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Colleges find big benefits in connecting investors with startups

October 25, 2019

Colleges nationwide are launching angel networks that connect business executives and investors with entrepreneurs and startups with ties to the school.

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Butler Angel Network aims to give students venture capital experience

September 8, 2025 | Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business

Students will actively participate in due diligence, deal sourcing, portfolio analysis and angel investor communication as a way to gain real-world exposure to early-stage investing, the university said.

Amid ongoing Elevate Ventures funding freeze, some companies approved for investments

June 26, 2025 |

Susan Orr

Also, at Wednesday’s meeting, the IEDC board’s entrepreneurship committee updated the investment policy for the Indiana Angel Network Fund III LLC—the investment fund managed by Elevate Ventures through which the SSBCI money flows.

Indianapolis-based angel investor group had banner year amid 2023 slump

January 26, 2024 |

Susan Orr

VisionTech reported this week that it invested a total of $2.88 million into 18 different companies last year, representing an increase in both the number of deals and the total value of deals from 2022.

Bloomington-based angel investor fund has big growth plans

August 4, 2023 |

Susan Orr

Dimension Mill just closed its fourth angel investors’ fund this week, with $1.08 million from 52 investors. The fund has been so successful since the program’s launch in 2020 that Dimension Mill is planning significant expansion to spur more investment activity.

Indianapolis-based angel investor group eyeing ‘record year’ in 2023, executive director says

March 24, 2023 |

Susan Orr

VisionTech, a group of more than 130 investors, has so far this year made seven investments totaling $1 million. In comparison, the group made a total of 16 investments totaling $2.4 million in all of 2022.

Tech startup led by Scott McCorkle lands $5.1M in angel funding

September 2, 2022 |

Susan Orr

Indianapolis-based tech startup MetaCX, a High Alpha portfolio company, has attracted more than $30 million in investment since the company’s launch in 2018.

Elevate Ventures is opening its annual pitch event to the public

July 8, 2022 |

Susan Orr

Elevate Ventures’ annual pitch competition takes place Aug. 5 in Fishers, and this year for the first time the event is free and open to the public.

Indianapolis-based myCOI lands $5M in debt financing to fuel growth

September 10, 2021 |

Susan Orr

Established in 2009, myCOI uses proprietary software and human expertise to help clients assure that they and their business partners have the proper insurance coverage.

Four startup veterans create fund to fuel new ventures

March 5, 2021 |

Anthony Schoettle

Four successful local entrepreneurs and active angel investors have teamed up to create Indianapolis-based Round One Capital, a new fund for emerging startups. Round One partners plan to offer startups more than just money. And they plan to grow the fund over time.

Angel investor network VisionTech fills need for startup funding

April 17, 2019

Founded in 2014, VisionTech has seen its membership, or investors—as well as the amount invested by those members—swell significantly in the last two years.

Tech seed fund relaunching with new management

February 14, 2019

Three new managing partners are bringing Gravity Ventures back to life and aim to have its new fund deployed within 18 months.

Venture Club’s Innovation Showcase is a go

September 13, 2018

After InXInnovate LTD suddenly cancelled its local event this fall, the Venture Club of Indiana was forced to hustle to re-schedule their annual Innovation Showcase. With the help of The Heritage Group and other corporate supporters, it’s now set for October.

Venture studio High Alpha offers its firms mentoring, money, marketing and more

March 21, 2018

Since its takeoff three years ago, investor High Alpha has grown its stable of studio companies from three to nine.

Compton plots strategy for indie flick ‘Columbus’

August 18, 2017

Prominent tech investor Bob Compton is one of the movie's six executive producers. He helped fund "Columbus" and recruited tech notables Don Brown and Scott Dorsey to invest in the project as well.

Funding conditions for U.S. tech startups reach record high

August 11, 2017

A 44 percent increase from a year earlier was driven by a surge in the number of businesses that raised money for the first time, reflecting investors' appetite to back the riskiest companies.

IU Kelley school alums power venture group AngelBom

March 24, 2017

AngelBom is composed of alumni of the IU Kelley School of Business’ Business of Medicine Program and is a 6-month-old chapter of the angel investment group VisionTech Partners.

Lawmakers propose bill to expand venture capital tax credit

January 27, 2017

The bill would increase the cap on the amount of tax credits investors could claim, as well as make the credits useful for out-of-state investors.

Indy angel group gets aggressive with school startups

February 18, 2016

Indianapolis-based Vision Tech Angels has always invested in startups born at universities, by way of invitation. Now it’s flipping the script and seeking them out.

Globe-trotting financier launching angel firm

September 17, 2015

Indianapolis native Danny Chan, a managing director at Iconic Private Equity Partners, a Hong Kong-based firm, is back home in Indiana and ready to launch an angel investing group here that will help fund Hoosier startups of all stripes.

Former Chamber chief tapped to run Elevate Ventures

April 16, 2015

Christopher LaMothe, who led the Indiana Chamber of Commerce as president from 1992 to 2002, has been named CEO of Elevate Ventures, a not-for-profit investment group that runs the Indiana Angel Network Fund.

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