STEM

The University of Evansville has awarded substantial scholarships to several Indiana high school students as part of UE’s High School Changemaker Challenge... Read More

A project by students at Manchester Junior-Senior High School has been selected for a trip into space as part of NASA’s “TechRise Student Challenge.... Read More

An Indianapolis-based tech startup that launched last year out of the High Alpha venture studio has closed on a $1.5 million seed round of funding. The Juice, which has developed a business-to-business content discovery platform, says it has seen nearly 850% revenue growth in its first year of operation.... Read More

A recently-established tech company has closed on a $6 million seed round of funding. Castiron, which launched out of Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha in October, has developed an e-commerce platform for independent culinary artists.... Read More

A San Francisco-based company that operates a hub in Indianapolis has closed on a $150 million Series E round of funding. Ironclad Inc. says it will use the funding to fuel product innovation and further scale its digital contracting platform.... Read More

The president and chief executive officer of Indianapolis-based TechPoint has announced plans to step down. Mike Langellier has led the nonprofit technology initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership for the last nine years and helped bring the tech community in Indianapolis to the forefront. ... Read More

The tech sector in Indiana continued a record-breaking trend at the end of 2021. TechPoint, the state's nonprofit tech accelerator, says the state saw more than $958 million in venture capital investment last year, which is nearly triple the previous record set in 2019.... Read More

The Noble County Economic Development Corp. has joined with several partners to launch what it is calling a state-of-the-art learning lab to support the fourth industrial revolution. The EDC says the Industry 4.0 Lab will help students and adults learn the necessary skills to adapt to new technologies being used in the manufacturing sector.... Read More

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) has inked a research and collaboration agreement with Entos Pharmaceuticals in Canada. Lilly says the deal will support the development of therapies for multiple neurologic conditions.... Read More

A Hoosier biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization will soon be under new ownership. Germany-based Merck KGaA has announced plans to acquire Exelead, headquartered in Indianapolis, in a $780 million deal. Merck ... Read More

The winner of the inaugural Indy Autonomous Challenge has launched a spinoff company. TUM Autonomous Motorsport, the team from Technische Universität München in Germany, says driveblocks aims to develop a platform for fully autonomous vehicle applications.... Read More

2021 was a challenging year, but a strong one for Indiana's technology sector. While final numbers for the year are still being tallied, the state set a new record for venture capital investment during the third quarter and... Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted an Emergency Use Authorization for a COVID-19 At-Home Test developed by Roche Diagnostics. The company says the test will be available across the country beginning in January.... Read More

Elkhart-based Thor Industries Inc. (NYSE: THO) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a vehicle technology company based in Germany. Thor says the partners will focus on the continued joint development of a high-voltage electric drive system for towable recreational vehicles.... Read More

An Australian pharmaceutical company with a major presence in central Indiana has hit a major milestone. Telix Pharmaceuticals Inc., which has its U.S. headquarters in Fishers, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its lead prostate cancer imaging product.... Read More

An Indianapolis-based augmented analytics company focused on higher education has secured a $50,000 investment from Flywheel Fund, a capital fund run by The Mill in Bloomington. Invoke Learning says it will use the funding to fuel sales and marketing efforts.... Read More

Indianapolis-based marketing software company DemandJump says it has acquired Metonymy Media, a marketing agency in Indy. ... Read More

Muncie-based Finvi has made made an addition to its portfolio it says will enhance its consumer engagement offerings. The company, formerly known as Ontario Systems, has acquired Massachusetts-based Fonative, which had developed a Communications Platform-as-a-Service designed to help businesses connect with customers.... Read More

Vincennes University will Thursday hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to launch its first of three collaborative robotics training labs in the state. ... Read More

A California-based tech company with a growing presence in Indianapolis has closed on a $48 million Series C round of funding. Celigo, which bills itself as an Integration Platform-as-a-Service provider, says it will use the funding to accelerate global expansion and increase its go-to-market capacity.... Read More