TechPoint - Director, Venture Ecosystem

Position: TechPoint - Director, Venture Ecosystem

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Job : 275

# of Openings: 0

As part of the CEOs of Indiana Corporate Partnership, TechPoint is the nonprofit, industry-led growth initiative driving Indiana's tech ecosystem. TechPoint functions as the strategic hub that connects public, private, academic and philanthropic partners focused on technology. Today TechPoint is striving to make Indiana a tech leader through the intersection of the tech sector with advanced industries.

Based in Indianapolis at 16 Tech, TechPoint's mission is to drive Indiana's tech ecosystem through talent, innovation and community — strengthening the tech talent pipeline, accelerating startup and enterprise growth, enhancing resource connectivity, and elevating the state's tech community through collaboration and storytelling.

TechPoint is building a stronger statewide tech ecosystem where Indiana startups can access the customers, capital and opportunities they need to grow, and where the state's established industries become an engine for creating the next generation of technology companies.

The Director, Venture Ecosystem will lead TechPoint's work at the intersection of startups, investors and industry. This person will build trusted relationships with venture investors and corporate innovation leaders, create meaningful connections between those partners and Indiana startups and develop new mechanisms for generating and growing technology companies aligned with Indiana's industry strengths.

This is a highly external, relationship-driven role that also requires the ability to build new initiatives from the ground up. The Director will take ownership of several emerging TechPoint strategies, including startup-enterprise connectivity, investor connectivity, Venture Connect, industry problem sourcing and new startup creation initiatives.

Over time, this role may also partner with the VP, Innovation & Entrepreneurship to explore and develop TechPoint's role in increasing capital available to Indiana technology companies.

• Develop and manage relationships with venture capital firms and other startup investors in Indiana and nationally to gain a deep understanding of investor theses, sector interests, stage preferences and portfolio strategies.
• Position TechPoint as a trusted source of high-quality Indiana deal flow.
• Identify opportunities to increase national investor awareness of Indiana technology companies and partner with TechPoint leadership on strategic investor engagement and ecosystem development.
• Develop relationships with innovation, technology, strategy and business leaders at companies across Indiana's key industries and partner closely with TechPoint's engagement team to coordinate corporate relationships.
• Understand corporate innovation priorities, business challenges and areas where startup technology may provide solutions and create pathways for companies to engage meaningfully with Indiana startups and emerging technologies.

• Develop a systematic approach for identifying ready Indiana startups and connecting them with aligned investors and corporate customers.
• Facilitate curated introductions based on partner needs and interests, including through executing the Venture Connect event.
• Track connections and outcomes to understand where TechPoint can most effectively influence startup access to capital and customers.
• Build and manage a structured process for connecting startups with potential enterprise customers and investors.
• Track outcomes and use insights from these relationships to continuously improve TechPoint's startup connection model.

• Lead implementation of TechPoint's strategy for creating and supporting more technology startups aligned with Indiana's industry strengths.
• Build upon the strategy and implementation plan developed through TechPoint's external consulting engagement.
• Develop mechanisms for collecting ideas, challenges and unmet needs from startups, enterprises, industry leaders and other ecosystem partners.
• Build pathways to connect promising…