We’re celebrating Indiana University student innovators and entrepreneurs who are clients of the Shoebox, the university’s student-startup incubator. Located in the Shoemaker Innovation Center in Luddy Hall on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Blueprint Stats Hunter Hawley, a recent alumnus… Read more »
Year: 2020
7 IU student entrepreneurs participating in 2020-21 B-Start cohort
Seven Indiana University Bloomington students are participating in B-Start, a pre-accelerator program for entrepreneurs and their early-stage startups in Monroe County. The program is offered through the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. The four startups led by participating IU students are: Deep Word, led by Ankush Bikkasani and Dipam Vasani. It is a synthetic video and audio… Read more »
IU Angel Network launches educational membership level
Indiana University alumni, students, faculty and other supporters who have an interest in early-stage venture investing but do not meet the Securities and Exchange Commission’s parameters to be an accredited investor can apply for the IU Angel Network’s newly established educational membership level. The new membership level allows nonaccredited investors to engage in network activities… Read more »
IU student, alumni startups receive $220,000 from Elevate Nexus Pitch Competition
Five startups with connections to Indiana University students or alumni received $220,000 in total during the fall 2020 Elevate Nexus Pitch Competition. Deep Word and ShuffleMe both received $20,000 in the pre-seed category for the Southern Indiana region. Reezy received $20,000 in the pre-seed category for the Central Indiana region. Blueprint Stats and Stagetime Inc…. Read more »
Assembly Biosciences and Door Pharmaceuticals sign collaboration and option agreement
Assembly Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq: ASMB) and Door Pharmaceuticals LLC have announced that the companies have signed an exclusive, two-year collaboration and option agreement focused on the development of a novel class of hepatitis B virus core protein modulators. Door Pharmaceuticals’ innovative discovery platform targets functions of core protein that are distinct from viral assembly and… Read more »
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox: Prolific Sports Lab, founded by Nicholas Coppola
We’re celebrating Indiana University student innovators and entrepreneurs who are clients of the Shoebox, the university’s student-startup incubator. Located in the Shoemaker Innovation Center in Luddy Hall on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Prolific Sports Lab Nicholas Coppola, a senior… Read more »
Peter Kennedy, founder and COO of Tagger, to be featured Jan. 12 on Founders Fireside Chat
IU Bloomington alumnus and business founder Peter Kennedy will be the featured speaker in the second event of IU Angel Network’s Founders Fireside Chat series. Kennedy is the founder and chief operating officer of Tagger, which provides an influencer marketing and social-listening platform to raise the level of its clients’ user experience and return on… Read more »
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox: ShuffleMe, founded by Britain Taylor
We’re celebrating Indiana University student innovators and entrepreneurs who are clients of the Shoebox, the university’s student-startup incubator. Located in the Shoemaker Innovation Center in Luddy Hall on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet ShuffleMe Britain Taylor is founder and CEO… Read more »
Why IU Ventures connects with alumni in Southeast Asia
By Jason Whitney, associate vice president, IU Ventures; executive director, IU Angel Network In recent months, IU Ventures has strengthened its efforts to connect with Indiana University alumni in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region. These efforts have included a virtual startup pitch event for alumni and a newly signed MOU, or memorandum of… Read more »
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox: Let’s Meditate, founded by Sagar Vasnani
We’re celebrating Indiana University student innovators and entrepreneurs who are clients of the Shoebox, the university’s student-startup incubator. Located in the Shoemaker Innovation Center in Luddy Hall on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Let’s Meditate Sagar Vasnani, a master’s student… Read more »