Rick Crosslin wins TechPoint Foundation for Youth Bridge Builder Award
TechPoint Foundation for Youth is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has selected Rick Crosslin, Scientist in Residence, MSD of Wayne Township, as the 2016 Bridge Builder Award recipient. The award will be presented to Mr. Crosslin during the Mira Awards gala at The Westin on April 23rd. The Mira Awards is an […]
Vennli invents customer ‘choice factor’ visualization platform, disrupts market research
The $40 billion global market research industry took a $1.4 billion dollar hit during the Great Recession as corporations slashed budgets and stockpiled cash due to uncertainty and continuing rising costs. Despite the fact that it’s more important to stay close to customers and maximize every sales opportunity during economic downturns, most companies chose to […]
Geofeedia expands its role in pioneering location-based intelligence
Geofeedia burst onto the Indianapolis tech scene in 2014 with a couple of employees opening a satellite office for the then three-year-old Chicago-headquartered location-based intelligence company. Just 15 months later, 38 of the company’s 63 employees are based in Indianapolis playing pivotal roles in Geofeedia’s rapid growth, the development and launch of new software products, […]
CloudOne Secures $9M in Series E Funding
CloudOne, a Fishers-based Internet of Things (IoT) firm, announced a Series E venture funding raise of $9 million. Founded in 2010, this raise brings total equity investment in CloudOne to $21.9 million. Plymouth Ventures of Ann Arbor, Mich. led the funding round with primary participation by Hercules Technology Growth Capital of Palo Alto, Calif. Existing investors participating in […]
Can we simplify and personalize healthcare through technology?
Search the Internet for “the Uberization of everything” and you will find dozens of articles discussing startups that follow the Uber model of customized, on-demand service. Uber is the world’s largest taxi company that owns no cars. Airbnb is the largest accommodation provider that owns no real estate. These companies are so successful because they created […]
Sigstr’s simplified genius is ready for 10x growth
When I first wrote about Sigstr in August I was gobsmacked by its simplified genius. Sigstr is a centralized software-as-a-service platform that helps marketers push content and campaigns to employee email signatures, driving brand consistency and real marketing results with analytics. Why has it taken so long for someone to come up with this idea? […]
Lesson.ly announces $5 million Series A funding round
Learning automation software company Lesson.ly today announced a $5 million Series A funding round led by OpenView, with participation from High Alpha Capital and Allos Ventures. “In 2013 our first client created their first lesson, and today more than 200,000 employees are learning with Lesson.ly,” said Max Yoder, Lesson.ly’s co-founder and CEO. “This investment brings […]
Torchlite officially launches first-of-its-kind digital marketing platform
Torchlite, a software-as-a-service based marketplace that connects businesses to experts who build, manage and optimize digital marketing campaigns, launches the first-ever digital marketing platform powered by an on-demand talent marketplace. On March 22, the company released significant updates to its platform based on months of conversations with clients, account managers and “Torchliters” — the company’s vetted […]
