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 »
Tag: Small Business & Entrepreneurship
IUPUI and IURTC to host Innovation to Enterprise Forum and Showcase on Nov. 20
Scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and others interested in commercializing their research, ideas, or inventions should circle Thursday, Nov. 20, on their calendars to attend the 2014 IUPUI Innovation to Enterprise Forum and Showcase. The forum, which will focus on funding new ventures, is scheduled from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the lower level of the IUPUI… Read more »
Kelley School of Business economists say that 2015 may be strongest year since 2008
Economists with Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business state in their annual forecast that — although it’s not a “sure bet” — 2015 may be the best economic year the nation has seen since the Great Recession. Between 2009 and 2012, the U.S. economy had been “stuck in a rut,” but in 2013 showed signs of forward… Read more »
Intel Capital joins latest investment round for UAV firm in Innovate Indiana Fund's portfolio
The Series B financing round that recently raised nearly $10 million for PrecisionHawk in September has yet another investor — Intel Capital. The move is part of $62 million in spending toward 16 companies that Intel has identified as developers of promising technologies, according to this Forbes report Tuesday. Intel’s stake in PrecisionHawk is such that Intel Capital director Tammi… Read more »
IU Northwest professor featured in Yahoo! article on small business marketing
Subir Bandyopadhyay is getting quite a bit of attention these days. Along with his upcoming recognition as Small Business Advocate of the Year by the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center, the marketing professor at Indiana University Northwest recently was featured in a Yahoo Small Business Advisor article that looked at how innovation by small… Read more »
IU Northwest professor to be recognized as region's Small Business Advocate of the Year
Indiana University Northwest marketing professor Subir Bandyopadhyay has been named Small Business Advocate of the Year by the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center. Bandyopadhyay has played a central role in a series of small business workshops that IU Northwest’s School of Business and Economics has organized since 2012. He also led student projects to… Read more »
IU-funded app maker Haven gains $1 million in seed funding, prepares to triple workforce
Fishers-based Haven, an IU-funded developer of a free mobile and Web app that allows busy homeowners to maintain their property remotely, recently received $1.03 million in seed funding. The Innovate Indiana Fund, Elevate Ventures and 16 angel investors provided funds the company will use to triple its eight-person staff, conduct marketing efforts, and enhance its product known by the… Read more »
Arrhythmotech, Refer2Input receive a combined $423,215 in NIH grants
A pair of companies formed through IURTC’s Spin Up program recently received Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer awards totaling $423,215 from the National Institutes of Health. Arrhythmotech LLC received $212,634 in support of work on its neuECG, a device that can record and process both sympathetic nerve activity and electrocardiogram signals without entering the… Read more »
IU startup Anagin takes top honors in BioCrossroads New Venture Competition
Drug developer Anagin, a company launched by two Indiana University scientists through the aid of IURTC’s Spin Up program, won BioCrossroads’ third annual New Venture Competition on Tuesday. The contest, held in tandem with the 2014 Indiana Life Sciences Summit at the JW Marriott hotel in Indianapolis, awards $25,000 to the first-place winner. The top… Read more »
IU startup Anagin wins $692,706 NIH grant to battle PTSD, named as BioCrossroads finalist
Anagin, a company co-founded by Indiana University scientists Anantha Shekhar (left) and Yvonne Lai (right) is one of the latest success stories to emerge from IURTC’s Spin Up program. With nearly $800,000 in seed money, which includes a recent $692,706 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health and… Read more »