Indiana-based HALO Investor Group Surpasses $20 Million Invested in Hoosier Startups Milestone

TechPoint, Indiana’s technology growth initiative, has announced that the angel funding organization HALO Investor Group surpassed the $20 million mark for investments in Hoosier tech startups over the past five years. The group reached this significant milestone with four investments totaling nearly $1.5 million during the first two quarters of 2014. HALO Investor Group is […]

After five-year run as investment banker, Christopher Day is ready to build something again

Christopher Day has officially transitioned his role at Navidar Group to an advisory capacity — the investment banking firm he started with his brother five years ago — and he's itching to pick up where he left off, as one of Indy's prolific and effective serial entrepreneurs. "I really didn't mean to but I became […]

Don Brown speaks at first-ever TechPoint Tech Thursday on the road

Last week, Interactive Intelligence hosted TechPoint’s first-ever Tech Thursday on the Road. A capacity crowd of 120 attendees gathered for networking on a patio at the company’s headquarters on the northwest side. Interactive Intelligence CEO Don Brown was the featured speaker. Brown is a self-proclaimed “public school kid from Indiana.” His parents hailed from the […]

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, […]