In its first 12 months of operation, Notre Dame's IDEA Center launched 27 startups and recently announced a $22 million seed fund for faculty, student, alumni and community startups.
Nine years ago, Village Capital was founded to address the lack of funding for tech solutions geared to solving global issues. This year, they made a stop in Indianapolis and teamed up with local investors and industry stakeholders to educate their portfolio startups.
Indy tech veteran Kelli Jones recently joined Techstars as the Program Manager for The Heritage Group Accelerator. We spoke to her about the goals of the program in Indy, and the ways in which the city’s community and Techstars can support each other over the next few years.