Investors find value in entrepreneurs who fail
While Midwest venture capitalists are still relatively conservative compared to those on the coasts, failure is increasingly carrying more of an edge and less of a stigma.
Angel Investors
Fishers tech startup lands $1 million in seed capital
A Fishers-based tech startup in the home-services industry said Tuesday that it has raised $1.03 million in venture capital, including seed funding from a pair of well-known Indiana investment groups.
Indy-based website for coaches scores key VC investment
The startup operating from SoBro plans to expand its market with the cash infusion, connecting athletes and teams to qualified coaches.
Funding drought pinches life sciences firms
Nationally, venture capital investments into life sciences firms totaled $4.9 billion during the first nine months of 2013, down 30 percent from the same period in 2008, according to data from Thomson Reuters and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In Indiana, life sciences firms raised $21 million during the first nine months of the year, far lower than any year since 2003.
Symbios collapse snares local investors
Symbios Medical Products LLC filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation, costing numerous Indianapolis-area angel investors large sums.
Indiana firms see big drop in venture funding
Venture capital investments in Indiana dropped off in 2012, but local investors see the market here steadily gaining strength.
Executives backing push to launch pro soccer team
A 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.
Speech recognition technology firm gets cash infusion
Waveform Communications LLC got its second round of funding for research and development.
State, former Colts invest in Fishers software provider
The state of Indiana and former Colts are among the lead investors in Fishers-based software provider CloudOne, the company announced this week.
Indiana slips in life sciences funding
Indiana has taken “a giant step backward” in the availability of early-stage capital for life sciences companies, according to the Indiana Health Industry Forum—which also has a few ideas on how to reverse those developments.
Indianapolis’ tech sector getting some Silicon Valley cred
TechPoint’s 13th annual technology summit might be more notable not for who is on the formal agenda but for who is in the audience.
Angel investment firm adds 3rd chapter for life sciences
StepStone Business Partners has added a chapter in biotech hotbed Warsaw as part of what it hopes will eventually become a statewide network.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Webber gives tech firms their wings
How does angel investor Scott Webber choose which companies to buy into? What common mistakes does he see early-stage entrepreneurs make? What's the best advice his father gave him? The local tech guru reveals all.
Some up-and-coming angel investors
Dozens of people in the Indianapolis area have the potential and the interest to become angel investors in the next few years.
Indianapolis set for next wave of angel investors
A wave of up-and-coming angel investors in the Indianapolis area are quietly accumulating the expertise and thick wallets
necessary to back startups that are at once risky and rich with potential for lucrative returns.
Chinese investors financing startup, early stage companies
Indiana entrepreneurs weary of hitting dry holes with angel investors and venture capitalists are turning to Chinese investors
who are eager to diversify their portfolios, latch onto American innovations—and take advantage of a federal visa program.
HALO shines on IT upstart
Policy management firm PolicyStat lands venture investment from HALO Capital Group, the angel investor network managed by TechPoint. HALO has invested a total of $12.5 million in firms statewide in the past 20 months.
Angel investment group off to flying start
HALO Capital injects $8 million into startups in first year of operation despite recession and membership turnover.
‘Two Million Minutes’ begets India and China sequels
Angel investor Bob Compton has produced a pair of sequels to his 2007 documentary film "Two Million Minutes," which examined the differences between education in the United States, India and China.