Raquel Bahamonde, Author at The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership

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)

Conexus Indiana names new board of directors chair, members

Raquel Bahamonde2019-01-07T12:24:46-05:00January 7, 2019|

Denny Oklak, Conexus Indiana Board Chair INDIANAPOLIS (January 7, 2019) Conexus Indiana today announced the addition of four new leaders to its Board of Directors and a new board chairperson. The Conexus Indiana Board of Directors now includes 15 statewide members from industry, civic and academic institutions who will guide the organization’s mission to accelerate, promote and grow Indiana’s advanced manufacturing and logistics economy. Dennis (“Denny”) Oklak, former CEO of Duke Realty, will serve as Conexus Indiana’s Board of Directors chairperson and steer the organization’s work following a strategic planning process in 2018. New Conexus Indiana Board of Director members include Andrew Baker, vice president for government relations at Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis; Elaine Bedel, president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation; Scott Brand, senior vice president at Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA); and Kim Ryan, senior vice president [...]