Health-tech + Lilly-adjacent
Patient-facing apps, clinical workflow tools, telehealth platforms tied to Eli Lilly, IU Health, Community Health Network. HIPAA-aware throughout; PHI never lands on consumer-grade analytics.
§
§ · location · indianapolis
Agency in Indianapolis.
Web design, Shopify development, mobile apps, and brand identity for Indianapolis and Indy metro brands, health-tech, 16 Tech innovation district, sports infrastructure, and Mass Ave + Fountain Square DTC. Eastern Time, on-site discovery in Mass Ave, Fountain Square, and 16 Tech.
Health-tech-coded. Salesforce Tower-anchored.
Indianapolis quietly built one of the deepest health-tech alumni networks in the Midwest over the last 15 years. Eli Lilly's pharma operations anchor a sprawling ecosystem alongside the Salesforce Tower (the largest non-California Salesforce campus, born from ExactTarget), the 16 Tech Innovation District, and a wide constellation of health-IT and martech alumni.
Sports infrastructure runs parallel: NCAA HQ, Indy 500, Pacers, and Colts drive sports-tech and creator-economy work. Meanwhile, the Mass Ave, Fountain Square, and Broad Ripple creator scene keeps DTC consumer brands flowing.
We cover Eastern Time with on-site discovery across Mass Ave, Fountain Square, Broad Ripple, 16 Tech, SoBro, and Downtown.
Eastern Time. Full working-day overlap.
Indianapolis shares our New York book hour-for-hour. We have no Indianapolis office; our staffed HQs are New York and Delhi. But we track the Indianapolis working day Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM ET, with same-day Slack response and weekly demos.
The clock below shows your working hours overlapped with ours.
Four Indy metro patterns.
Salesforce Tower + martech SaaS
SaaS marketing sites for the wide ExactTarget / Salesforce alumni network. Next.js + Vercel default, SOC 2 documentation common, Stripe + Plaid integrations.
Sports-tech + creator-economy
Sports apparel, fan merch, NCAA-adjacent SaaS, Indy 500-timed launches. Drop scheduling, member gates, audience-platform sync.
Mass Ave + Fountain Square DTC
DTC apparel, hardgoods, food + bev rooted in the Mass Ave + Fountain Square + Broad Ripple creative districts. Editorial photography, subscription scope, retail dual-channel.
Five services for Indy brands.
01
Shopify developer in Indianapolis
Shopify Plus, Hydrogen headless, sports merch + creator economy, Klaviyo retention.
02
Web design agency near me in Indy
Editorial design system, accessible site, CWV green on launch.
03
Web development company Indianapolis
Next.js + Vercel marketing sites, custom platforms, HIPAA-aware health-tech for Lilly + IU Health-adjacent.
04
Mobile app developer Indy
Native iOS, Native Android, React Native, patient apps, sports companion, creator member.
05
Brand identity agency Indianapolis
Logo, type, color, motion, voice, Indy heritage callbacks (motorsports, basketball, brick) where the brand earns it.
06
SaaS MVP for Indy founders
90-day MVP for ExactTarget / Salesforce alumni founders, health-tech spinouts, sports-tech.
Looking for a Shopify developer or web designer near you in Indianapolis?
We work across Indianapolis neighborhoods including Mass Ave, Fountain Square, Broad Ripple, 16 Tech, SoBro, Speedway, Irvington, and Downtown. Metro coverage extends to Carmel, Fishers, Greenwood, Westfield, Noblesville, Avon, Brownsburg, Plainfield, and Zionsville.
On-site discovery happens in Mass Ave, Fountain Square, or 16 Tech. Coverage runs Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM ET, with weekly Friday demos and same-day Slack response during business hours.
How an Indianapolis engagement actually runs.
Every Indy engagement scopes into one of three shapes before you sign anything. Pick the shape that matches your stage, not a generic retainer.
Each shape includes fixed discovery, a named pod, and ET-aligned cadence. Expect weekly Friday demos at 4 PM ET and same-day Slack response Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM ET.
Scope and timeline are locked in upfront. We quote against discovery deliverables, never a rate card.
shape 01 · 12-16 weeks
Sports + lifestyle Shopify Plus
Two-week discovery, design system, Shopify Admin API build with editorial storefront, fan-club company-accounts, venue-locator workflows, dual-channel sports-merch catalog, launch support. For Mass Ave / Fountain Square operator brands at $50K, $2M MRR. Contact for a scoped quote.
shape 02 · 12-16 weeks
Health-tech SaaS + HIPAA
Next.js + Stripe + HIPAA-aware build for the Eli Lilly / Elevance Health / IU Health corridor: SOC 2 Type II, audit-trail logging, encrypted-at-rest PHI handling, role-based admin, ExactTarget / Salesforce-alumni martech integrations. Milestone-based; first milestone refundable. Contact for a scoped quote.
shape 03 · 8-12 weeks
Midwestern brand identity system
Logo, modular type scale, color, motion tokens, voice, and a handed-off Figma library for Mass Ave / Fountain Square creator-DTC and 16 Tech innovation-district SaaS spinouts. Considered, durable, sport-adjacent without cliche. Contact for a scoped quote.
Why the Indy stack is pharma-meets-sports-DTC.
Indianapolis is anchored by Eli Lilly's global headquarters. As one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies with $34B+ annual revenue, Lilly dominates the downtown campus. Elevance Health (formerly Anthem), Cummins (engine manufacturing, in nearby Columbus), and the NCAA's national office round out the anchor tenants.
Salesforce operates its second-largest US office in Salesforce Tower, the tallest building in Indiana, born from the ExactTarget acquisition. The 16 Tech innovation district sits between IUPUI and downtown, anchoring health-tech and martech founders.
