The I-69 Regional Summit was held in Bloomington on October 20-21, providing Indiana’s economic development community with an excellent opportunity to discuss strategies for leveraging the new interstate to promote economic growth. The speakers at the Summit contributed a number of interesting insights, many of them pertaining to opportunities to develop logistics capacities in a… Read more »
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Kelley School of Business economists say that 2015 may be strongest year since 2008
Economists with Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business state in their annual forecast that — although it’s not a “sure bet” — 2015 may be the best economic year the nation has seen since the Great Recession. Between 2009 and 2012, the U.S. economy had been “stuck in a rut,” but in 2013 showed signs of forward… Read more »
Intel Capital joins latest investment round for UAV firm in Innovate Indiana Fund's portfolio
The Series B financing round that recently raised nearly $10 million for PrecisionHawk in September has yet another investor — Intel Capital. The move is part of $62 million in spending toward 16 companies that Intel has identified as developers of promising technologies, according to this Forbes report Tuesday. Intel’s stake in PrecisionHawk is such that Intel Capital director Tammi… Read more »
IU Northwest professor featured in Yahoo! article on small business marketing
Subir Bandyopadhyay is getting quite a bit of attention these days. Along with his upcoming recognition as Small Business Advocate of the Year by the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center, the marketing professor at Indiana University Northwest recently was featured in a Yahoo Small Business Advisor article that looked at how innovation by small… Read more »
Indiana University to officially receive its Innovation & Economic Prosperity designation at APLU's annual meeting in Orlando
Indiana University will be officially recognized as one of 14 Innovation and Economic Prosperity institutions by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities during its 127th annual meeting next week (Nov. 2-4) in Orlando, Fla. Back in July, IU received notice of the designation, which recognizes IU’s commitment across all of its campuses to being a leader in… Read more »
IU Northwest professor to be recognized as region's Small Business Advocate of the Year
Indiana University Northwest marketing professor Subir Bandyopadhyay has been named Small Business Advocate of the Year by the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center. Bandyopadhyay has played a central role in a series of small business workshops that IU Northwest’s School of Business and Economics has organized since 2012. He also led student projects to… Read more »
IU-funded app maker Haven gains $1 million in seed funding, prepares to triple workforce
Fishers-based Haven, an IU-funded developer of a free mobile and Web app that allows busy homeowners to maintain their property remotely, recently received $1.03 million in seed funding. The Innovate Indiana Fund, Elevate Ventures and 16 angel investors provided funds the company will use to triple its eight-person staff, conduct marketing efforts, and enhance its product known by the… Read more »
Arrhythmotech, Refer2Input receive a combined $423,215 in NIH grants
A pair of companies formed through IURTC’s Spin Up program recently received Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer awards totaling $423,215 from the National Institutes of Health. Arrhythmotech LLC received $212,634 in support of work on its neuECG, a device that can record and process both sympathetic nerve activity and electrocardiogram signals without entering the… Read more »
PrecisionHawk founder, two other innovators with IU ties to speak at TedxIndianapolis
The founder and president of PrecisionHawk, an IU-funded venture that uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect and process data for various commercial uses, will be the closing speaker for this year’s TedxIndianapolis event set for 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 21) at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Ernest Earon’s 4:20 p.m. address will discuss… Read more »
Innovate Indiana, Memorial Stadium to play key roles in upcoming I-69 Regional Summit
Innovate Indiana will be well-represented at next week’s I-69 Regional Summit hosted by the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, with two officials having notable duties. Co-chairing the Oct. 20-21 summit is Kirk White, assistant vice president for strategic partnerships for Indiana University’s Office for Engagement. Along with Kevin Brinegar, president and CEO of the Indiana… Read more »