Articles by Roger Shuman

Indiana’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has garnered significant attention from venture capital (VC) firms across the country, bringing in about $2.8 billion since 2020. Recent totals are lighter than expected due to a nationally tech-industry slowdown that began in mid-2022 and uncertainty surrounding the recent elections. Responding to those market conditions, Indiana policymakers, educators and organizations like […]

The third quarter of 2024 saw significant fluctuations in the venture capital (VC) landscape, marked by shifts in investment strategies, regional hotspots of activity, and a renewed focus on technological advancements. Tech VC investment in Indiana decreased in the third quarter of 2024 in both total dollars and number of deals.   Recent shifts in economic […]

A good accelerator program helps founders better understand their opportunity and connect them with trusted, interested resources like mentors, advisors, investors, potential customers and organizations and tools that can help you grow your company.   These programs are important to the entrepreneurs that use them, and they’re also vital to organizations that want to keep tech […]

In the early days of March 2020 I was registered to attend the SaaStr Annual conference to be held in the Bay Area. Of course, it didn’t happen as the country shut down in the Middle of March due to the Global Covid pandemic. Three years later, I was finally able to attend and glean […]

Indiana’s tech ecosystem appears to be outpacing national venture capital (VC) investment activity over the past three quarters as Hoosier companies continue to attract capital at historic levels.   Indiana’s 2022  total third quarter VC investments lagged behind 2022’s second quarter by nearly $6M, but we noted 34 investments in Indiana tech companies with more than […]

Collaboration is one of Indiana’s super powers, and it was on full display this year for the return of in-person investor meetings hosted by TechPoint with assistance from Venture Club of Indiana and the Next Level Fund. By coming together with our similar missions and events over three days in September, we created a larger […]

Most of the worldwide venture market remains cautious amid economic uncertainty, but the Indiana tech ecosystem appears to be experiencing stable performance through the second quarter of 2022. In fact, with more than $166 million invested in 24 Indiana tech companies, the quarter garnered the third largest investment ever recorded by TechPoint since 2016. Fifty […]

Hoosier companies are now more often the acquirer than the aquiree TechPoint regularly tracks and reports on investments and M&A (mergers and acquisition) activity in the Indiana tech ecosystem within our Quarterly VC reports, including the most recent report. Sometimes, however, it’s good to step back and focus on what is happening over multiple years. […]