Indiana’s ed-tech sector grows rapidly with startups, not-for-profits
Here are six companies and one not-for-profit organization from central Indiana that are experimenting in the ed-tech sector.
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Software keeps kids on school buses safe from sickness
Indianapolis-based Synovia Solutions’ latest platform—Bus Guardian—helps with contact tracing and hygiene verification for school buses.
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New York-based Simplifeye moving HQ to Carmel, hiring 75
Dr. Ryan Hungate, a Kokomo native who founded the medical-practice software firm in 2014, said he plans to spend up to $10 million to shift a majority of the company’s operations to Carmel.
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Software firm Lessonly scores $15 million in latest venture funding round
The funding—secured before the coronavirus hit the U.S.—will be used to fuel growth across all segments of the company, said Lessonly CEO Max Yoder.
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Josh Owens left SupplyKick weeks before dropping out of governor’s race
Owens told IBJ on Tuesday that he left his job as CEO of local tech firm SupplyKick in early January in part to focus on his run for governor. Now that he’s not running for governor, he said he hasn’t decided what his next move is.
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Purdue-led team uses public camera footage to analyze pandemic crowd sizes
The system searches the web for cameras that have been posted online and then saves image data and downloads videos roughly every 10 minutes. The program sends the data to cloud data centers to be analyzed through artificial intelligence with a high level of accuracy.
Apple’s smaller rivals unite to fight iPhone app store rules
Spotify and the makers of Fortnite and Tinder are taking on Apple and Google as part of a newly formed coalition calling for “fair treatment” in the way the tech giants run their app stores.
Major software provider to local governments suffers data breach
Tyler Technologies Inc. told customers Wednesday that an unknown intruder broke into its phone and information technology systems.
Aunt Bertha software helps connect patients to services
Hospital systems say their aim is to provide a helpful clearinghouse for patients in need of housing, transportation, food and other critical services—factors sometimes called “social determinants of health.”
Local education technology firm eyes national growth with higher-ed offering
Standard for Success, a Cloverdale-based educational software company, through 2019 has been growing at a strong double-digit clip and earlier this year launched a new service line company officials are confident will help the firm expand further by signing deals with colleges and universities nationwide.
Hc1 rolling out new tool to help colleges control COVID outbreaks
Indianapolis-based Hc1.com, which makes software that helps health care organizations interpret data to personalize care and control costs, said it thinks it has a solution that will help major U.S. colleges and universities control coronavirus outbreaks on campus.
Former Eleven Fifty Academy president rebrands, grows talent-management firm
PurposeHQ helps its customers—and their employees—align their culture, job fit, team fit and leadership.
Fast-growing Sharpen Technologies could add 75 employees by end of 2021
Sharpen Technologies, an Indianapolis-based developer of cloud-based customer service software, came out of the gates fast this year, and despite a pause in March has continued to experience dramatic growth right through the pandemic.
Indianapolis-based workforce analytics firm acquired by tech titans
Analytic.li, an Indianapolis-based workforce analytics firm, on Tuesday announced that it has been acquired by Novi Group LLC, an investment group led by Hoosier natives Fred Luddy and Greg Bell.
IUPUI students pioneering technology to help emergency responders
A team of five recent IUPUI graduates and two faculty members were recently awarded $112,500 by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology for its software to help emergency providers, and the group has a shot at another $70,000.
High Alpha startup Canopy scores $2 million in seed funding
Canopy, founded late last year under the name Loupe, makes and markets software that uses artificial intelligence to gather sales and product usage data.
Carmel-based software firm planning to invest $2.6M in Westfield HQ, hire up to 65
Employee-owned SEP, one of the largest software development firms in the Indianapolis area, says it’s building a “forever home” that will more than double its current footprint.
New High Alpha company aims to launch 100 startups in next five years
Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha on Thursday announced the launch of High Alpha Innovation, a business founded to help companies create and grow startup firms. The new firm has already snagged several big-name customers.
Scale co-founder launches AI-based software firm to help streamline business management
Executive coach Peter Fuller developed an artificial intelligence-driven platform that lets business leaders know how effectively they’re leading their firm and whether their company is headed in the right direction.
Bloomington firm’s story-writing software finds an audience
Steve Wasick has created artificial intelligence-driven story-writing software that CBS Sports, IU Health and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are using.
Local firm gets ‘overwhelming’ response to coronavirus-inspired software giveaway
Passageways announced it would make its employee and board collaboration software free to aid not-for-profit organizations and government agencies challenged by the coronavirus pandemic. This week, Passageways expanded the offer to Indiana Chamber of Commerce members.
Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking
The technology works by harnessing short-range Bluetooth signals. Using the Apple-Google technology, contact-tracing apps would gather a record of other phones with which they came into close proximity.
Indy tech firm Hc1 joins COVID-19 fight with real-time lab analytics tool
CEO Brad Bostic calls the new dashboard “a game-changer” in predicting the movement of the disease and formulating plan to stop its spread.
Global educational-technology firm puts key division in Indianapolis
London-based Learning Technologies Group has announced Indianapolis will be the headquarters of its new learning-management subsidiary, a boost to the city’s already growing educational technology sector.