Aspiring entrepreneurs from the Bloomington area will convene at IU’s Cyberinfrastructure Building at 6 p.m. Friday for a three-day event known as Startup Weekend, where they will learn the basics about launching a promising company. Sponsored in part by Innovate Indiana and the Innovate Indiana Fund, the conference is in its sixth year of providing… Read more »
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Research indicates better performance by women-led startups, yet a gender gap in management persists – especially in Midwest
According to a recent article by the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Jared Council, research shows that high-growth startups with women serving on their management teams tend to outperform startups whose management teams are all-male: In a 2014 report issued by Babson College’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership, about 15 percent of startups funded through venture capital… Read more »
Innovate Indiana Fund associate Musgrave co-teaches Kelley School of Business course in venture capital and entrepreneurial finance
With the fall semester at IU Bloomington under way, Innovate Indiana Fund associate Maggie Musgrave finds herself even busier than usual. Twice a week, she co-teaches a course titled “Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance” at the Kelley School of Business. Along with senior lecturer of finance Gerry A. Hays, Musgrave guides three sections of about… Read more »
B-Start pre-accelerator program for IU, Ivy Tech students selects nine inaugural ventures
B-Start, the pre-accelerator program launched by the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. to encourage technology-based businesses founded by students at Indiana University Bloomington and Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington, has selected nine startup ventures to take part in its inaugural cohort this fall Supported in part by Innovate Indiana, B-Start competitively selects startups to receive mentorship and coaching… Read more »
OVPE settles into new campus headquarters on the fifth floor of IUPUI's University Hall
University Hall on the campus of IUPUI is now the new home base for IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement. The move, which took effect July 2, puts OVPE within close proximity to other key IU administrators, IUPUI researchers and unifies more of the OVPE team under one roof. Prior to the relocation,… Read more »
Law professor, privacy/security expert Fred H. Cate named IU's vice president for research
Indiana University’s top research post will soon have a new leader as Fred H. Cate, an IU Distinguished Professor and C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law, has been named vice president for research. Cate, one of the world’s leading experts on privacy and security issues, will serve a two-year term and replaces Jorge José, who… Read more »
IURTC Spin Up companies, along with startups supported by the Innovate Indiana Fund, show their stuff at Innovation Showcase 2015
About a half-dozen companies with Indiana University ties took advantage of the opportunities afforded by the state’s largest exposition for startups — Innovation Showcase 2015 — which was held July 9 at Speedway’s Dallara IndyCar Factory and was sponsored in part by Innovate Indiana. As company representatives spent the day meeting with potential investors, making… Read more »
Startups from Spin Up program, Innovate Indiana Fund among 74 companies on exhibit July 9 during Innovation Showcase 2015
The year’s largest expo for Indiana startups — Innovation Showcase 2015 — is set for Thursday, July 9, at Speedway’s Dallara IndyCar Factory and has 74 companies lined up. At least a half-dozen have substantial ties to Indiana University, with five being products of the Spin Up program offered by the Indiana University Research and… Read more »
IU-funded manufacturer of metal 3-D printers completes $5.75 million seed funding round
The Innovate Indiana Fund and GE Ventures were among investors who recently contributed $5.75 million in seed funds to San Francisco-based MatterFab, which aims to use the money to develop an affordable metal 3-D printer. As commercial demand increases for 3-D printers, the traditional price for such a device is often in excess of $1… Read more »
PrecisionHawk enters agreement with FAA to test beyond line-of-sight flying in rural areas
PrecisionHawk, an IU-funded venture that deploys unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect and analyze data for various commercial users, announced it has entered an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to advance research concerning the use of UAVs in rural areas. The partnership falls under the Pathfinder program established by the FAA to help safely… Read more »