digital innovation

Candice Matthews Brackeen and her husband Brian just announced that they are expanding Lightship Capital and bringing the firm’s $50 million in venture capital funds to Indianapolis. It’s the largest-ever VC fund raised by a Black woman in the U.S. The first order of business will be to find the right location for a community […]

Private venture development organization Elevate Ventures won the Investor of the Year award during TechPoint’s 21st annual Mira Awards gala honoring the best of tech in Indiana. Elevate Ventures’ overriding purpose is to elevate Indiana’s entrepreneurism and innovation velocity. With $14.2 million deployed through 76 different investments in pre-seed through early-stage startups, 2019 proved to […]

Authenticx Founder Amy Brown won the Rising Entrepreneur Award during TechPoint’s 21st annual Mira Awards gala honoring the best of tech in Indiana. Authenticx is an Indiana-based software company that leverages customer interactions to provide transformative insights for healthcare organizations and other businesses. After a trailblazing 20-year career in government service and executive roles, Amy […]

TechPoint, the nonprofit, industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s technology ecosystem, will recognize designer, innovator, entrepreneur and investor Kristian Andersen with the Trailblazer Award during a live broadcast of TechPoint’s 21st annual Mira Awards gala tonight (Thursday, June 18 beginning at 8 p.m. EDT). The awards are being held virtually for the first time and the […]

The Scale-Up of the Year award celebrates high-growth, innovation-driven businesses that provide technology products or services (or highly tech-enabled businesses).

Even though his college degree is in mechanical engineering, Jay Fernando taught himself how to code with the help of a few friends and, in 1999, he landed a software engineering job 8,000 miles away in Central Indiana. He married Leena Victoria (an electrical engineer and computer programmer by trade), and she, too, found success […]

The Service Partner of the Year award celebrates exceptional work by professional services firms or internal teams who created the year’s best solutions

Congratulations to The STEM Connection and its founder, Vera Vander Kooy, the 2020 TechPoint Foundation for Youth (TPF4Y) Bridge Builder Award winner. The Bridge Builder Award recognizes visionary leaders who are helping underserved student populations in Indiana gain access to experiential learning opportunities that inspire the pursuit of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. […]