By Samantha Ginther, senior associate, IU Ventures IU Ventures is committed to helping high-potential IU-affiliated startups achieve success. Between the IU Philanthropic Venture Fund, Innovate Indiana Fund and IU Angel Network, we have invested in over 30 companies that remain active today. We’ve seen the pandemic affect each of them in different ways, and several… Read more »
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IU Ventures: achieving our mission in 2020
By Samantha Ginther, senior associate, IU Ventures Last Thursday, IU Ventures celebrated as Elevate Ventures was named Investor of the Year at the virtual TechPoint Mira Awards. Our team feels grateful to be nominated alongside Elevate and so many other investors whom we greatly respect and often collaborate with as we strive to achieve our… Read more »
IU funds invested more than $750,000 in startups in April and May
IU Ventures, which manages the IU Philanthropic Venture Fund and the Innovate Indiana Fund, invested in four companies in April and May 2020. The funds provide capital to companies founded by Indiana University faculty, students, alumni and staff to help bring their research and innovations to the public through new ventures. Diagnotes has received a… Read more »
Even during a pandemic, investing in entrepreneurs and their startups matters
By Teri Willey, executive director of IU Ventures and fund manager of IU Philanthropic Venture Fund LLC At IU Ventures, as we invest in and support IU-related startups and new ventures, we have been asking ourselves: Is what we are doing important? Is it important enough? We are reading and hearing that small companies and… Read more »
IU Ventures portfolio company Diagnotes makes a positive difference during the COVID-19 outbreak
By Teri Willey, executive director of IU Ventures and fund manager of IU Philanthropic Venture Fund LLC Several health systems in Indiana, including IU Health, are using the sophisticated health care collaboration and telehealth features of Diagnotes to facilitate the screening and treatment of patients and reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus or… Read more »
How ANGEL Learning launched decades of entrepreneurship, part 3 of 3
IUPUI and IU Ventures continue innovation It was immediately apparent to the stakeholders at IUPUI and IU Research and Technology Corp., formerly known as IU ARTI, that this deal represented a huge opportunity for all of Indiana if leveraged correctly. One of the first strategic uses of the return was to establish the Innovate Indiana… Read more »
How ANGEL Learning launched decades of entrepreneurship, part 2 of 3
ANGEL Learning creation and growth With the new ideas in mind, Jafari, Mills and an intern built the ANGEL product in 10 months, completing it in 2000. “We all had lots of experience, but David is hands-down the best coder I know,” Jafari said. “He was working as many as 90 hours a week to… Read more »
How ANGEL Learning launched decades of entrepreneurship, part 1 of 3
IU Ventures has achieved growth and success over the last two decades through the proof of its model. Back when the organization was known as IU Advanced Research and Technology Institute, or ARTI, it made its first equity investment in a revolutionary enterprise learning-management system called ANGEL, a successor to first product OnCourse which was… Read more »
CREED meeting Feb. 18 focused on IU Office of Business Partnerships, IU Ventures, 2020 E2E Convergence, IUPUC
The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, held its first quarterly meeting of 2020 on Feb. 18 at IUPUI. Bill Stephan, IU vice president for government relations and economic engagement, welcomed attendees. He summarized the board of trustees meeting that took place at IUPUI Feb. 13-14, including the authorization of… Read more »
Networking outside your university
By Doug Liedle, IU Ventures If you don’t work in a university setting, you might not be thinking about alumni networks in your day-to-day experience. But you might be surprised at how valuable those networks can be and how many people you’ll find in your line of work, with more in common than you realized…. Read more »