest nearly $1 million to renovate and equip its headquarters in the... Read More
Tangoe Moves Global HQ to Indy
A technology expense management company has relocated its global headquarters to Indianapolis. Tangoe, which was originally based in New Jersey and acquired Indy-based MOBI in 2018, had previously use... Read More
Bloomington Tech Startup Lands Funding
A Bloomington-based startup has received funding from the Community Ideation Fund at Indianapolis-based Elevate Ventures. OurSafeQ, which had developed a platform to help businesses create and manage... Read More
Bloomington Shines as ‘Rising Tech City’
The city of Bloomington stood out to judges in the 2021 TechPoint Mira Awards and earned the Rising Tech City Award. Bloomington's tech culture grows from a deep partnership among The Mill, Bloomingto... Read More
MetroNet Expands Into Texas
Evansville-based MetroNet is continuing its nationwide expansion. The fiber optic company has announced plans to launch service in the city of Bryan, Texas, marking the 11th state in which MetroNet ha... Read More
New Innovation Center to Open at Discovery Park District
The Purdue Research Foundation has announced the establishment of the Experience Innovation Center, a facility designed to help technology developers rethink and reinvent products of the future, at th... Read More
Conexus Analyzing Microchip Disruption on Indiana Manufacturing
Workers at the Subaru of Indiana Automotive plant in Lafayette are back on the job this week, following a two-week furlough, stemming from a global shortage of semiconductors. The company suspended pr... Read More
Comcast Extends Broadband in Two Counties
Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA) has completed a nearly $1 million network upgrade to extend high-speed broadband to residents and businesses in northwestern Boone County and southeastern Tippecanoe Coun... Read More
Franklin Company Launches Safe Gaming Platform
A Franklin tech company has developed a new platform designed to provide a safe environment for children to play video games. Harena Data Inc. says Safe Play allows young players to take part in gamin... Read More
KAR Global Acquires California Company
Carmel-based KAR Global (NYSE: KAR) is adding to its portfolio. The company has acquired California-based Auction Frontier, the developer of the cloud-based auction simulcast platform Velocicast.... Read More
Yaw Aning: ‘A Story of Persistence’
He was born the son of African immigrants, grew up in Minnesota and came to Indiana to attend Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Malomo co-founder Yaw Aning, who won both Rising Entrepreneur and Sta... Read More
Indy Tech Company Expanding, Adding 400 Jobs
An Indianapolis-based Software-as-a-Service company has announced plans to expand in central Indiana. Kennected, which has developed a platform to teach business owners techniques to improve lead gene... Read More
Fishers Tech Company Acquired
An Fishers-based tech company is under new ownership. Emplify, which provides an employee engagement improvement platform, has been acquired by San Francisco-based 15Five in a deal valued at $50 milli... Read More
TechPoint Announces 2021 Mira Award Winners
Indianapolis-based TechPoint has unveiled the winners of the 2021 Mira Awards, honoring the Best in Tech in Indiana. The event, which was held virtually Thursday evening to an audience of nearly 6,000... Read More
Young Authors Bill to Strengthen U.S. Tech Innovation
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-IN), this week reintroduced legislation aimed at strengthening the nation’s competitiveness in terms of scientific and technologic... Read More
Rolls-Royce Partners With Purdue on Cybersecurity
Rolls-Royce has developed a new cybersecurity research consortium to focus on enhancing product security for its propulsion and power systems, some of which are manufactured in Indianapolis. The compa... Read More
SIMBA Chain Awarded Air Force Contract
Plymouth-based blockchain innovator SIMBA Chain Inc. has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 contract from the U.S. Air Force to help develop critical mission technology. The Dep... Read More
TechPoint Touts Strong First Quarter for VC Investment
Indiana's tech industry saw a major jump in investment during the first quarter. TechPoint, the nonprofit growth accelerator for the state's tech sector, has released its Q1 Venture Capital Report, wh... Read More