Robin Fleming’s new High Alpha venture is ‘hush-hush’ for now
Last month, High Alpha announced that Robin Fleming had joined the venture studio as an entrepreneur in residence and that she would be marshaling her 30 years of enterprise cloud technology experience — including recruiting top B2B SaaS talent — to develop a new company. Robin, who most recently served as senior vice president of […]
DeveloperTown brings startup-style innovation to ‘non-tech,’ established companies
As news of Indiana’s tech boom reaches a fever pitch, there’s a hidden effect that’s gone almost completely unnoticed. Many Indiana companies, even the largest and farthest from the tech scene, are creating software like a startup. Whether that’s Cummins moving beyond the engine with their digital accelerator, or Republic Airlines investing deeply in making […]
Good timing and a purpose-built platform are driving Bolstra’s success
Fast-growing customer success platform company Bolstra announced last month that it closed a $1.5 million seed funding round and that software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry veteran Steve Ehrlich joined the company as chief operating officer. Returning investors include Allos Ventures, 4G Ventures, Collina Ventures, and others. First time investor in Bolstra, VisionTech Angels also contributed to the […]
Indy sports tech company Upper Hand acquires Double Blue Sports
On March 13, Upper Hand, a sports software platform that helps sports organizations manage their business, announced their acquisition of Double Blue Sports, a company that develops advanced and affordable video analysis and sharing applications for athletes, teams, coaches and sports organizations. As part of the acquisition, Upper Hand has acquired Double Blue Sports’ industry-leading […]
Two landmark acquisitions led Meghann York to a dream job
Startup culture and risk-taking run through Meghann York’s veins. She got her first taste of tech when she joined the education management startup DyKnow, after working in healthcare for almost 10 years. Her interesting career path led to iGoDigital, which was acquired by ExactTarget, which was then acquired by Salesforce. Today, Meghann is a director […]
PFL.com is pioneering a new category: Tactile Marketing Automation
There’s an emerging multi-billion dollar industry that marketers and sales pros are already allocating budgets to — even if they don’t quite know what to call it yet. Sending direct mail and dimensional packages (often items with a FedEx label) are bread and butter tactics for marketers and sales teams, but integrating them with digital […]
Allegion might be the largest cutting-edge tech company you didn’t know existed
As a somewhat in-the-know tech insider, I’m generally aware of the big players in my city. However, following a recent interview with executives at Allegion and a visit to their Americas regional headquarters and new technology center, I discovered I was missing out on one of the coolest (and largest) tech companies in the area! […]
Counterpart — A brand new name for software development 25 years in the making
Counterpart is a custom software solutions company that takes its name to heart. They don’t build extravagant enterprise applications when a client needs something much more streamlined, and they refer about a million dollars worth of work to other local businesses every year because they care more about “fit” than financials. Relationships and the work […]