Celebrating 40+ Years
Team spirit in Indianapolis knows no bounds, and team building in Indianapolis has never been better. Hoosiers have a strong sense of community rooted in humble beginnings, and the love of their sports teams is a lively part of modern-day culture in Indianapolis. American pride, team spirit, loyalty and gratitude to our veterans drive Indiana to be successful in the community and business world.
Venture Up, co-founded by Indiana native David Lengyel, has delivered fun and productive team events in Indianapolis since 1983. “Indiana has an edge on building relationships because the human connection is embedded in our culture,” he says. “Reinforcing relationships comes natural to Hoosiers.”
Given the strong sense of community and sports team culture, it is no wonder that Indiana’s most popular programs are MegaCar 500 and Mini Car 500 — inspired by the Indianapolis 500Â —Â along with Strategic Games, a broad-based collection of interactive games, often customized with elements exclusive to Hoosier team culture.
Venture Up is the leading provider of team building programs in Indiana, and has more than 250,000 clients during its three decades in business. Our corporate clients come in all shapes and sizes, from different cultures and backgrounds. We’ve worked on 5 continents and remain true to our Indiana roots, delivering team development programs in Fort Wayne, Bloomington, and regions beyond Indianapolis.
Strategic Games is a Dynamic team-building program that is filled with fast-paced problem-solving challenges that reinforce the core values of teams and strategic goals of your organization. Participants are intentionally mixed and remixed across activities, encouraging cross-department collaboration and exposes team members to new perspectives, strengths, and working styles. With every completed challenge, the bar is raised…
Venture Up’s Bike Builder Challenge for Kids in Need is our most popular charity team building event. Teams warm up with quick Energizers, then assemble, decorate, and safety test brand-new bikes for underserved children ages 5 to 10. Each group receives a child’s name and creates a personalized bike and card, delivering a fast, meaningful, and highly rewarding team experience.
Venture Up’s Amazing Race is a fast-paced, city-based team building adventure where teams solve clues, complete challenges, and navigate local landmarks. Designed for all abilities – correctness matters more than speed! Each race features location-specific tasks, and bonus challenges. There’s no better way to experience a city than in this memorable, high-energy group event!
Minutes-to-Win-It and Team Survivors is a fast-paced, high-energy team challenge inspired by classic competition shows. Teams face a multitude of mental and light physical challenges that reward creativity, communication, and collaboration. From indoors to outdoors and small to large spaces and groups, this event is our favorite on-site competitive program.
Escape the Case is Venture Up’s hit conference-room escape game is for groups of 10-500+. Teams organize fractured clues through a series of locked metal cases using clues, ciphers, and clever tools. Fast, high-tech, and wildly fun, with a surprise final collaboration twist to unite the group. Lightly based on the escape room concept but built with 40+ years of professional team development experience.
Game-On Olympics is a high-energy team competition blending creative challenges, problem-solving, and friendly rivalry. Teams face off across multiple stations, earning points as they compete for medals and recognition. Designed for indoor or outdoor spaces, the event features a fun opening ceremony and a down-to-the-wire finish before Bronze, Silver, and Gold claim their podium.
Mega Car 500 is a high-energy engineering challenge where teams design, build, and race life-size, human-powered vehicles with no instructions and no preset solutions. Using provided materials, groups collaborate to create functional cars that must carry a teammate through a competitive course. The experience builds to a crowd-cheered race and awards ceremony, delivering creativity, collaboration, and bragging rights.
Team Survivor | Minutes-to-Win-It delivers nonstop action through short, engaging challenges that test problem-solving, teamwork, and adaptability. Teams stay intact as they rotate through a series of mental, creative, and light physical challenges, earning points with every success. Designed to reward ingenuity, communication, and collaboration this flexible event is a blast for competitive teams.
Mega Boat Regatta is a high-energy build-and-race challenge where teams design and construct life-size, human-powered boats with no instructions and no preset solutions. Using provided materials, and no-instructions teams collaborate to create water-worthy vessels before racing them head-to-head. The experience is unique, fun and rewarding for racers and spectators alike.
Venture Up staff return calls immediately and deliver proposals within a few hours. We work on short notice, or plan months ahead. You can expect us to handle the details and stay in touch, so you have peace of mind and the freedom to tend to other matters of your team building event. Our aim is to exceed your expectations, and history shows we can.
About 80 percent of our Indianapolis team building business involves corporate clients, who prove that word of mouth is the greatest advertising. We also work with many government and non-profit groups; school districts, charities, and federal agencies, such as the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and U.S. Special Forces.
Many of our team building clients are also winners of the J. D. Power & Associates Award — and J. D. Power & Associates itself is on our client list. Venture Up also has a long-standing track record working
with Fortune 100 firms, and with people of all shapes, sizes, physical abilities and cultural backgrounds. Team Building groups range in sizes range from 8 to 1,000 or more. US Duns # 148821721
With a high percentage of our Indianapolis team building business generated from repeat clients and referrals, we are driven towards innovation. We’re constantly developing new methods and programs to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients, especially in the new economy. In these changing times, team building activities are not a luxury but essential in developing teams and reinforcing a strong corporate culture.
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