TechPoint, State Launch Tech Startup Initiative

TechPoint, Indiana’s technology growth initiative, in partnership with the Indiana Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (OSBE) is launching Tailwind, an initiative aimed at growing Indiana’s most promising innovation-driven tech startups. The new initiative aims to increase entrepreneurial education, startup promotion and investment to help tech startups accelerate their growth. “The Tailwind initiative ensures that […]

Don Brown speaks at first-ever TechPoint Tech Thursday on the road

Last week, Interactive Intelligence hosted TechPoint’s first-ever Tech Thursday on the Road. A capacity crowd of 120 attendees gathered for networking on a patio at the company’s headquarters on the northwest side. Interactive Intelligence CEO Don Brown was the featured speaker. Brown is a self-proclaimed “public school kid from Indiana.” His parents hailed from the […]

Indy-based Allegient expanding into Chicago, St. Louis and Boston markets

We love to hear about Indiana-based companies doing well and growing, and Indy-based Allegient is expanding into Chicago now with planned expansions into St. Louis and Boston over the next year.  One of the things we like about this expansion announcement is that Allegient has been named to the Indiana Chamber's "Best Places to Work" […]

Tech firms dominate Indiana’s ‘Companies to Watch’ awards

Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann yesterday announced that 27 companies have earned a place in Indiana’s seventh annual class of ‘Companies to Watch’ program. Eleven of these fast-growing companies — that's 40.7 percent of the award winners — are tech firms specializing in software development, mobile apps, cloud computing, digital learning, health information technology, digital security, […]

Co-working spaces mirror growth of tech and startup communities

As Innovation Showcase highlighted last week, Indy's tech sector and startup communities are thriving. The growth we're seeing in new firms and technologies and young new talent is driving creation of new co-working spaces with more set to open yet this year. Both the Indianapolis Business Journal and Indiana Chamber BizVoice magazine have run feature […]