RFRA controversy complicates tech recruiting efforts
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.
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Angie’s List calls off $40M expansion over ‘freedom bill’
Angie’s List Inc. said Saturday that it is canceling plans for a major expansion to its east-side headquarters “as a result of the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” The project was expected to create 1,300 jobs by the end of 2019.
Blue Pillar moves HQ, leads Indiana tech fundraising
Blue Pillar Inc., which sells energy management software, has raised almost $14 million this year, putting it atop Indiana tech companies in 2014.
Local tech firm Blue Pillar moving headquarters to East Coast
Blue Pillar, which just landed nearly $14 million in equity funding, agreed to move its headquarters from Indianapolis to Maryland after getting $500,000 from a state-sponsored venture capital fund.
Fast-growing Blue Pillar lands nearly $14M in funding
With the new infusion, the maker of energy-management software has brought in about $25 million in venture capital.
ExactTarget’s $2.5B sale rippling in Indy tech scene
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.
Can Hc1 become the Salesforce.com of health care?
Zionsville-based Hc1 is using its latest round of funding to expand from its roots—making software to help medical labs, pharmacies, physicians and hospital systems track the business relationships they have with one another—into a company that also helps those organizations interact directly with patients.
Local software firm CTI Group names new leader
Indianapolis-based business software firm CTI Group Holdings Inc. on Wednesday announced the appointment of Manfred Hanuschek as its new CEO and president.
Q&A: Indy entrepreneur’s app tracks student attendance
Indianapolis entrepreneur Jeff Whorley in January debuted a smartphone app that tracks whether college students go to class. A wave of national media attention followed.
Fast-growing Geofeedia to ramp up Indy employment
Fresh off a $3 million funding round announced Thursday, the four-year-old tech company said it plans to hire 50 employees between its Chicago and Indianapolis offices. The majority will work in Indianapolis, founder and CEO Phil Harris said.
Carmel-based tech security firm acquired for $40M
Carmel-based technology firm Emerging Threats Pro LLC has reached an agreement to be acquired by Sunnyvale, California-based Proofpoint Inc., the companies announced Monday morning.
Local data-analysis startup plans to add nearly 50 workers
Perscio LLC announced Tuesday that it hopes to add 48 full-time employees making an average wage of $43 per hour by the end of 2019.
Growing Bluebridge lands new investment, Dorsey’s attention
Mobile-app developer Bluebridge Digital is moving to bigger offices, adding employees, and including ExactTarget co-founder Scott Dorsey as an investor.
Smart-keg startup lands another $5.5 million
SteadyServ, the local firm behind the iKeg smart beer-management system, now plans to move into at least six new markets outside the Midwest.
Former Bluelock CEO joins coding academy as president
John Qualls, former CEO of Bluelock, has joined Eleven Fifty, the Carmel-based coding academy started by serial entrepreneur Scott Jones.
Telecom players embrace home security services
Technology has paved the way for people to engage with more aspects of their homes beyond security features. As a result, cable, phone and other companies have taken notice and jumped into the space.
Interactive Intelligence reports fourth-quarter loss
The Indianapolis-based software firm lost $29.9 million in the latest period, but the results exceeded analyst expectations.
Former ExactTarget exec joins board of hc1.com
Tim Kopp’s move comes on the heels of hc1.com’s reporting that new customers more than tripled from 2013 to 2014 and that subscription revenue has grown for 15 consecutive quarters.
Dorsey takes chairman’s seat at TinderBox
Former ExactTarget CEO Scott Dorsey will help steer the growth of local sales-software firm TinderBox.
Robotic lawn mower developer acquired by Ohio company
Precise Path Robotics Inc., the locally based maker of robotic lawn mowers co-founded by entrepreneur Scott Jones, has been sold to one of the country's largest manufacturers of outdoor power equipment.