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Formstack landed $425 million and went quietly back to work

When news of Formstack’s jaw-dropping $425 million capital raise hit the news cycle last Thursday, it understandably set Indiana’s tech ecosystem abuzz. The investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners and returning investor PSG is by far the state’s largest tech capital raise in history. It came on the heels of two other triple-digit investments (Greenlight […]

California-based Entelo features Indiana as a hotbed of talent

More than 400 talent recruiters and other human resource professionals registered recently for a webinar hosted by Entelo, the San Francisco-born source-to-hire talent acceleration platform. The online forum promised answers to one of the most vexing questions before companies today: “How can I hire the right people if I can’t even find them?” Specifically, the […]

Recruit Rooster and RocketBuild combine forces to run the talent coop

There are more than 20,000 staffing and talent recruiting companies in the U.S. and more than three million development companies that help them run their operations. Those surprisingly large numbers make sense when you think about how important it is to find the right people for an ever-changing and rapidly growing industry like tech. Recruit […]

Indiana tech community rallying to establish computer lab for young Afghan refugees

Hoosiers across the state have stepped up to help the 6,600+ Afghan refugees who have been given temporary housing at Camp Atterbury south of Indianapolis, donating basic household items, food, and toys for the children. #OperationAlliesWelcome is a new and more focused effort spearheaded by Rupal Thanawala in partnership with the Indianapolis chapter of Black […]
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Make a joyful noise; raise money for UWCI’s ReadUP program

Some people love having a microphone and a captive audience. To others, that’s a terrifying prospect. It’s the same within the tech community. Some of Indiana’s tech luminaries are in their own garage bands and even play gigs from time to time, while others would never want anyone to hear them sing outside of their […]

Five Star Technology Solutions is helping teachers, parents give students a better e-learning experience

If you were a parent trying to work while keeping your kids on track educationally in 2020, please take a bow. You’re amazing. You’re an inspiration. And you’re probably tired. Few companies understand the efforts you made last year better than Five Star Technology Solutions. And they’re here to help you, other Hoosier parents and […]

Pondurance and Indiana National Guard prepare for increased cybersecurity threat

Disaster planning used to be so simple. Find a location where emergency responders can create a mock disaster—earthquake, tornado, flood—set the stage appropriately with property torn asunder, simulated casualties and other issues and then practice until the response is perfected. It was like golfers practicing their swing or basketball players shooting shot after shot to […]

‘Hoosier by choice’ Tim Harvey is helping Moxtra build a presence in Indy

Tim Harvey could probably live anywhere and work for any number of companies. In his three-plus decades as a finance professional, he’s been in leadership roles at Veritas Software and Silicon Graphics (Mountain View, Calif.), WebEx (Santa Clara, Calif.), IBM (North Tarrytown, NY), Deloitte Haskins and Sells (New York City), and since 2008 in Indianapolis […]