Apparatus beat out two other firms for the Tech Company of the Year honor at Saturday night’s TechPoint Mira Awards. The annual technology-awards ceremony, now in its 16th year, was held at the JW Marriott downtown.
TechPoint announced Friday that Apparatus founder Kelly Pfledderer has replaced chairman Mark Hill and that former ExactTarget co-founder Scott Dorsey has joined its executive team.
Chicago-based Geofeedia opened an Indianapolis office last December, which now hosts 26 of its 45 employees. It recently committed to adding 336 more Indiana workers by 2020 in an economic development deal with the state.
Angie’s List Inc. shares saw double-digit percentage gains Wednesday morning after the company reported a surprise profit in the first quarter—the first time it's put together back-to-back profitable quarters since its 2011 initial public offering.
The investment was in line with comparable quarters in recent years, but there’s evidence that at least one significant deal didn’t make the list.
At least three emerging tech firms are targeting the legal space with subscription-based software, confident they can bring efficiencies to an industry heavy with clients, data and documents.
Angie’s List CEO Bill Oesterle, a Mitch Daniels confidant who strongly opposed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, is well-positioned for a run at Gov. Mike Pence’s seat, observers said Wednesday.
Former ExactTarget CEO Scott Dorsey on Monday launched Nextech, which aims to close the widening gap between technology jobs and qualified candidates for those jobs.
Indiana lawmakers have designated $1 million for Launch Indiana, a year-old state initiative that aims to support entrepreneurs building “disruptive” companies—as opposed to those starting tried-and-true businesses.
Jacob Blackett and Sterling White buy rental houses. Through their 6-month-old firm, Holdfolio, the 24-year-olds plan to bundle them and sell investors equity stakes in the portfolio through a Web-based platform.
Thomas J. Buck, a powerhouse investment broker who unexpectedly left the local office of Merrill Lynch last month, was fired due to “management’s loss of confidence,” the company disclosed in newly released regulatory filing.
Tech leaders say the religious freedom law has been a burdensome headwind over the past week, making job discussions longer than necessary and injecting unease in the minds of some candidates.
Bill Oesterle wasn’t the first business leader to denounce the measure, which sparked a national firestorm and was widely seen as anti-gay. But he was among the first Indiana Republicans to vocally support gay rights.
Expected to take effect in May, the Indianapolis layoffs are part of a company-wide strategy to wind down student loan services.
In an interview with IBJ, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he was bullish on Indiana until the religious freedom law passed, and he’s encouraged by proposed changes being made at the Statehouse.
The number of in-store bank branches—mostly at grocery stores—has been trending downward for years, and in the coming months they’ll be all but gone from Indianapolis.
Marc Benioff said on social media Thursday morning that he was canceling corporate programs that require travel to Indiana in response to the “religious freedom” bill signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff late Wednesday joined a last-ditch effort by at least a dozen Indiana tech company executives to persuade Gov. Mike Pence to veto the controversial "religious freedom" bill, even as Pence made clear he planned to sign the measure Thursday.
The popular Orchard in Bloom Flower Show, one of the largest annual fundraisers on the city's north side, is taking a year off after 25 years, officials at the Orchard School said.
Blue Pillar Inc., which sells energy management software, has raised almost $14 million this year, putting it atop Indiana tech companies in 2014.
