South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership Celebrates Hustle SBE Cohort 3 Graduates

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (May 20, 2021) — Yesterday, the South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership concluded its third HustleSBE cohort, a business bootcamp aimed toward providing support and assistance to minority and women entrepreneurs across the five-county region. This 12-session program is read more...

Startup Receives Funding to Expand Online Education Platform

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (May 12, 2021) — STUDIA.app, a startup focused on helping students study science, today announced a $20,000 investment from Elevate Ventures’ Community Ideation Fund. STUDIA.app offers a website that helps high school and college students study for science read more...

GittaSitta Receives $25,000 Startup South Bend – Elkhart/Elevate Ventures Grand Prize During University of Notre Dame’s McCloskey New Venture Competition

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (May 12, 2021) — Last month, GittaSitta, a local technology startup committed to streamlining the babysitter hiring process was awarded the Startup South Bend – Elkhart/Elevate Ventures Grand Prize during the 2021 McCloskey New Venture Competition. Founded by read more...

Regional Leaders Elected to South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership Board of Directors

SOUTH BEND – ELKHART REGION, Ind. (Mar. 29, 2021) – The South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership (Regional Partnership) recently appointed the following individuals as members of its Board of Directors. Shannon Cullinan, Executive Vice President, University of Notre Dame read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Two Graduate, Kelley Rich and Lisa Vetne

Cohort Two Graduates: Kelley Rich and Lisa Vetne, Co-Founders Company: Purple Nation Contact Purple Nation: Via Email Describe your company: "It all started when my family and I (Kelley) were sitting down for a nice dinner when before I knew read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Two Graduate, Anthony Esplin of Sleep Easy

Cohort Two Graduate: Anthony Esplin, Founder Company: Sleep Easy Contact Sleep Easy: Via Email Describe your company: Anthony Esplin is a 2020-2021 graduate of the University of Notre Dame's ESTEEM Graduate Program and holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Two Graduate, Connor Keaveney of ArrowWay

Cohort Two Graduate: Connor Keaveney, Product Manager Company: ArrowWay LLC Contact ArrowWay LLC: Via Email Describe your company: With the lack of knowledge around properly wrapping your ankle to reduce swelling and reduce healing time, ArrowWay offers the first and read more...

U.S. Office of Navy Research Awards SIMBA Chain a $1.5 Million SBIR Phase II Contract

SIMBA Chain to Develop Blockchain-based Solution to Enable Supply Chain Demand Sensing for Critical Military Weaponry Parts SOUTH BEND, Ind. (January 13, 2021) - - The U.S. Office of Navy Research has awarded a $1.5 million Small Business Innovation Research read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Two Graduate, Jude Chagas Pereira of Wizly Corporation

Cohort Two Graduate: Jude Chagas Pereira, CEO Company: Wizly Corporation Website: wizly.io Contact Wizly Corporation: Via Email Describe your company: Wizly enables Management Decisions through Better Reporting. It is an integrated suite consisting of four modules with contextual analytics available read more...

Startup South Bend – Elkhart Pre-Accelerator Cohort Two Graduate, Nicholas Lampson of Agape Health

Cohort Two Graduate: Nicholas Lampson, Founder Company: Agape Health Contact Agape Health: Via Email Describe your company: Agape Health is a venture focused on helping the elderly and terminally ill go to the bathroom. Patient and caregiver falls and injuries read more...