Indy groups reap $5.8M in workforce training grants
The awards from the White House’s TechHire initiative are earmarked to help workers with limited English skills and disadvantaged young people prepare for technology and manufacturing jobs.
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Software company Emarsys speeding up hiring plans
The marketing-software firm originally planned to employ 167 employees by the end of 2020. But it’s accelerating those plans and expects to be halfway to that goal by the end of this year.
Local hackers team up to tackle transit issues
In a contest, college students created tools to find links between crime and mass transit and to encourage use of both IndyGo and the Indiana Pacers Bikeshare service.
With new Carmel HQ, tech firm aims to move beyond rocky past
Publicly traded Determine Inc. generated fanfare when it announced it was moving its headquarters here and adding 24 jobs to the 35 already here. But many investors have been betting against it for years.
Tech veteran Dorsey takes a seat on Lesson.ly’s board
The former ExactTarget CEO has been an investor and adviser in the software firm since late 2014, but recently decided he wanted to increase his role in the fast-growing firm.
Tech firm that’s moving HQ to Carmel misses quarterly expectations
Determine Inc., which plans to move its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Carmel, released quarterly financial results Thursday afternoon that fell short of analyst expectations.
Scifres joins local software company as president
Don Scifres, a Midwest venture capitalist and former private-sector executive, has joined Indianapolis-based software company SmartFile.
Ontario Systems acquires Washington-based software firm
One of Indiana’s oldest software firms has acquired a Vancouver, Washington, company that specializes in making software for state and municipal governments.
Tech firm moving HQ from Silicon Valley to Carmel
A publicly traded Silicon Valley-based technology company is moving its headquarters to Carmel, where it plans to add 24 “high-wage” employees by the end of 2019, state and local officials announced Monday afternoon.
Interactive CEO talks virtual reality bet, shift to cloud
Interactive Intelligence CEO Don Brown said his company’s new cloud-based software has “taken off like crazy,” and the firm is bullish on virtual reality technology.
High Alpha Studio launches education-tech startup
ClearScholar Inc. is the first portfolio company High Alpha built from scratch. It plans to make student-engagement software for colleges and universities, starting with Butler University this fall.
ExactTarget alums sell software company after just 13 months
Branding Brand, a Pittsburgh-based retail software company with a few ExactTarget alums of its own, has scooped up Indy-based Waysay, founded last year by two former ET’ers.
Program donates tech to those in need in Hamilton County
A technology exchange is trying to connect low-income individuals to computers and other gear needed to apply for jobs, take online courses and create resumes.
Notre Dame opens turbomachinery lab expected to create jobs
The University of Notre Dame held an open house Tuesday for its new $36 million off-campus turbomachinery laboratory that officials hope will raise the university's research profile.
Digital marketing startup Torchlite plans to add 140 workers
The Indianapolis-based firm, which connects client companies to freelancers, inked an incentive deal with the Indiana Economic Development Corp. that will provide up to $2.8 million in tax credits.
Former Finish Line execs help sports-software firm score $1M
Indianapolis-based Upper Hand Inc. got an assist from investors including Finish Line Inc. co-founder Larry Sablosky.
HomeAdvisor CEO on Indy: ‘I didn’t think we’d do this well this fast’
On a recent visit to Indianapolis, HomeAdvisor CEO Chris Terrill spoke with IBJ about the company’s fast-growing local office, its nearby competitor Angie’s List, and the future of the home-services industry.
Salesforce buying Demandware for $2.8B in commerce push
If completed, the acquisition would be the largest ever for Salesforce, topping its $2.5 billion purchase of Indianapolis-based ExactTarget Inc. in July 2013. Salesforce has about 1,400 employees in central Indiana.
Ancestry.com digitizes 17M vital records under Indiana deal
The records scanned mostly from microfilm rolls cover birth and death certificates dating back to the early 1900s and marriage records from 1958 through 2005.
DemandJump attracts more big-name investors with $1.8M round
The marketing software company, which was named “Startup of the Year” by TechPoint, has lured equity capital from Collina Ventures partner Mark Hill and a prominent Boston-based venture capitalist.