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>>GERRY: IT'S TIME NOW TO GO
INSIDE INNOVATION BROUGHT TO YOU
BY DMI.
A RECORD CROWD OF 1,300 IS

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EXPECTED TO PACK THE SOLD OUT
19TH ANNUAL MIRA AWARDS, APRIL
28 IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.
THE EVENT FEATURES THE "BEST OF

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TECH IN INDIANA"...
AND FOR MORE ON WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT AT THIS YEAR'S EVENT AND
ALSO SOME PERSPECTIVE ON SOME

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BIG TECH FUNDING NEWS THIS
WEEK...LET'S TURN TO TECHPOINT
CEO MIKE LANGELLIER.
AS I WAS WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

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>> THANKS.
>> LET'S GET RIGHT TO
CHECKPOINT BEFORE WE GET TO
THOSE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS BUT THE

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AWARDS 19TH ANNUAL, HARD TO
BELIEVE 19 YEARS UNLESS YOU'RE
WAS A RECORD WITH 900 PEOPLE AND
YOU SMASHED THAT THIS YEAR.

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>> THE EVENT SOLD OUT WEEKS
AHEAD 1300 ATTENDEES WHICH IS A
LIMIT ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE CAN
HAVE IN THERE AS YOU SAID IN THE

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INTRO.
THE 19TH YEAR AND IT'S LIKE THE
OSCARS FOR TECH SO PEOPLE WHO
HAVEN'T BEEN THERE 15 AWARDS

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THAT ARE GIVEN FOR COMPANY
AWARDS FOR BEST TECH COMPANY,
BEST START UP OF AND BEST NEW
PRODUCT TECH EDUCATOR AND OTHER

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PEOPLE AWARDS AS WELL.
SO A FUN NIGHT.
>> WHAT'S INTERESTING IS VERY
MUCH A STATEWIDE FLAVOR AND ONE

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NIGHT WHERE YOU CAN SEE REALLY
THE COOL INNOVATION, THE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, RISKTAKERS AND
YOU HEAR ABOUT IT PIECEMEAL

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THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR BUT THIS IS ONE NIGHT
EVERYBODY IS IN THE SAME ROOM.
>> YOU WILL SEE FEATURED IN

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ONE ROOM WE ARE FORTUNATE TO
HAVE THREE OF OUR MOST PROMINENT
TECH COMPANY SALES FORCE,
ANGIE'S LIST AND INFOSYS THAT

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ARE THERE, BUT YOU WILL ALSO
START UP COMPANIES AND EDUCATORS
AND UNIVERSITIES FROM ALL AROUND
THE STATE THAT ARE CONGREGATED

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DOWNTOWN.
>> WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS EVENT?
IT'S A FUN NIGHT AND GREAT TO

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RECOGNIZE COMPANIES, BUT IF YOU
ARE A BIGGER BENEFIT OF THIS?
>> WE'VE HAD COMPANIES THAT
HAVE GONE ON -- THE AWARD, IT'S

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A RIGOROUS JUDGING PROCESS.
WE HAD 52 VOLUNTEER JUDGES, 850
HOURS IS THE JUDGING PROCESS SO
IT'S A RIGOROUS PROCESS SO AS

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THE WINNERS COME OUT OF IT WE'VE
HAD MULTIPLE COMPANIES THAT HAVE
LANDED INVESTMENTS AND INVESTORS
BECAUSE OF THE VISIBILITY THEY

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GAINED, HAVING GAINED TEAM
MEMBERS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE
ATTRACTED TO THE COMPANY BECAUSE
THEY HEARD ABOUT IT.

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LOTS OF BENEFITS TO HELPING WITH
THOSE THAT ARE DOING SIGNIFICANT
THANKS.
>> FOR A WHILE LOTS HAPPENING

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IN THE TECH WORLD NOT JUST HERE
IN CENTRAL INDIANA, BUT AROUND
THE STATE.
WE SAW SOME BIG FUNDING NEWS, HC

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ONE LANDED $7 MILLION, SO
COMPANIES CONTINUE TO ATTRACT
CAPITAL.
>> WE ARE AT 40 MILLION SO FAR

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YEAR TO DATE ABOUT $40 MILLION
IN VENTURE CAPITAL RAISE TO ADD
ON TOP OF THAT $25 MILLION FROM
PSL WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED OUT

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WEST, BUT LESTER DECIDED TO MAKE
THEIR HQ HERE IN INDIANA AND
THAT $65 MILLION IN TOTAL WAS
ANNOUNCED OVER THE COURSE OF THE

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LAST FEW MONTHS WITH SOME
ACQUISITIONS OF SOME NOTABLE
COMPANIES AS WELL LIKE BLUE
LOCKET AND BITWISE SOLUTIONS

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[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> WHAT DO THOSE ACQUISITIONS
SAY TO YOU?
THIS MOMENTUM?

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>> IN A LOT OF THESE CASES, WE
ARE BRINGING IN -- WE ARE GOING
TO BE INVITING AND COMPANIES
FROM OTHER PLACES AND OTHER

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PARTS OF THE COMPANY SO GREAT
OPPORTUNITY SURPRISE THEM ON THE
MERITS OF BUSINESS YEAR AND
WE'VE SEEN THE BENEFITS OF THAT

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WITH SALESFORCE AND A BUNCH OF
OTHER COMPANIES AND I THINK IT'S
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AGAIN
ALL RIGHT, MIKE LANGELLIER CEO