Salesforce and some of its competitors have been using their Indianapolis operations to help forge a new industry—the creation of cloud-based digital dashboards known as “marketing clouds.”
Speaking in a cafe his company recently opened in downtown’s Gibson Building, Salesforce Marketing Cloud CEO Scott McCorkle re-affirmed hiring plans and left the door open for the Connections conference to return to Indy.
Many startups, here and elsewhere, secure venture capital funding by touting their market traction, revenue growth and other statistics, all in an effort to prove to investors that they’re good bets. However, a look behind the scenes of High Alpha and three other big venture deals last year suggests that, oftentimes, landing capital has more to do with relationships and luck than with metrics.
Sigstr, whose software helps companies market themselves through email signatures, raised about $1.5 million from prominent investors across the country.
Firms landed more than $28 million in the third quarter, the highest quarterly total in three years and a sign of accelerating entrepreneurial momentum in the state.
Scott Dorsey and Kristian Andersen—two of the four partners at High Alpha—say they are pioneers because they’ve created a firm that combines company creation and venture funding.
The ExactTarget co-founder is wrapping up a $2 million seed-funding round and adjusting his new startup’s business model in anticipation of a December launch.
A former JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst has been charged with leaking insider information to his friends, including a tip about Salesforce.com’s $2.5 billion acquisition of Indianapolis-based ExactTarget Inc. in June 2013.
Emarsys, a digital marketing company, is looking to establish a North American headquarters soon, and Indianapolis is on its short list, sources told IBJ.
The reality is that food and agriculture present us with a greater opportunity for entrepreneurship and wealth creation than the Internet did back in 2000.
Many of ExactTarget’s former employees and investors are still investing, advising and innovating right here in Indianapolis.
Salesforce.com Inc., the software provider that has hired bankers to field takeover offers, would make sense as a partner for a buyer willing to spend a lot to become the leader in cloud computing.
The Chicago-based company, which recently hired two ExactTarget alums to lead its Indianapolis operations, said the city will house its largest office.
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 blockbuster acquisition by Salesforce.com is still helping Indianapolis attract new investment capital, recruit talent, and burnish its reputation as an emerging tech hub, according to panelists at IBJ's Technology Power Breakfast.
Former ExactTarget CEO Scott Dorsey will help steer the growth of local sales-software firm TinderBox.
About 18 months have passed since enterprise software giant Salesforce.com acquired ExactTarget for $2.5 billion, but a lot has changed in the past 12 months including among senior alums.
Chief Technology Officer Robert Wiseman has decided not to relocate permanently to Indianapolis, opening the door for former ExactTarget executive Darin Brown.
The fast-growing social media analytics company has opened a downtown office and chosen two locals to lead its product and sales divisions.
It’s now called Salesforce Marketing Cloud. The move underscores changes still under way since Salesforce.com acquired the local firm for $2.5 billion last year.
