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Client portal Top concern: Transaction management is a popular software sector in the real estate space, so it’ll have to dislodge a number of existing relationships. It also needs to speed development of its mobile companion app, as transactions change often, and the faster new data can enter the system, the more value it holds. What you should know There’s a reason Trello is one of the more popular project management tools in the business world. Inman uses it to organize all of its editor...

Innovative CRM and transaction management software Shaker, by High Alpha, now integrates with Dotloop and uses in-deal text messaging.

Indy-based High Alpha Capital launches new $110M fund We know that a lot of elements go into the formation of a startup ecosystem. When your city is outside of the major coastal tech centers, it takes a deliberate effort to get such a system off the ground. For Indianapolis, Indiana, it started with the creation of ExactTarget in 2000. When that company was sold to Salesforce for $2.5 billion in 2013, it helped bring a bushel of cash into the startup system. Today, the venture capital firm that...

Terminus planning 200 jobs in Indianapolis after $90M funding round FREE NEWSLETTERS Kopp Terminus Software Inc., which acquired locally-based email-marketing software firm Sigstr in December 2019, announced Thursday that it has raised $90 million in venture capital and plans to use the capital infusion to grow its Indianapolis office by more than 200 employees over the next two years. The Atlanta-based marketing technology firm raised the Series C round of funding from Boston-based Great Hill ...

February 17, 2021 | The Brief The Brief: Soil-carbon markets, edtech startups, reduce and recycle, expanding EV charging, Goldman’s sustainability bond, pay for success The team at Greetings, Agents of Impact!  Suzanne Biegel joins Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm London / 8pm Nairobi. RSVP today.  Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Farmers harvest ‘soil carbon’ to meet rising corporate demand for emission offsets. Candidates in last year’s U.S. Senate race in Iowa were aske...

Adobe Stock New York state, on behalf of attorney general Letitia James, sued Amazon on Tuesday evening. It alleged that the company provided inadequate safety protection for workers in New York City during the Covid-19 pandemic and retaliated against employees who raised concerns, according to the New York Times. The case is particularly focused on two Amazon facilities: a warehouse on Staten Island and a delivery depot in Queens. James argued in the suit that Amazon failed to proper...

Photograph by Tony Valainis You grew up in the small town of Lebanon, which isn’t exactly known for its startup culture. How did you find your way to a career in tech? I was an Orr Fellow after college, and I worked at Rose-Hulman Ventures for a couple years, which is where I learned about ExactTarget. I joined ExactTarget in 2004 and it changed my life. I moved to London and later San Francisco. By the time I came back to Indy two years ago, we had been acquired by Salesforce and I’d been ...

Share TimelyMD, a telehealth provider targeting college and university customers, has picked up a $60 million investment from JMI equity. The company acts as an extension of a schools existing student health facilities, offering round-the-clock medical, mental health, psychiatry and health-coaching virtual visits. The company said that it has a presence on 80 campuses, and is now available to 10 times as many students as it was in early 2020. With the latest investment, the company said tha...

High Alpha Launches New Program for Immigrant Tech Entrepreneurs News Highlights: High Alpha Launches New Program for Immigrant Tech Entrepreneurs High Alpha Innovation, a recent spin-out of Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha, is starting a new program to help immigrants launch businesses in the US. Resilient, a venture studio, will launch this year as a program under the umbrella of High Alpha Innovation. But the organization’s leaders hope it spun off into its own venture studio ...

Nacelle Raises $18m in Series A Funding to Grow Headless Commerce Platform that Boosts eCommerce Speed and Conversions Share Article Funding round led by Inovia Capital with Index Ventures, Accomplice and others. A Nacelle-powered headless Progressive Web App helped Barefoot Dreams improve its shopping experience, contributing to a 64% increase in conversion rate, 18% lower bounce rate, and sales have doubled Merchants want to offer their customers the best shopping experience which means load...