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For Immediate Release March 19, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind.— The NIIC Ideas@Work entrepreneurial event is rescheduled from April 21, 2020, to October 28, 2020. “The health and safety of our staff, clients, and community are important to us. In collaboration with our...
For Immediate Release March 10, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind.— Registration is open for the Launch Women Business Builders Program, which helps to level the playing field for women-owned businesses. The program does this by providing on-ramps to entrepreneurial tools,...
For Immediate Release FORT WAYNE, IN – BioPoly LLC has announced that another U.S. patent has been granted for its partial resurfacing implants which protects the innovative implant designs. The Company’s intellectual property portfolio also consists of patents that...
Emerging IoT Trends Topic of Third Thursday Connections March 4, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind. — Emerging Internet of Things (IoT) technology has the potential to transform our world. Technology alone does not solve problems. It requires collective efforts, collaborative...
For Immediate Release February 19, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind. — Leslee Hill is taking a dose of her own medicine. For the past two years, she has coached entrepreneurial women and minorities as director of the Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center (WEOC) at the...
For Immediate Release February 18, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind. — Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2020, The NIIC (Northeast Indiana Innovation Center) will offer a range of workshops and events to educate, train, and connect the entrepreneurial community. The line-up...
Applications in Goal Setting and Accountability Anne Marie Labenberg, MSN, RN, MSM, Founder of RAISE Consulting, and Jack Patton, CEO and Founder of STRE.ME, will lead a discussion titled Connected Health: Applications in Goal Setting and Accountability, which is...
Excerpt “Hard work and patience paid off during 2019 for several northeast Indiana entrepreneurs, both in recognition and funding for their blossoming businesses. Close to $10.5 million in equity investment went to half a dozen companies coming into their own in...
FORT WAYNE, IN – BioPoly, LLC announced today that it has fully subscribed its latest round of private equity financing of $2M. The financing round also includes oversubscription funding of $890k. BioPoly has now raised over $20M through its initial grants ($3.27M)...
November 26, 2019, Fort Wayne, Ind.—Area health technology and business leaders will convene to discuss new developments in today’s health industry at The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC). The event will be Thursday, December 5, 2019, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m....
Excerpt “Economic development leaders in the northeast part of the state say Indiana is fertile soil for the development of health-focused “Internet of Things” technologies…and Fort Wayne is leading the charge. In the Business of Health, learn more about the new...
How would you describe DeLury Enterprise? Its DeLury Enterprise Dispenser uses innovative medication packaging with added security to make the medication patients take every day safer and more effective. The DeLury Enterprise dispenser gathers information about how...
News-Sentinel.com applauds the Allen County Commissioners for their approval last Friday of an agreement for $100,000 as the 2020 annual appropriation for the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center. The approval followed a discussion with the center’s president and chief...
FORT WAYNE, Ind.–(October 23, 2019)–Allied Payment Network, the industry’s most progressive provider of online and mobile bill payment services to banks and credit unions, will showcase its industry-first, real-time bill pay technology at Money2020 USA in...
Happy to share this inspirational and thought provoking conversation with you…. Karl LaPan, President & CEO of The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center is no stranger to the world of company building. As the first president and CEO of the NIIC, Karl has been...
FORT WAYNE, IN – BioPoly LLC has announced that another U.S. patent has been granted for its partial resurfacing implants. Where many of the other BioPoly® patents address the unique material, this patent family focuses on the innovative implant designs. With...
ALLEN COUNTY – The Foellinger Foundation has awarded the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne nearly $280,000 through the foundation’s Breakthrough Fund. The foundation says the fund was created to support projects that better Allen County and...
A nearly $280,000 grant will unlock opportunities for area entrepreneurs, officials said Tuesday. The grant, announced at a news conference at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, is aimed at helping “underdeveloped talent in historically marginalized...
Foellinger Foundation recently announced its award to the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC) for $279,900 through the foundation’s Breakthrough Fund. To celebrate Foellinger Foundation’s 60th Anniversary, in 2018 the Foundation extended a $500,000 grant...
Northeast Indiana Innovation Center has received a Foellinger Foundation grant of $279,900 to help get NIIC services to potential entrepreneurs in under-represented groups. In announcing the grant Oct. 15 at the center near the intersection of Hobson and Stellhorn...