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IU LAB announces accelerator partnerships with Gener8tor, Plug and Play

Courtney Kerr2025-04-24T11:36:34-04:00April 24, 2025|

Originally Originally posted by IBJ on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Read original press release here. Indiana University’s Launch Accelerator for Biosciences, known as IU LAB, on Thursday announced partnerships with three organizations that will recruit and accelerate the growth of high-potential startups that can strengthen Indiana’s place as a leader in life sciences. Gener8tor, a Madison, Wisconsin-based startup accelerator, will run a pre-accelerator program for early-stage startups that have an idea but not yet a viable product. And San Jose, California-based venture capital firm Plug and Play and the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership will collaborate on an accelerator for startups that have a potentially viable product, have demonstrated initial market traction and are preparing for fundraising. In addition, IU LAB announced that its accelerator programs will now be called IU Health Incubator at IU LAB, thanks to a $4.5 million, [...]

Kristen Lampkin Named to 2025 IBJ Forty Under 40 Class

Courtney Kerr2025-04-24T10:02:41-04:00April 16, 2025|

Kristen Lampkin leads Business Equity for Indy, a joint effort of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and the Indy Chamber, in collaboration with the Indianapolis Urban League. The initiative aims to promote workplace diversity and foster economic opportunity for people of color through training, resources, data and advocacy. Central to her role is building relationships with other nonprofits, community organizations and partners. “Kristen Lampkin’s work and leadership,” one peer said, “is at the forefront of growing a more inclusive business environment.” Lampkin helped launch the People Community of Practice, a forum to provide guidance to hiring professionals as they look to increase diversity within their companies. She also guided a Mentors of Color event, which connected 40 young Black professionals with local business leaders. She is CEO of HR Guru LLC, which helps professionals with their LinkedIn profile and [...]

Tobias Leadership Center announces 2025 cohort of Tobias Fellows

Courtney Kerr2025-04-16T10:35:52-04:00December 20, 2024|

The Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence at Indiana University introduces the 20th class of Tobias Fellows, an exclusive cohort designed to enhance the leadership skills of high-talent, experienced leaders. “The 2025 Fellows are accomplished leaders committed to refining their leadership knowledge and skills,” said Julie Manning Magid, executive and academic director of the Tobias Leadership Center and vice dean of the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis. “Their experiences during this transformative journey will drive innovation and strategic insights that benefit their organizations and communities.” During the year-long program, Fellows receive individual coaching and meet at 11 leadership retreats for innovative experiential programming designed to develop six key leadership competencies and offer unique insights to address the complex issues facing executive-level leaders. The program provides intensive study in leadership, bringing theory into practice and developing actionable skills. The ability to interact with [...]

IBJ: Life Sciences Industry Booster BioCrossroads Girds for New Challenges

Raquel Bahamonde2023-03-31T09:19:03-04:00March 27, 2023|

A recent Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) article takes a look back at 20 years of success for BioCrossroads, the life sciences initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP). In two decades, BioCrossroads has assisted more than 500 startup companies, raised more than $600 million of market capital and helped attract thousands of jobs. In 2022, data shows that Indiana leads the United States in pharmaceutical sales and is one of three top states for exports of all life sciences products - pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and agbiosciences, while providing an $80 billion economic impact. In 2023, BioCrossroads announced that President and CEO Patty Martin would step down to pursue other ventures. “I think it’s just a logical time right now to take a couple of months and really take a good hard, informed look at where we are overall,” said [...]

IBJ: First 16 Tech office building set to open in June; Innovation Hub to follow

Raquel Bahamonde2021-01-14T11:10:15-05:00March 9, 2020|

With the first 120,000 square foot building fully leased before construction is complete, the Indianapolis Business Journal looks at the 16 Tech Innovation District's upcoming first-phase completion success and the features that should bring established companies, startups and big thinkers to the Circle City’s highly anticipated innovation district. “This project has been a long time in the works, but now, with the construction and imminent opening of these first buildings, it’s becoming very real,” said 16 Tech CEO Bob Coy. “We’re starting to see a visual transformation, and with that happening momentum for this project is building and will feed on itself.” Learn what this project has in common with other similar and successful ventures around the country, and what makes the Indy endeavor unique. [READ MORE]

IBJ: Mark Howell – Let’s Keep Indiana on Top of Advanced Manufacturing

Raquel Bahamonde2021-01-12T17:11:16-05:00July 22, 2019|

Mark Howell, president and CEO, Conexus Indiana Mark Howell, president and CEO of Conexus Indiana, the advanced manufacturing and logistics initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), says a number of key companies including Allison Transmission, Cummins Inc. and General Motors Co. are part of an expanding list of advanced manufacturers that are embracing the new industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. Howell has more in a recent IBJ op-ed. [READ MORE] (Sources: IBJ, Conexus Indiana)

IBJ: Indiana life sciences companies raise record $115 million in venture capital

Raquel Bahamonde2021-01-14T12:07:35-05:00January 22, 2019|

The Indianapolis Business Journal's John Russell is reporting that Indiana life sciences companies raised $115 million in venture capital funding in 2018, a three percent jump from 2017 and 133 percent higher than 2015. “The thing that jumped out at me was the variety,” said Brian Stemme, who tracks venture deals for BioCrossroads (CICP's life sciences initiative), pointing to products under development ranging from cancer drugs to tele-health software. [READ MORE] (Sources: IBJ and BioCrossroads)

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