This summer, Spin Up — IURTC’s business accelerator focused on biotech, engineering, health care, life science and medical device technology — surpassed the $2 million mark in funds raised. Along the way to its three-year anniversary in July, the program created 24 new companies, 30 new entrepreneurs among Indiana University faculty — including seven women… Read more »
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IU startup EmotEd teams with DeveloperTown in a venture to treat emotion deficit disorder
EmotEd LLC, an Indiana University startup that aims to treat emotional deficits linked to traumatic brain injuries, has partnered with Broad Ripple-based design and development firm DeveloperTown to produce a therapeutic video game that EmotEd hopes to market. So far, DeveloperTown’s collaboration with EmotEd, along with faculty at the IU School of Medicine and the… Read more »
Innovate Indiana Fund part of $10 million PrecisionHawk investment round
PrecisionHawk, an IU-funded venture that deploys unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect and process data for various commercial users, today disclosed a second round of funding that totals nearly $10 million. The Innovate Indiana Fund, which led the company’s Series A funding, participated in the Series B financing round as well. The round was led… Read more »
Powder Keg conference set to launch in Indianapolis; IU among sponsors
Hundreds of entrepreneurs and innovators from across the county will descend on Indianapolis this week for the inaugural Powder Keg conference to be held in the city from October 17-19. Presented by Verge, the largest community of technology entrepreneurs, startups, software developers and investors in the Midwest, Powder Keg represents the first national conference of… Read more »