ChaCha joins list of elite startups
Red Herring magazine’s annual list of top tech startups previously included the likes of Facebook, Google and Yahoo.
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Taxing career path ultimately appeals to entrepreneur
Accounting, church jobs lead to software firm that helps tax accountants manage property tax disputes.
Struggling BlackBerry maker could be drag on BrightPoint
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., which said it wouldn’t turn a profit this quarter, accounts for about 10 percent of BrightPoint’s distribution business.
Shares of Facebook stall after company’s record IPO
Facebook sold 421million shares to raise $16 billion, giving the company a $104 billion market value. After the debut, underwriters bought the stock to keep it from falling below the IPO price.
Biz boosters embrace One Click, but it’s no sure thing
Husband-and-wife entrepreneurs Randy and Angie Stocklin started Greenwood-based One Click Ventures out of their home with $20,000 in 2005. They now own a portfolio of niche retail websites, including SunglassWarehouse.com, HandbagHeaven.com and Scarves.net, which brought $5.3 million in revenue last year.
Digital textbook firm Courseload raises millions
The Indianapolis-based digital textbook company Courseload completed a new round of fundraising in April that its CEO says gives the company the cash it needs to keep landing new university customers in what has become a fast-growing but hyper-competitive field.
Progress spotty in narrowing tech field’s gender gap
Most technology firm startups are birthed by men in their 20s and 30s who have a background in computer science. To what degree women are underrepresented in the ranks of tech entrepreneurs is hard to quantify, but it’s a small universe.
Purdue’s Indy tech incubator nearing capacity
Officials consider expanding facility that got off to a slow start but began filling up last fall.
Fast-growing One Click lands $1M state incentive deal
A Greenwood e-commerce company could collect $1 million in state tax credits and training grants if it succeeds in hiring 109 new employees over the next five years.
More physicians using social media to find jobs
But major Indianapolis-area hospitals still prefer personal referrals
Want to check your coat? Now, there’s an app for that
Indianapolis-based upstart CoatChex is preparing the launch of an iPad-based, ticketless coat-check system for bars through which a patron enters his phone number to check a coat and, later, to retrieve it.
Innovator Godfrey recognized for contributions to state’s tech economy
Aprimo founder joins other notables as TechPoint Trailblazer.
Power-grid software maker lands $7M in venture capital
Indianapolis-based Blue Pillar Inc., which makes software to manage electrical grids, has closed on $7 million in funding from four venture capital firms, it said Monday.
BrightPoint stock sinks on lower earnings report
BrightPoint Inc. stock fell as much as 12 percent early Friday morning following disappointing first-quarter earnings that prompted the company to lower its 2012 financial forecast.
Growth pushes Bluelock into black
The growing popularity of cloud computing is sending sales skyward for Bluelock, a 6-year-old firm that is turning a profit and garnering national attention.
Angie’s List posts larger loss, but higher revenue
The Indianapolis-based company reported a first-quarter loss of nearly $13.5 million on revenue of $31.1 million. Paid memberships topped 1.2 million, an 81-percent increase from the same period a year earlier.
Interactive Intelligence shares fall on smaller profit
Shares of Interactive Intelligence fell as much 10 percent in early trading Thursday after the Indianapolis-based software maker reported lower earnings.
Indianapolis expects savings from sweeping energy project
The city is guaranteed $7.5 million in savings over 15 years from a $18 million upgrade of city facilities, and the savings are expected to accumulate further.
Angel Learning’s founder thinking big again
IT professor Ali Jafari, who netted Indiana University $23 million on its $130,000 investment in his Angel Learning when it sold three years ago, recently launched CourseNetworking, which allows learners across the globe to connect and chat around shared interests and class subjects.
WellPoint enrolls IBM supercomputer at IU medical school
IBM’s supercomputer Watson is already a “Jeopardy!” champion. Now, three doctors in Indianapolis are trying to teach it how to treat cancer.