Any Indy storefront brief almost always carries either a HIPAA-aware health-tech dimension or a sports-merch and fan-club dimension. The city's sports infrastructure is deep: Lucas Oil Stadium, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, and the Indy 500 keep that stream flowing.
Mon, Fri 9-6 ET
Coverage window, same-business-day Slack response.
16:00 ET Fri
Weekly recorded demo, every engagement.
NY + Delhi HQ
Remote-first. No Indianapolis office. We fly in for kickoff and launch.
Five answers.
Are you really a Shopify developer near me in Indianapolis?
Yes. We cover Eastern Time with on-site discovery in Indianapolis. Workshops happen at your office, ours, or neutral spaces in Mass Ave, Fountain Square, 16 Tech, Broad Ripple, or Downtown.
Most engagements include at least one in-person workshop plus quarterly in-person reviews. Day-to-day work is remote: weekly Friday demos on ET, overlapping working hours, and same-business-day Slack response Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM ET.
Do you work with Salesforce / ExactTarget alumni founders?
Yes. Indy's ExactTarget and Salesforce alumni network is one of the deepest martech founder pools in the Midwest. SaaS founder work is a regular part of our scope.
We ship Next.js and Vercel marketing sites, custom platforms with Postgres and Prisma backends, SOC 2-ready deployment configurations, and Stripe and Plaid integrations for fintech-adjacent products.
What Indianapolis brand archetypes do you specialize in?
Four main archetypes. Health-tech and Lilly-adjacent with HIPAA-aware patient-facing apps and clinical tools. Salesforce Tower and martech SaaS with SOC 2 documentation.
Sports-tech and creator-economy tied to NCAA HQ, Indy 500, Pacers, and Colts. Mass Ave, Fountain Square, and Broad Ripple DTC consumer brands.
How does Indianapolis pricing compare to coastal markets?
Below NYC, SF, and Boston coastal premium tiers. Comparable to mid-market Cincinnati, Columbus, and St. Louis. Indy's labor market is competitive but Midwest-priced, which means more flexible engagement shapes.
Most engagements are fixed-bid for scoped builds with retainer continuation post-launch.
Can we meet in person in Indianapolis?
Yes. Discovery workshops are typically on-site in Indianapolis. We meet at your office, ours, or neutral spaces like 16 Tech innovation district, Launch Indiana coworking, or Industrious Mass Ave.
Week-to-week iteration happens via weekly recorded demos and Slack on Eastern Time. Quarterly in-person retainer reviews keep the relationship active.
§ FAQ · questions
Five answers for Indianapolis founders.
Do you have an office in Indianapolis?
Digital Heroes is remote-first with HQs in New York and Delhi plus satellite offices in London, Sydney, and Lucknow. We work with Indianapolis brands on ET hours, Monday through Friday, with same-day Slack response during overlap.
We do not maintain a local Indianapolis office and we will not invent one.
What's a typical Indianapolis engagement scope?
Three standard shapes.
An Indianapolis Shopify Plus or custom-platform build runs 8 to 16 weeks: Discover, Design, Build, Launch, Optimize. A web-design sprint runs 6 to 10 weeks for brands that already have a platform and need editorial-quality storefront, mobile, and brand system work. An engineering retainer covers monthly senior developer hours with unused hours rolling over.
We scope your shape and price before any contract.
What kinds of Indianapolis brands do you typically work with?
Our typical fit is operator-led brands across health-tech (Eli Lilly, Salesforce Tower), 16 Tech innovation district, sports infrastructure, and Mass Ave and Fountain Square DTC.
The shared thread: brands above $50K monthly revenue with a real growth roadmap and a named operator we can talk to weekly. We are wrong for pre-revenue concepts that have not yet validated product-market fit, and we will say so on the discovery call.
Will you fly to Indianapolis for kickoff or quarterly reviews?
Yes. For retainer engagements we include quarterly in-person sessions in the Indiana metro at your location or an agreed neutral spot.
For one-off Shopify Plus or custom-platform builds we typically include a launch-week trip plus a 60-day post-launch review trip. Travel sits inside the project budget on the original quote, not as a surprise line item.
How quickly can you scope a Indianapolis project?
A 30-minute discovery call gets booked typically within a week of first contact. Written scope and fixed-price quote return within 48 hours of that call.
For Shopify Plus replatforms or custom-platform builds we add a 5 to 7 business day technical-discovery phase before the quote becomes binding. Migration data models and integration surface area drive timeline more than visible design does.
9
years shipping
2K+
brands shipped
55+
countries
4.9
Trustpilot · 70 reviews
accredited & verified
Health-tech + martech. ET coverage.
related
§ · Indianapolis market
The kind of operator-led brands Indianapolis runs on.
We build for the operator-led brands that define Indianapolis's commerce , like Beholder, a founder-run business that outgrew its templates and needed real engineering.
Independent Indianapolis businesses cited as market context , not Digital Heroes clients.
§ · Indianapolis coverage
Indianapolis areas + neighborhoods we serve.
We work remotely with Indianapolis brands across the metro, from our New York HQ team with daily 9, 1 ET overlap. Coverage spans Downtown, Broad Ripple, Fountain Square, Mass Ave, Fletcher Place, Irvington, SoBro and Bottleworks, across zip codes 46202, 46204, 46220, 46225, 46201, 46203, 46208, 46205.
- →Downtown
- →Broad Ripple
- →Fountain Square
- →Mass Ave
- →Fletcher Place
- →Irvington
- →SoBro
- →Bottleworks
§ · talk to us
Start your Indianapolis project.
Call our New York HQ, or book a 30-minute intro call , we scope your Indianapolis build on the call and send a fixed quote within 48 hours.
Served from Digital Heroes' New York + Delhi HQs · USD invoicing · NDA on request
Published · Last updated .
