A well-known advocate of technology entrepreneurs throughout Indianapolis will be remembered at TechPoint’s annual Mira Awards ceremony Saturday at The Westin Hotel by being named Community Champion of the Year. Denver Hutt, a California native and Indiana University graduate, died in January at age 28 after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She is the first… Read more »
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Developers of safety bracelet for dementia, beehive health monitor win $100K each in annual competition for student-led businesses
CareBand, a maker of safety bracelets for seniors with dementia, and The Bee Corp., which monitors the health of bees in their hives, each took away $100,000 from IU’s annual Building Entrepreneurs in Software and Technology (BEST) Competition. Monday’s announcement marked the $1 million milestone for investments made by IU alumni over the past five… Read more »
IUPUI mathematician launches Crossroads Education, a high-tech education startup
Kevin Michael Berkopes, a mathematician in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, has launched an education and logistics technology company called Crossroads Education LLC. Berkopes, founder and CEO, said the company creates innovative, collaborative learning spaces and the technology that drives and supports them. “We support the work of K-12 schools, institutions… Read more »
IU technologies to be showcased in Chicago for venture capitalists and industry leaders
Leaders of private equity, investment banking, venture capital, angel investment, biopharmaceutical and medical-device organizations will attend a private showcase in Chicago of more than 40 top healthcare technologies discovered at Indiana University and other leading research institutions in the Midwest. The second annual Midwest University HealthTech Showcase will be 6 to 9 p.m. CDT Monday,… Read more »
HUNTER: SBIR/STTR grants from the federal government promote commercialization
Imagine this scenario: you’re a faculty member at a university and you think you have developed a brilliant technology. You want to start a company around that technology. You’ve filed the paperwork to incorporate the company, you’ve visited your local bank to open a business checking account, and you’re ready to start raising money. However,… Read more »
Creators, inventors and investors prepare to converge on The Combine in Bloomington
Inventors, investors and other creative types will once again make their way to the Bloomington Convention Center on April 7-9 for The Combine, an annual conference where community, culture, creativity, code and capital come together. Throughout the past six years, The Combine — sponsored in part by Innovate Indiana — has brought together thousands of… Read more »
Startup licenses technology from IUPUI's School of Engineering and Technology that could improve solar panel installation
Entrepreneurs who have licensed a patent-pending innovation developed by an engineering professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis say their startup can help people who install solar panels. Lee Saberson, manager of business development at Delta Microinverter LLC, said installing contractors usually decide which solar photovoltaic system components to buy for clients. This includes the inverters,… Read more »
A biochemist and cancer researcher at IU Bloomington delves into craft brewing as well
Craft brewing, one could say, is the “yeast” of Matt Bochman’s worries as an assistant professor at IU Bloomington’s Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department. Although most of his research focuses on the maintenance of genomic integrity — particularly on DNA helicases and other factors involved in how DNA replicates, recombinates and repairs itself — he… Read more »
IU startup Anagin LLC receives federal funding to test treatment for traumatic brain injury
A startup that is commercializing Indiana University technology has received funding from an institute within the National Institutes of Health to test a treatment for traumatic brain injury. Anagin LLC has received a one-year SBIR Phase I grant worth $267,381 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The grant will help the company… Read more »
Newly launched Faros Healthcare licenses technology from IURTC to create advanced predictive analytics for health care providers
Faros Healthcare LLC, a spin-out of Centerstone Research Institute, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving behavioral health care through research and information technology, is bringing patent-pending artificial intelligence technology and software to health care providers through an exclusive license from Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. “Faros provides a cloud-based platform that integrates with existing… Read more »