May 4, 2013
J.K. WallInfuse Accelerator hopes to make early-stage investments in 12 to 15 companies a year.
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May 4, 2013
Dan HumanTwelve lucky entrepreneurs chosen from hundreds of applicants will spend two months this summer in a luxury facility working
on bringing new business ideas to market.
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April 13, 2013
J.K. WallThe Indiana University School of Medicine has launched 12 companies in the past 18 months—a burst of startup activity
the school has never seen before.
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March 23, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisIndianapolis-based startup Dreamapolis is finalizing the details of its first Dreamapolis Accelerator class, a 12-week crash
course designed to help high-potential urban businesses get up to speed quickly.
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March 16, 2013
IBJ StaffMaxTradein, which allows dealers to bid on cars, adds former ChaCha executive to pursue roll-out to 30 markets.
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March 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyA fixture in Indianapolis' startup community, Marcadia Biotech co-founder Kent Hawryluk is backing a project management
software firm.
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March 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThere’s the company founded by a college kid, in his dorm room. Another firm was launched by a guru from the shadowy
world of cyber security. And the other was founded by tech veterans old enough to remember IBM punch cards. Three Indiana
tech companies have surfaced among standouts in the notes of judges for TechPoint’s annual Mira Awards—the Hoosier
tech version of the Oscars.
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February 23, 2013
Cory SchoutenA bottling house, which is all that's left of a brewing campus closed by Prohibition, will be home to two partners' startup
this spring.
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February 11, 2013
J.K. WallTo understand why Indiana’s life sciences entrepreneurs are frustrated with the flow of venture capital, look no further
than this statistic from a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report: 2012 was the slowest year for first-time life sciences investment
since 1995.
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February 8, 2013
Associated PressPurdue University is opening up intellectual property rights to student-inventors who make technological breakthroughs using
university resources.
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February 2, 2013
J.K. WallFrustrated by up-and-down state funding for startup life sciences companies, industry leaders are talking up a plan to create
a dedicated funding stream that could total $30 million a year.
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January 26, 2013
IBJ StaffCause.it, founded by students from I.U. and Purdue, was awarded $500,000 by Innovate Indiana.
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January 12, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe ever-evolving information/answers service ChaCha Search has launched a startup within the 7-year-old company. Social Reactor
will match advertisers with participating celebrities and other “social influencers,” who will use social media
tools such as Twitter to drive fans to advertisers. Verge founder Matt Hunckler was tapped to get it rolling.
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December 29, 2012
Chris O'MalleyA trademark-infringement case brought against App Press LLC threatens to smother the tech startup in legal fees before it
reaches its potential.
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December 15, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisIndianapolis-based Promise Monsters makes and sell plush toys that promote kindness through secret “missions”
kids are asked to complete.
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December 15, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indiana Economic Development Corp. is looking to renew its commitment to life sciences by creating a $30 million venture
fund. The amount dedicated to one sector would be equal to the state’s allocation for all high-tech startups over the
past two years.
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November 30, 2012
Jean WojtowiczThe horror stories are sobering: Dun & Bradstreet reported earlier this year that businesses with fewer than 20 employees
have only a 37 percent chance of surviving four years and just 9 percent will be around 10 years.
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November 20, 2012
Recoverator helps users catalog belongings and generate professional loss reports for insurance agents and law enforcement.
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November 17, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinChris Baggott has spent the past year and a half raising cattle, pigs and chickens on pasture, rather than conventional feed
grain, and without the use of hormones or antibiotics.
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November 17, 2012
Anthony SchoettleA group of Indianapolis business executives is laying the groundwork to launch a professional soccer team here in 2014. Members
of the group won’t identify themselves, but this month they launched a website—indyprosoccer.com—seeking
season-ticket commitments.
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November 16, 2012
Diagnotes LLC's On Call software, which delivers patient medical records to smartphones of an on-call doctor, won the inaugural
Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge.
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November 12, 2012
J.K. WallLabDoor, which soon will launch an iPhone app that assigns A-F grades to over-the-counter vitamins and medicines, moved last
month from Indianapolis to San Francisco, where it received $100,000 in startup financing.
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November 10, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIf a biotech startup were akin to a rock band, Kristin Sherman might be the keyboardist. She’s not front-and-center
on the stage, but the ballad wouldn’t be as dynamic without her pounding the chords.
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November 3, 2012
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis area produced more Inc. 500 companies per person from 2001 to 2010 than all but five other U.S. metro areas
with more than 1 million residents, according to a recent study by the Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation.
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October 20, 2012
Scott OlsonFormer Google manager returns to roots to launch FoundSM.
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You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.
For those who let this information strike a nerve, remember that this is still the America that allows the freedom to achieve dreams and goals. Should you really chastise those who are given a perk on a deal that is supported by the consumer (that is until they don't like the deal anymore due to envy) or should the dream of rewards for working be looked at a little closer? I say lets stick to the deal, go to work,earn our keep, shoot for dreams, change our jobs to have that dream or shut up about others achievements ..............while we are still afforded this liberty of America !
Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.