Adjunct Professor Link Named a TechPoint 2017 Mira Award Nominee for Corporate Innovator of the Year
18th annual event honors ‘the best of tech in Indiana’
Valparaiso, IN (February 15, 2017) – Adjunct Professor Link (APL) is honored to be a nominee in the Corporate Innovator of the Year category for the 18th annual TechPoint Mira Awards presented by Angie’s List, Genesys and Salesforce.
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TechPoint, the growth initiative for Indiana’s technology ecosystem, produces the Mira Awards each year to honor the most innovative and successful technologies and technology companies in Indiana, as well as entrepreneurs and educators. Winners will be announced during the annual Mira Awards gala at The Westin Indianapolis on April 29, 2017.
Nominees were selected by 50 independent subject matter experts who evaluated and ranked the applications. At the end of February, all nominees will deliver presentations and answer questions in-person with one of the independent judging panels, and then the judges will select the winners following their deliberations.
“In just over a decade, Indiana has seen more than $6.5 billion in acquisitions and IPOs from our tech community. More recently, in 2016, two-thirds of all the venture capital dollars and three-quarters of all the deals raised in Indiana went to tech companies,” said TechPoint President and CEO Mike Langellier. “The Mira Awards exist to celebrate our state’s tremendous tech success stories and amplify them to media, investors and technology buyers nationwide.”
A complete list of the 2017 TechPoint Mira Awards nominees is available at www.techpoint.org/mira
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About TechPoint
TechPoint is the nonprofit, industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s technology companies and overall tech ecosystem. The team is focused on attracting talent, accelerating scale-up companies, activating the community, and amplifying stories of success. For more information, please visit www.techpoint.org
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