Innovation

In my more than two decades working at the intersection of innovation, venture capital, and economic development, I’ve had the privilege of supporting hundreds of Indiana entrepreneurs, many with bold ideas, but limited access to capital, teams, or infrastructure.   Launching a startup in the past often required significant capital and a team of engineers, marketers, […]

Samantha Ginther Indiana’s startup ecosystem hit a major milestone in 2024:  $1.05 billion invested across 166 deals—one of the highest total deal values in state history. While this marks significant progress, the U.S. fundraising environment continued to face challenges, with deal volume down 23% from 2023. For deeper insights, check out our full 2024 VC […]

By Rod Baradaran and Scott Willson  We first crossed paths in early 2024 as startup founders participating in gBETA Indiana’s Industry 4.0 acceleration program led by Davide Dantonio, the director of gBETA – gener8tor.  Our companies are rScan, a reverse logistics startup, and Motoring Labs, which specializes in computer vision technology for trucking fleets. Despite […]

INDIANAPOLIS (March 26, 2025) — TechPoint, the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC) and Fort Wayne Tech today announced that TechPoint’s Indiana Founders Network is expanding to Fort Wayne.  “We are so pleased to expand this support to entrepreneurs in northeastern Indiana,” said Chelsea Linder, TechPoint’s vice president for innovation and entrepreneurship. “Founders’ Network gatherings in […]

By Mary Dougherty  This is the first in a semi-regular series that introduces the TechPoint ecosystem to new founders, their companies and the challenges they faced in getting their company to market.,  Like many founders, profound personal experience led Tiffney Vivo to establish her company, Therapprove. In her case, it was dealing with the unnecessarily […]