Q1 2024 Indiana Tech Venture Report: Indiana Kicks off 2024 by Outpacing National VC Investment Activity

In the first quarter of 2024, the national venture capital (VC) landscape presented a mixed picture, with investment levels at a five-year low based on PitchBook data, despite a slight uptick in valuations and exit activity compared to last quarter. In contrast, Indiana emerged as a bright spot, displaying growth in VC activities across various […]

Australia trip ends with big tech and entrepreneurship news for Indiana 

An Indiana delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Melbourne, Australia yielded a tech and entrepreneurship coup for the Hoosier state when Senior Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Small Business at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, David Watkins, announced that the 2025 Global Entrepreneurship Congress will be hosted by the state of Indiana.  In September, […]

Generative AI and Indiana’s Tech Community

The world is abuzz with chatter about generative artificial intelligence (AI) and how new tools, such as ChatGPT, can be leveraged to help generate ideas, create new work products and even complete simple tasks.   Many businesses, including those in the Indiana tech community, are in the early stages of exploring the ways generative AI can […]
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Delivering ‘more and better’ for Indiana’s entrepreneurial ecosystem 

My first day in Indiana was the coldest day in 64 years. I came to do a campus tour at Butler University, and even though it was a typical cold and grey Indiana winter day, I immediately knew it would become my home. There’s a sense of growth and innovation here that is missing from […]

Inside gBETA Indy’s Spring 2018 cohort

Nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor has expanded to Indianapolis with gBETA, its free accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots. gBETA shares an inside look at their first Indiana cohort with TechPoint Index.