Local startup aims to revolutionize car sales
After working for car dealerships for a quarter century, entrepreneur Cole Keesling is ready to flip the script to work for car buyers.
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Venture studio High Alpha launches ninth company this year
High Alpha’s latest portfolio company, Trava, makes and markets an automated risk-management and cyber-insurance software platform designed for small- and mid-sized businesses.
High Alpha launching new firms at torrid rate
The venture firm has been gaining altitude since the venture studio launched in 2015, but with eight tech startups introduced this year, it’s entered a new stratosphere.
DeliverEnd has bold vision to make peer-to-peer online sales safer
The tech company markets an app designed to improve the safety, security and convenience of delivering items bought and sold on online marketplaces such as Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist.
High Alpha launches software firm for real estate teams
High Alpha on Tuesday announced the formal launch of its eighth company this year and its 20th since its founding in 2015.
Savvy strategy, some luck propel online boutique to big success
Magnolia Boutique—known for its bohemian style built around casual, trendy clothing, shoes and accessories—is an online-only business on track to hit $10.5 million in sales this year, up from $7.9 million in 2019.
Former art teacher makes mark on Etsy with crayon-making
Nicole Lewis’ online shop, Art2theextreme, has first-to-market position on the platform with its trademark “The Original Rainbow Crayon.”
Q&A with Tichina Clark, who turned lessons from prison into a business
In November 2019, Tichina Clark officially launched her business, which sells homemade soups, salads and desserts packaged in mason jars.
Lowe’s offering small businesses ‘Shark Tank’ treatment
The program will allow a small number of entrepreneurs, particularly minorities, to pitch their products directly to Lowe’s, sidestepping a traditionally arduous process of getting their goods sold in 2,200 stores.
Groundbreaking well-being app targets Black women’s stressors
Entrepreneur Katara McCarty says the Exhale app she developed “speaks to the path of women of color.”
City Market leadership hopeful better times are ahead
The historic market’s leaders are optimistic the market can overcome its current troubles and emerge as a stronger institution. But they also acknowledge the hurdles ahead.
After years of struggle, WhatFriendsDo finds its wings
The online platform designed to rally support around people who are sick or otherwise in need is now on a path to expansion.
Market Wagon looks to expand produce-delivery service nationwide
The 4-year-old company uses proprietary software and legions of small farmers and gig drivers to create an Amazon-like system that delivers fresh produce, meats, dairy products and other local food.
IU researcher’s latest biotech startup raises $34.6M
Carmel-based MBX Biosciences Inc., co-founded by serial entrepreneur Richard DiMarchi, aims to develop therapeutics to treat rare endocrine disorders.
Couple’s germ-fighting robot keeps humans safe
The skill sets of husband-and-wife duo Jason and Diana Brugh are as perfectly blended for the task they aim to accomplish as the abilities of the integrated robots they’re building to kill germs and fight coronavirus in the workplace. Diana Brugh is a microbiologist with experience in food science and working with bacteria- and virus-killing […]
Wisconsin-based Gener8tor speeding entrepreneurial growth in Indiana
The business accelerator has launched a blitz of business-accelerator programs in Indiana since arriving in the state two years ago.
Venture firm opening Indy office to target the overlooked
Cincinnati-based Lightship Capital is opening an Indianapolis-area office within three months to provide underrepresented entrepreneurs here access to a $50 million investment fund.
Entrepreneurs launch local delivery service aimed at small retailers
The owners of Moonshot Games are launching a delivery service they say can help local independent retailers compete with Amazon.com and the big-box stores.
Armed with $100M, Novus Capital prowls for acquisition
The “blank check company”—formed to acquire one or more businesses and merge with them as a way to take those companies public—closed its funding round in May and is looking for a business to buy.
TechPoint names entrepreneur Andersen 2020 Trailblazer Award winner
Kristian Andersen will be recognized Thursday night during a live broadcast of TechPoint’s 21st annual Mira Awards, which are being held virtually for the first time, due to the pandemic.