Startup haven Speak Easy taps new executive director
Danielle McDowell, 31, is best known locally for co-founding and selling hair products website Loxa Beauty to an industry giant in 2013.
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As ChaCha waits for suitor, CEO Jones makes cuts for profitability
ChaCha has moved out of its offices but is still operating. It posted a profit on $2 million in revenue last quarter, and CEO Scott Jones wants to stay in the black until someone buys the Q&A search company.
Internet providers launch race for speed, bragging rights
Even though most residential customers can easily meet most of their Internet needs with speeds of about 100 megabits per second, Internet service providers are aggressively rolling out gigabit—1,000 mbps—offerings nationwide.
Allegion adds technology, products, jobs through acquisitions
The company makes entry doors and security products that almost everyone has used but the company remains not that well known.
Zionsville software startup lands $1M in venture capital
It’s the first venture funding round for 3-year-old Clear Software, an early mover in the trend of making pre-existing business software easier to use.
Indiana University workers fall for test email scam
Indiana University technology officials say more than 10 percent of employees flunked a test to see if they would fall for an email phishing scam.
Email-signature startup joins Dorsey’s venture studio
Sigstr sells software that manages corporate email signatures and the marketing campaigns beneath them. The firm hopes to capitalize on some of the billions of annual corporate email impressions.
Rook Security plans to add 132 jobs in Indianapolis
The IT security firm, which relocated here from the Silicon Valley five years ago, plans to invest $589,000 to upgrade and buy new equipment at its headquarters at 120 E. Market St. downtown.
Startup now giving Interactive Intelligence big boost
Interactive Intelligence CEO Don Brown invested three years ago in a startup formed by an exiting employee. Last year, Interactive bought that startup–OrgSpan–and the move is starting to pay off.
Patients suing Indiana medical company over data breach
Two lawsuits have been filed in federal court seeking class action status on behalf of patients who have had their data compromised by Medical Informatics Engineering.
Netflix to give workers with babies a year of paid leave
Netflix is giving new parents on its payroll up to a year of paid leave in a move that could pressure other technology employers to improve their baby benefits as they vie for talent.
Interactive Intelligence quarterly results top expectations
The Indianapolis-based software and cloud-services company reported revenue of $96.3 million in the second quarter, up 21 percent from the $79.8 million it brought in a year ago.
Indiana medical software company hack affected 3.9M people
The company said the exposed information includes names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers and health records.
As Angie’s List hits crossroads, shareholders get antsy
For years, the reviews company has sold memberships to consumers and advertising to service providers, but recently it’s been trying to become a marketplace that brokers transactions and gets a cut.
Few Indy companies embrace state’s new crowdfunding option
Regulations that went into effect July 1, 2014, allow Indiana businesses to solicit capital from rank-and-file Hoosiers in increments of $5,000 or less per investor. The main stipulation: Both the business and the investor(s) must be Indiana-based.
European tech firm tags Indy for U.S. headquarters, 167 jobs
Emarsys eMarketing Systems AG, based in Austria, is one of the first high-profile international software companies to establish its U.S. headquarters in Indianapolis, local tech observers said.
Legal-tech startup raises money, joins California accelerator
Indianapolis-based PactSafe, a legal-tech startup launched this year by a former Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP attorney, raised $880,000 in its seed round and was accepted into a competitive Silicon Valley accelerator.
Tech firm to sponsor free rides for downtown bikeshare
Pedestrians in downtown Indy this weekend can become bicyclists for no charge, as a global technology firm sponsors free rides through the Indiana Pacers Bikeshare program.
Microsoft set to roll out Windows 10 operating system
Microsoft's new Windows 10 operating system debuts Wednesday, as the longtime leader in PC software struggles to carve out a new role in a world where people increasingly rely on smartphones, tablets and information stored online.
Mobile-device management firm MOBI nabs $35 million
Indianapolis-based MOBI landed the capital from New York-based private equity firm Bregal Sagemount, which has made previous investments in LifeLock, Orbitz and Vivint.