Startup quietly building bone marrow bank in Indianapolis
Ossium Health wants to build a huge bank of bone marrow and stem cells from deceased organ donors to treat patient with blood cancers and to improve organ transplantations.
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Indy seeks big growth in sports-tech sector
Local government, tech and sports leaders predict that the sector is poised to explode and could grow to rival the size of Indiana’s other tech sectors.
High Alpha launching new program for immigrant tech entrepreneurs
Resilient Venture Studio will start out this year as a program under the High Alpha Innovation umbrella, but the organization’s leaders hope it will be spun off into its own venture studio launching 10 to 12 immigrant-led companies annually.
Ed-tech startup aims to identify student challenges
Invoke Learning offers a cloud-based artificial intelligence system that tracks student behavior from a variety of data sources gathered from the school and other publicly available outlets.
Local educational-technology firm fuels growth with two quick acquisitions
Open LMS isn’t wasting any time making its mark locally and globally. London-based Learning Technologies Group launched the company in Indianapolis in March, and its already acquired two competitors and put them under the Open LMS umbrella, growing its staff.
Local podcast software firm beating growth projections during pandemic
The Indianapolis-based company, which was founded in early 2019, has grown its staff from seven to 20 full-time employees over the past year.
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.
Ag firm creates big buzz with bee hive tech
The Bee Corp. has pioneered technology that can count the number of bees in a hive and monitor hive health, which is imperative for various crop growers globally.
University professors rev up efforts to commercialize research, launch startups
More and more of the work done by university researchers is being spun off into companies and commercial applications that they or the universities own or are a part of.
Fishers firm to help push injectables to market faster
A startup that’s planning to launch a $60 million drug-manufacturing plant sees big growth in contract manufacturing.
Somerset Cloud gets name change, new majority owner
The company founded as Somerset Cloud last year has a new name, majority owner and an even higher growth curve than originally projected.
Ex-Cook Group execs to launch life sciences startup in Fishers
The new company, contract drug developer INCog Biopharma, plans to build a $60 million facility and hire up to 150 workers by the end of 2024.
High Alpha startup secures $5M seed funding for livestreaming music platform
Mandolin’s digital platform—designed to help artists, venues and fans connect through live music—has attracted some big-name investors including Marc Benioff, the founder and CEO of Salesforce.
Q&A: Finding constellations in sea of ad metrics
Allison Bantz joined Pattern89 as chief customer officer just eight weeks ago, but she’s already got an inside line on one of the hottest commodities in 2020: predictability.
Indiana’s ed-tech sector grows rapidly with startups, not-for-profits
Here are six companies and one not-for-profit organization from central Indiana that are experimenting in the ed-tech sector.
Local education technology firm eyes national growth with higher-ed offering
Standard for Success, a Cloverdale-based educational software company, through 2019 has been growing at a strong double-digit clip and earlier this year launched a new service line company officials are confident will help the firm expand further by signing deals with colleges and universities nationwide.
Farm Bureau Insurance pursuing culture of innovation by launching startups
The goal is to inspire creativity and entrepreneurship among employees who have ideas for products and services that can complement the larger company.
High Alpha portfolio firm Bolster makes official launch after raising $6M
Bolster’s investors include Indianapolis-based High Alpha Capital, Silicon Valley Bank parent SVB Financial Group, New York-based Union Square Ventures and Palo Alto, California-based Costanoa Ventures.
Kristen Cooper: Pre-seed funding will help more women succeed
Unless a founder is independently wealthy, she can operate for only a limited time with her own savings. Securing pre-seed capital is extremely difficult for founders without access to networks of affluent people conditioned to write checks for risky ventures.
Startup takes high-tech approach to stopping leaks before homeowner gets soaked
An Indianapolis startup with a unique back story is introducing a solution to a very old—and expensive—problem. Peril Protect is ready for national expansion.