Bookacoach platform offers parents ‘safest’ option for sports lessons

If you had to guess how much money parents spend on private sports lessons for kids in America, would you come up with $6 billion? The former athletes who founded bookacoach saw the potential for a new platform to serve this market — connecting parents with the right coaches for their children — and their […]

hc1.com partnership with Beckman Coulter reminds me of how Silicon Valley got started

Those of you who know me know that while I love a new tech story, I also love a good history. Here is a local story that combines the two. The new tech story: While meeting with Brad Bostic, CEO of hc1.com, I learned that hc1 had formed a recent partnership with Beckman Coulter. hc1 […]

$1.3 Million Lilly Endowment Grant to Launch Techpoint’s Ultimate Tech Internship Experience

CICP Foundation has received a $1.3 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the Xtern program at Techpoint, Indiana’s technology growth initiative. The program attracts top university talent and immerses them in a one-of-a-kind summer internship experience. TechPoint is using the grant to launch the Xtern program, which the nonprofit economic development organization promotes […]

Indigo BioSystems secures $8.5 million in venture funding

Indigo BioSystems announces the closing of its $8.5 million Series B round of funding to continue growth, and appoints Dr. Randall K. Julian Jr. as CEO. Indigo Biosystems (Indigo), the industry leading data review software developer for clinical, reference, and research laboratories, announced the closing of its $8.5 million round of funding today. The investment […]

Givelify app makes it easier to donate and raises more money for charities

A profound passion to help charities do more and the supportive tech community in Indianapolis inspired and enabled founders Walle Mafolasire and Tayo Ademuyiwa, M.D. to create the charitable donation app Givelify. Since launching the public beta a couple of months ago, Givelify has raised nearly  $1 million for about 200 churches across the nation, […]

Agile Marketing for Startups: How to Get Started

As a new business with a small team, startups often face the conflict of too many competing priorities. Producing sales collateral, managing campaigns, updating the website, tweeting, pinning, and “liking” vie for our limited time and attention. This endless list of “what else can we do?” often leaves startup marketing teams running in circles. Startup […]

The TechPoint Foundation for Youth Silent Auction is Coming to the Mira Awards Gala!

The annual Mira Awards Silent Auction benefiting the TechPoint Foundation for Youth is coming to the 2014 Mira Awards Gala! We're putting the finishing touches on the incredible evening, but before you arrive at the JW Marriott on Saturday, be sure you've registered to bid on items in the Silent Auction. You can even bid […]

Emerging Threats fights malware and malicious online attacks with intelligence

The cyber Security research organization, Emerging Threats, has quickly grown from an online open source community, to a world-leading provider of malware and malicious threat intelligence with its commercialized products — ETPro Ruleset and IQRisk Suite. Backed by Indiana-based HALO Capital Group and Elevate Ventures, Emerging Threats is helping enterprises protect private and public networks […]