Indiana innovation

I’ve spent my professional career working in the world of venture capital, but my interest has reached new heights as I’ve gotten fully grounded as TechPoint’s President and CEO. In the past 20 months or so, I’ve become even more driven to help grow Indiana’s digital innovation economy and overall tech ecosystem.  Indiana’s leading policy […]

TechPoint’s latest Pitch Night was sprinkled with applause throughout the four founders’ presentations, but the loudest and longest sustained support came when the launch of the Indiana Founders Network was announced.  More than 30 founders had already signed up to join the Founders Network by Index press time, a good portion of them coming during […]

Tickets are on sale now; capacity has doubled with the April 26, 2024, event now at the Old National Centre   TechPoint today opened nominations for its highly anticipated 25th-anniversary Mira Awards honoring the “Best of Tech” in Indiana. Named after the brightest star that can be seen from Earth, the Mira Awards gala recognizes excellence […]

We have some exciting news for north central Indiana employers and organizations statewide that are currently working with or plan to dive into data science: our nationally lauded Xtern program will expand next summer to include the South Bend-Elkhart region, and AnalytiXIN will return as an integral part of the program. It’s a great step […]

Spend a few hours with the team at Republic Airways, one of the largest regional airlines in the world, at its new Aviation Campus in Carmel and you can’t help but learn a few things about the company and the industry. Of course, it’s an airline; that’s spelled out right there in its name. But […]

For years, Silicon Valley has been seen as the major tech hub in the United States. As tech has continued to thrive as a major industry, more and more tech hubs have emerged as a result of the demand for more great technology solutions. In fact, if you consider transportation, amenities, livability, cost of living, […]

A 2013 TechPoint Index article made note of a “watershed event that will forever mark time in the history of Hoosier business,” predicting it would be viewed as “the genesis of a new era in the tech sector.”  That moment was the announcement of Salesforce’s $2.5 billion acquisition of ExactTarget.   It’s still the biggest exit […]

Today we talk to Katie Birge, associate and head of platform at M25. M25 is an early-stage venture firm based in Chicago that invests solely in tech startups based in the Midwest with many Indiana companies in their portfolio. In this episode we talk about Katie’s journey to working in venture capital, what criteria M25 […]