Local sales-software firm plans expansion with $2.1 million funding
Costello founder and CEO Frank Dale he’s as excited about the quality of investors that came on board this round as he is about the amount the firm raised.
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Delivra acquired, but its office will remain here
In a deal that was announced this week, one of the city’s oldest marketing technology software firms has been acquired. But its brand will live on and most of its executive team and other employees will remain here.
Supreme Court rules states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax
The 5-4 ruling Thursday is a win for states, including Indiana, who said they were losing out on billions of dollars annually under two decades-old Supreme Court decisions that impacted online sales tax collection.
IBJ PODCAST: All you need to know about Indy’s bid for Amazon’s HQ2
With central Indiana on the short list for Amazon’s $5 billion secondary headquarters project, IBJ’s reporters for technology, real estate and economic development join forces to discuss what the internet giant wants and whether the Indy area measures up.
Studio Science research and branding company grows national footprint
The tech-focused research, design and branding company has its eye on greatly expanding its customer base nationally—even beyond the tech sector.
Texas tech firm acquires High Alpha’s ClearScholar
Founded in 2016, ClearScholar is the second company in the High Alpha portfolio to be snapped up in the last four months.
Tech companies still struggle to hire black workers
Tech companies know that they have a race problem, as the numbers at major companies attest. But their efforts to address it have so far yielded little progress.
Facebook says privacy-setting glitch affected as many as 14M
The problem, which Facebook said it has fixed, is the latest privacy scandal for the world's largest social media company.
2018 Innovation Issue: Is virtual reality already dead? Or just getting started?
Quietly—as consumers turned their attention elsewhere—virtual reality has been finding its place in business operations, particularly to make education and training more accessible and less expensive.
Analytics for sponsors and fans takes center stage at Indy 500
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar Series have signed a deal with a San Diego tech firm that allows the track and race series to get expanded information on the value they are driving for corporate partners.
2018 Innovation Issue: Appirio’s Jimerson says tech can influence diversity, inclusion
As a company that leverages the cloud to create better worker and customer experiences, Appirio offers a unique opportunity to elevate the way technology is used to mitigate diversity and inclusion challenges.
2018 Innovation Issue: Building an innovation team from the ground up
Human resources and benefits company FirstPerson regularly sends workers to Chicago; Silicon Valley; Austin, Texas; and other far-flung tech hubs to pick up new skills and broaden their thinking.
Danville brothers revving up communications software firm at IMS
Kerauno, an Indianapolis-based startup, signed a deal with Andretti Autosport this year to help the IndyCar team better communicate with its sponsors, hospitality guests and other corporate partners and fans through a variety of electronic means.
Sells Group expands into cryptocurrency and blockchain, opens offices in Montreal, Dallas
Sells Group is finding unique ways to combine cryptocurrency and blockchain technology with some of its more traditional digital marketing offerings.
Surveying firm Schneider Corp. rebrands, spins off tech division
Schneider Geospatial, a GIS specialty firm, does work with one county in every five across the U.S.
16 Tech district could help slow Indiana’s brain drain, panel says
The work-play-live district for innovation and entrepreneurship being developed on the near-northwest side will include research labs, apartments and bicycle trails—which could help to attract young workers.
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.
Local care-management software firm lands $1M in seed funding
Carmel-based Tendly LLC, a software platform for senior care and child care providers, has raised $1 million in seed funding from a bevy of local entrepreneurs and tech investors, the firm announced Tuesday.
Sprint shares plunge on concern that T-Mobile deal will be blocked
Sprint Corp. suffered its worst stock decline in almost six months, rocked by fears that a proposed $26.5 billion takeover by T-Mobile US Inc. will get rejected by antitrust enforcers.
Sprint, T-Mobile strike $26.5 billion deal to take on AT&T
Operating as T-Mobile, the company would have about $74 billion in annual revenue and 70 million wireless subscribers.