Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad Co. (NYSE: UP) has announced plans to invest $100 million to buy 20 battery-electric locomotives and supporting infrastructure, and ten of the locos will be built in Muncie. ... Read More
Nearly a dozen Indiana-based companies are included in the "Best Places to Work in Midwest Tech 2022" list from Purpose Jobs. The job connection website ranked 100 companies based on criteria such as work/life balance, well-being benefits and growth opportunities.... Read More
An Indiana based agtech company is making it possible for growers to know what beehive health looks like ahead of that first step. Details in this week’s episode of the Ag+Bio+Science podcast.... 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
Fishers-based Vibenomics has selected Jenny Quinnette to serve as its first chief financial officer. Quinnette previously served as senior vice president of finance for the Audio Out-of-Home advertising company.... Read More
A Fort Wayne-based startup has been selected to participate in a global pitch competition at South by Southwest in Texas. Pond, which has created a platform to connect nonprofits with technology service providers, will give a one-minute presentation at SXSW Pitch in the "Future of Work" category.... Read More
Bloomington-based software developer Periodic has been acquired by Exclaimer Group, an England-based business that provides a platform to help companies manage employees’ email signatures. ... 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
Indianapolis-based health technology company LifeOmic is out with a new app that could help users fulfill their 2022 resolutions to live a healthier lifestyle.... 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
Indianapolis-based medical tech company Greenlight Guru says it has acquired CanvasGT, a software company in North Carolina that helps medical device companies to collaborate on initial designs and concepts.... 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
The president and chief executive officer of Indianapolis-based TechPoint has announced plans to step down. Mike Langellier has led the nonprofit technology initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership for the last nine years and helped bring the tech community in Indianapolis to the forefront. ... Read More
Two student-led startups at Indiana University have been selected to benefit from the Shoebox Fund, an investment fund that supports student innovation at IU... Read More
AgriNovus Indiana Chief Executive Officer Mitch Frazier says over the past two years, the entire world focused on the food supply chain as it faced multiple challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic... Read More
An Indianapolis-based tech company has closed on a $7.5 million investment round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners, a growth equity fund headquartered in Atlanta. DriverReach, which has developed a recruiting and compliance management platform for the trucking industry, says it plans to use the funding to fuel product development and add up to 60 jobs over the next three years. "It's pouring some serious gasoline on the fire," said DriverReach Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Reymer.... Read More
Purdue University has forged a partnership with Semiconductor Research Corp., a nonprofit technology consortium, to focus on research and development of better microelectronics and more robust components for microchips... Read More
Fort Wayne-based electronics manufacturer Riverside Manufacturing LLC says it is partnering with GPS producer Bad Elf LLC to assemble some of its devices. ... Read More
Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) has announced a $15 million investment in Autotech Ventures, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Allison says the partnership will provide the company with direct exposure to startups, VC expertise and high-tech companies in the transportation industry.... Read More
The tech sector in Indiana continued a record-breaking trend at the end of 2021. TechPoint, the state's nonprofit tech accelerator, says the state saw more than $958 million in venture capital investment last year, which is nearly triple the previous record set in 2019.... Read More
