Carmel-based startup seeking $7M in funding to begin national expansion
With a series A funding round underway, Work Here is mapping out a big marketing push, aiming for a major national expansion and planning a hiring spree.
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DeliverEnd speeds app to market with IndyCar sponsorship
Nick Turner is used to moving in the fast lane. And now the 28-year-old Indianapolis native is ready to put the pedal to the metal this month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The former IU football player and track runner this month is rolling out his company’s first app using a sponsorship with Harding Steinbrenner Racing to supercharge its marketing efforts.
Car-sharing company Turo makes local inroads
Similar to peer-to-peer home-sharing platforms, car-sharing apps help individuals make their vehicles available to others for a fee.
Little Nugget app turning into big business for new entrepreneur
Carrie Griffith thought there would be a demand for her photo editing and cataloging app, Little Nugget, which she developed during her first child’s nap time. But even she has been surprised at how quickly her new business has grown. Now she’s looking for funding to speed up growth even more.
Apple busts Facebook for distributing data-sucking app
Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use.
Daniel Jones, like his famous father, isn’t afraid to sling stones at giants
He thinks his ride-share company, Bloomington-based Nomad Rides, has a unique business model that can carve out market share from goliaths Uber and Lyft.
Local tech company lets parents track their kids’ bus
Indianapolis-based Synovia Solutions’ Here Comes the Bus app has attracted 1.2 million registered users and 300,000 daily users in 3-1/2 years.
Couple sells Zionsville software firm nine years in the making
It took four years for well-known local businesswoman Pam Cooper to develop an app to connect cause-driven shoppers to businesses willing to donate a portion of sales to a charity the consumer chooses. It took her and her husband, tech industry veteran Tom Cooper, another five years to build their company into something formidable. It took them a lot less time than that to decide to sell their firm to a much bigger company earlier this year.
Purdue grads’ app-driven bike-share business picking up speed
In 2016, Purdue University students Candice Xie and Edwin Tan were looking for an affordable, easy-to-use means to get around campus. So they started a company to fill the need.
App lets shoppers funnel cash to charities
A year ago, Pam and Tom Cooper launched Boosterville Inc., which uses an app to connect cause-driven shoppers to businesses willing to donate a portion of sales to a charity the consumer chooses.
Tech firms see big tech opportunity in freight apps
A wave of companies, including some in Indianapolis, are launching freight-related apps in hopes of making money by helping to streamline a huge and fragmented industry.
Don Brown leads $2M funding round in Carmel tech firm
Lumavate sells software to manufacturers so they can give their customers relevant information about products when they need it.
‘Gig’ economy heats up in Indy
A swelling throng of Indianapolis workers is part of the so-called “gig-economy,” which denotes the matchmaking between independent contractors and consumers over technology platforms.
Radio fighting to be heard among multiple car-dashboard options
The car dashboard, once the exclusive infotainment domain of traditional radio, is becoming a battleground where divergent companies fight for the attention of drivers and passengers.
Zionsville entrepreneur launches app to help event planners coordinate safety
Jim Martin wants all event organizers and venue managers to throw out their folders stuffed with emergency instructions and upload all of that information to their phones.
In-car data poised to rewrite rules of auto insurance
Two dozen auto insurers in Indiana already have launched at least small-scale usage-based insurance programs, according to the Indiana Department of Insurance.
App helps people find things to do in central Indiana
DoStuff Media recently launched an app, Do317, and website, Do317.com, to help people find things to do in Indianapolis.
Fantasy-football app developers team with DraftKings, ESPN’s Matthew Berry
Local entrepreneurs Mark Welsh and Charlie Russell last year started an app development company. And this year, they inked partnerships with ESPN fantasy football guru Matthew Berry and daily fantasy sports behemoth DraftKings for their first major endeavor.
Colts seek teens where they talk, with Kik messsaging app
The Colts have launched a marketing campaign on the social media messaging site Kik, an initiative team officials think could reach hundreds of thousands of teenagers—a notoriously difficult group to target through traditional channels or even other digital platforms.
Entrepreneur launching app to encourage family meals
Gerry Hays has created an app that aims to foster family conversation by asking users to take pictures of their meals and then posing conversation starters.