Health IT firm hc1.com to add up to 175 Boone County jobs
The company said it will invest $2.5 million to lease and renovate an additional 9,466 square feet to expand its current 16,626-square-foot headquarters at Northwest Technology Park.
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Indoor slides, high-paying jobs part of Interactive’s expansion plan
A day in the life for hundreds of new employees at Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. could mean riding a slide from one floor of their office to the next while earning about $80,000 per year.
IU plots $200M life sciences hub in former Wishard Hospital
The envisioned 26-acre, $200-million-or-more complex would bridge IU’s School of Medicine with the city’s life sciences firms, including those at the nascent 16 Tech, a business park.
Command center being built at WRTV will run 19 stations
Media giant E.W. Scripps is building a multimillion-dollar master control facility at its WRTV-TV Channel 6 that will control all 19 of Scripps’ U.S. television stations. The control hub will bring about 10 additional jobs to WRTV’s 1330 N. Meridian St. campus.
Interactive Intelligence plans $28M building, 430 hires
Local software firm Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. announced Thursday afternoon that it plans to hire 430 employees by the end of 2016 as part of a major expansion of its headquarters.
Interactive Intelligence to hire hundreds in growth plan
CEO Don Brown recently told IBJ that the firm expected to hire in the neighborhood of 250 workers in 2014, and also was looking at constructing an additional building by its headquarters. An announcement is set for Thursday afternoon.
Firm that figured out how to sell hair-salon products online is snapped up by giant
Indianapolis startup Loxa Beauty was barely generating revenue last year when one of the biggest companies in its industry offered to buy it.
Uber, Lyft barnstorm Indianapolis taxi market
The ride-share upstarts are stirring praise and pushback, just as they have elsewhere across the country.
Software firm Salesvue secures $3M in venture capital
The Indianapolis-based firm expect to boost its employment by 50 percent by the end of the year as it expands its sales and marketing nationally.
Interactive Intelligence to buy Carolina software developer
OrgSpan Inc., majority owned by Interactive CEO Don Brown, creates and sells cloud-based enterprise social communications software.
Local businesses struggle to make sense of Heartbleed flaw
Companies around Indianapolis—especially small ones without their own IT teams—are still trying to determine how or even if they were affected by the confounding Internet security gap.
TinderBox woos executive away from Groupon
It’s a return to the city for David Kerr, who in the early 2000s ran Indianapolis software firm NoInk Communications alongside TinderBox cofounder and CEO Dustin Sapp.
Tech startup Gusto lands $1.3M in venture capital
Elevate Ventures, which manages the federally backed Indiana Angel Network Fund, led the financing round.
IU research-to-market center plans move to Wishard
The Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. wants to sell its existing Innovation Center building in downtown Indianapolis and move into the former Wishard Memorial Hospital on the edge of the IUPUI campus.
Option grant lifts compensation for Angie’s List’s Oesterle
Stock options accounted for the biggest chunk of the CEO’s compensation. Their value will depend on the company’s future stock performance.
San Francisco route off to flying start
Indianapolis business travelers pay a premium to shave a few hours and a lot of hassle off their trips to Silicon Valley, and they appear eager to do so. A new nonstop route between Indianapolis International Airport and San Francisco was about three-quarters sold in January and February, the two slowest months for air travel.
Heartbleed bug causes major security headache
A confounding computer bug called "Heartbleed" is causing big security headaches across the Internet as websites scramble to fix the problem and Web surfers wonder whether they should change their passwords
Indiana universities, manufacturers helping launch Digital Lab
Indiana manufacturers, universities and various state groups are abuzz about their involvement with the freshly minted, Chicago-based Digital Lab for Manufacturing—even if they’re not yet sure what their exact role will be.
Electronics manufacturing short circuited in Indiana
The sector is migrating to states that beckon with better prospects.
Indy-based Web firm for coaches makes Atlanta acquisition
Startup dot-com BookIt Commerce Inc. is in the midst of expanding its site for vetting and marketing coaches into new markets.