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Indium Software

Indium Software is a Chennai-headquartered AI-driven digital engineering and technology services company founded in 1999 by Ram Sukumar, majority-owned by EQT Private Capital since 2024.

Individual retirement account

An individual retirement account (IRA) is a US personal retirement savings arrangement defined in tax code §408, with traditional and Roth types differing in when the tax benefit arrives.

IndMoney

IndMoney is an Indian personal-finance and wealth-management startup founded in 2019 by Ashish Kashyap, based in Gurugram and Bengaluru, offering zero-commission investing, neobanking, and trading; it raised $86 million in 2022.

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is a US-led economic initiative with 13 Indo-Pacific partners, launched in May 2022, covering trade, supply chains, clean energy, and anti-corruption.

Indonesia Stock Exchange

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (Bursa Efek Indonesia, IDX) is Indonesia's only stock exchange, created in 2007 by merging the Jakarta and Surabaya exchanges, listing about 955 companies.

Indonesia–Australia free trade agreement

The Indonesia–Australia free trade agreement, IA-CEPA, is a bilateral trade deal signed in Jakarta in 2019 and in force from 2020, making 99.9% of Australian goods exports duty free.

Indonesia–South Korea free trade agreement

The Indonesia–South Korea free trade agreement, formally the Indonesia–Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK-CEPA), is a bilateral trade treaty signed in Seoul in 2020 and in force since 2023, eliminating most tariffs between the countries.

Indonesian IMF rescue program

The Indonesian IMF rescue program was a package of IMF-led financing and policy conditions for Indonesia during the Asian financial crisis, first approved in November 1997.

Indonesian rupiah

The Indonesian rupiah (Rp) is the official currency of Indonesia, issued solely by Bank Indonesia, first circulated in 1946 and targeted for a redenomination removing three zeroes by 2027.

Indorama Corporation

Indorama Corporation is an Indonesia-based petrochemical and materials group founded by the Lohia family in 1975 as a cotton yarn spinner, now producing polyester, petrochemicals, fertilizers, and chemicals across four continents.

Indotek Group

Indotek Group is a privately held real estate investment and development group headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, led by founder and majority owner Dániel Jellinek, with 350+ properties across 12 European countries.

Indous Venture Partners

IndoUS Venture Partners was an India-focused venture capital firm founded in Bangalore in 2006, an early investor in Snapdeal, and later rebranded as Kalaari Capital.

Indravadan A. Modi

Indravadan A. Modi (1926–2012), known as the "Medicine Man of India," was an Indian pharmaceutical industrialist who co-founded Cadila Pharmaceuticals in Ahmedabad in 1951 and championed the Indian Patents Act, 1970.

IndusInd Bank

IndusInd Bank Limited is an Indian private sector bank founded in 1994 by the Hinduja family, ranked among India's five largest private lenders with about 41 million customers.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (中国工商银行)

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (中国工商银行, ICBC) is a Chinese state-owned commercial bank established in 1984 and the world's largest bank by total assets, about US$7.6 trillion in 2025.

Industrial Bank

Industrial Bank, also known as Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. (兴业银行), is a Chinese joint-stock commercial bank founded in Fuzhou, Fujian in 1988 and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2007.

Industrial Bank of Korea

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK, 기업은행) is a South Korean state-controlled policy bank created in 1961 to finance small and medium-sized enterprises, and it remains the country's largest SME lender.

Industrial district

An industrial district is a geographically bounded concentration of small and medium-sized firms in one trade, a concept coined by Alfred Marshall in the late nineteenth century.

Industrial Growth Partners

Industrial Growth Partners is a San Francisco private equity firm, founded in 1997, that invests in middle-market industrial manufacturing and niche industrial services companies in North America.

Industrial policy

Industrial policy, also called industrial strategy, is government policy that favors specific industries or firms over others to pursue public goals like growth, security, or decarbonization, with a major revival since 2020.

Industrial relations

Industrial relations, also called employment relations or labor-management relations, is the field of study and practice concerned with the employment relationship, covering collective bargaining, works councils, and dispute resolution.

Industrial Workers of the World

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), known as the Wobblies, is a labor union founded in Chicago in 1905 to organize all workers, skilled and unskilled alike.

Industries Qatar

Industries Qatar is a Qatari holding company incorporated in 2003 and majority owned by QatarEnergy, operating in petrochemicals, fertilizer, and steel through QAFCO, QAPCO, and Qatar Steel.

Industry classification

Industry classification, also called industry taxonomy, is the practice of assigning companies to standardized categories, from broad sectors down to narrow industries, for statistics and investment research.

Industry Ventures Direct

Industry Ventures Direct is a family of four co-investment funds managed by San Francisco venture capital firm Industry Ventures, which Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire in 2025.

Industry Ventures Partnership

Industry Ventures is a San Francisco venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Hans Swildens, managing about $7 billion when Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire it in 2025.

Ineos

Ineos, also known as Ineos Group, is a privately held global chemicals manufacturer founded by Jim Ratcliffe in 1998, operating more than 170 sites in 32 countries and making Grenadier vehicles.

INERATEC

INERATEC is a German e-fuels company founded in 2016 as a spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology that builds modular reactors turning hydrogen and CO2 into synthetic fuels.

Infant industry argument

The infant industry argument, attributed to Alexander Hamilton and Friedrich List, holds that new industries in developing economies deserve temporary tariffs or subsidies until they mature and compete with established foreign rivals.

Infare

Infare is a Copenhagen-based Danish company founded in 2000 that collects and analyzes competitor airfare data for airlines; it became part of UK flight data provider OAG in 2023.