The ongoing dialogue in Indiana to reduce a widening gap between the demand for technically skilled workers and the number produced by Indiana colleges and universities is the topic of an IU-led panel discussion at the University Economic Development Association’s annual summit to be held Sept. 27-30 in Anchorage, Alaska. Innovate Indiana’s Rebecca Carl, associate… Read more »
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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 »
Five Spin Up companies advance to the next phase of BioCrossroads New Venture contest
Five companies founded through the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp’s Spin Up program have moved to the next round of the fourth-annual BioCrossroads New Venture Competition. Finalists in the competition are expected to be announced later this month, with the winners revealed Oct. 14 in conjunction with the 12th annual Indiana Life Sciences… Read more »
Auricyte's 'ear-in-a-dish' technology among Best in Show at Innovation Showcase 2015
Spin Up company Auricyte LLC, which looks to cure hearing loss by transforming human stem cells into functioning hearing cells, is one of five companies that will be recognized Thursday as being among the Best in Show at the recent Innovation Showcase 2015 held in Speedway. The company was co-founded in 2014 by IU School… Read more »
Red Fund grant helps support a GIS-based economic development tool for NW Indiana
Two dozen town and city administrators from nine Lake County towns were introduced last week to a new economic development tool that uses geographic information systems (GIS) to help businesses and city leaders make better strategic decisions. The Aug. 22 seminar at IU Northwest’s Gary campus — conducted by IU Northwest School of Business and… Read more »
EmotEd's Neumann among top researchers at brain trauma conference in Washington D.C.
The founder of Spin Up company EmotEd LLC, which seeks a novel approach in treating emotional disorders linked to traumatic brain injuries (TBI), joined a host of presenters earlier this week in Washington, D.C., at a conference held by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Research and Development. Dawn Neumann was among more than… Read more »
New video highlights research by Spin Up company Anagin to develop PTSD treatment
The cutting-edge research being performed by IU Spin Up company Anagin LLC to develop a novel, non-debilitative treatment of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) is the subject of a new promotional video produced by Indiana University. The two-minute spot briefly explains Anagin’s mission, as well as what the Spin Up program does for promising companies whose… Read more »
Anagin, EmotEd present strategies to treat PTSD, alexithymia at military research forum
Key researchers behind two rising Spin Up companies, EmotEd’s Dawn Neumann and Anagin’s Anantha Shekhar, presented their novel methods of treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alexithymia this week at the 2015 Military Health System Research Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The event is described… Read more »
$25,000 Innovate Indiana grant helps Inventrek Tech Park in Kokomo launch co-worker space
A $25,000 grant from Innovate Indiana will help Kokomo’s Inventrek Technology Park launch Howard County’s first “co-worker” space. The 3,000-square-foot allotment will offer members access at any time to work and meeting space, desk and lounge areas, conference rooms and fiber and WiFi connections. It also will have copy/print/scan capabilities, secure storage, a CAD lab,… Read more »