Allegion to invest in startups and scale-ups through new $50 million venture fund
Allegion, a leading global security products and solutions provider, today announced the launch of Allegion Ventures, a $50 million corporate venture fund aimed at investing in early-stage startup companies developing innovative technologies and products. Allegion Ventures will be managed by Allegion’s global futurist and head of external partnerships and collaborations Rob Martens. I spoke with […]
Conga to acquire Indy tech company Octiv
On March 7, 2018, Colorado-based Conga announced plans to acquire Octiv, a marketing Software-as-a-Service platform that revolutionizes web-based document solutions. Conga’s acquisition of Octiv will enhance the breadth and depth of the Conga Suite, which the company says is considered the industry’s most comprehensive Intelligent Document Automation Suite. Octiv will extend the Conga Suite by providing the ability to […]
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 […]
Partnerships with Rose-Hulman Ventures lead to transformative products
Getting your product to market before your competitors is increasingly challenging in today’s environment. Ironically, it becomes more difficult the more successful your company is. The larger your business practice and footprint, the more red tape you often encounter when trying to innovate with new ideas. Enter Tom Ward, who discovered Rose-Hulman Ventures four years […]
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 […]
Springbuk health intelligence software announces $20 million in funding, 100 new jobs
In one of the largest single investments in an Indiana tech company over the past couple of years, Springbuk announced today that the two-year-old company has secured $20 million in Series B financing. According to company officials, the new capital infusion will drive growth and expansion with a heavy emphasis on product innovation, data operations, […]