Winners to be announced at Mira gala in February 2025

TechPoint, the industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s digital innovation economy, today announced the finalists for the 2025 Mira Awards, commonly known as “The Oscars of Indiana Tech.”

The 133 finalists emerged from 221 submissions that were evaluated by a team of independent judges. Twenty awards – including one Emerging Leader and two Tech Company of the Year awards – will be presented at the Mira gala at The Palladium in Carmel on February 27, 2025.

“Mira is always a very special time of the year for the entire community to come together,” said TechPoint President and CEO Ting Gootee. “The live judging was an uplifting experience to see so many innovators mingling and talking about what they are building for the future.”

Now in its 26^th year, TechPoint’s Mira Awards are designed to elevate the most innovative companies in Indiana’s tech ecosystem. Thousands of Indiana digital innovation companies have sought the annual recognition, but only 329 Mira Awards have been presented. Learn more about the Mira Awards here.

Mira finalists are highlighted below by award categories. Additional awards that do not identify finalists are Deal of the Year, TechPoint Trailblazer, TechPoint Foundation for Youth’s Bridge Builder Award and Nextech K12 Computer Science Teacher of the Year.

AgriNovus Indiana Agbioscience Innovation Award

• Anu (Evansville)

• Atarraya (Indianapolis)

• DIAL Ventures/Gold & Black Agrifood Fund (West Lafayette)

• Insignum AgTech (Atlanta)

• ReproHealth Technologies (Indianapolis)

 

BioCrossroads Life Sciences Innovation Team Award

• Adipo Therapeutics (Indianapolis)

• Amplified Sciences (West Lafayette)

• GeniPhys (Indianapolis)

• Grannus Therapeutics (Indianapolis)

• Relate XR (Indianapolis)

• ResperCare (Indianapolis)

 

Community Impact Award

• DeKalb High School – Baron Advanced Manufacturing (Waterloo)

• Gleaners Food Bank (Indianapolis)

• Indiana Center for Emerging Technologies (Indianapolis)

• Indiana Technology and Innovation Association (Indianapolis)

• Indy Hackers (Indianapolis)

• IN Tech for Progress (Indianapolis)

• IronWorkz Co. (Gary)

• iXplore (Indianapolis)

• MatchBOX Studios (Lafayette)

• Purdue Innovates (West Lafayette)

• STARTedUP Foundation (Indianapolis)

• The People of Camden, Indiana (Camden)

• Society of Innovators at Purdue Northwest (Hammond)

• VentureVets (Indianapolis)

• Women & Hi Tech (Indianapolis)

 

Conexus Indiana Manufacturing Innovation Award

• AMPG (Indianapolis)

• Arcamed (Indianapolis)

• Batesville Tool & Die (Batesville)

• Indiana Furniture (Jasper)

• Major Tool & Machine (Indianapolis)

• Polygon Composites Technology (Walkerton)

 

Digital Transformation of the Year

• Elanco Animal Health (Greenfield)

• Group 1001 and CleanSlate Technology Group (Carmel)

• Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance (Indianapolis)

• MISO (Carmel)

• NextGear Capital (Carmel)

• Quantam Corridor (Hammond)

• RADcube (Carmel)

• SimpliSmart (Carmel)

 

Exceptional Employer of the Year

• Bell Techlogix (Indianapolis)

• Kainos Worksmart (Indianapolis)

• KPIT Technologies (Columbus)

• Pierce Aerospace (Fishers)

• RADcube (Carmel)

• SEP (Carmel)

 

Higher Education Innovation Award

• Butler University (Indianapolis)

• Krenicki Center for Business Analytics and Machine Learning at Purdue University (West Lafayette)

• MathTrack Institute (Indianapolis)

• Purdue University (West Lafayette)

• The Lacy School of Business at Butler University (Indianapolis)

 

Resilience Award

• Sarah Ackerman (Greater Indianapolis)

• Nida Ansari (Indianapolis)

• Rajinder Heir (Indianapolis)

• AE Mckoy (Indianapolis)

• Jennifer Merrell (Indianapolis)

• Mercy Orukpe-Moses (West Lafayette)

• Aaron Pierce (Carmel)

• Deandra Rodricks (Indianapolis)

• Lynn Shriver (Indianapolis)

• Greg Williams (Indianapolis)

 

Rising Entrepreneur of the Year

• Rod Baradaran (Indianapolis)

• Izzy Branam (Greater Indianapolis)

• Kevin Celisca (Bloomington)

• Ma’at Lands (Indianapolis)

• Aaron Pritz (Greater Indianapolis)

• Caylyn Pruitt (Columbus)

• Jorge Saenz (Indianapolis)

• Nathan Smith (Indianapolis)

• Faith Spencer (Gary)

• Tiffney Vivo (Indianapolis)

• Daniel Whitenack (Lafayette)

• Sergey Zakharov (West Lafayette)

 

Innovation Service Partner of the Year

• 10 IN HOUSE (Carmel)

• Cultivate Talent (Indianapolis)

• Data317 (Indianapolis)

• Elanco Animal Health (Greenfield)

• Glassboard (Indianapolis)

• High Alpha Innovation (Indianapolis)

• LiftBridge (Fishers)

• Outside Source (Fishers)

• Reveal Risk (Carmel)

 

Startup of the Year

• 3Aware (Zionsville)

• Backstroke (Indianapolis)

• Bereave (Indianapolis)

• Blue Agilis (Carmel)

• IXplore (Indianapolis)

• Membershine (Fishers)

• NearSpace Education (Fishers)

• Quantum Corridor (Hammond)

• Relate XR (Indianapolis)

• rScan (South Bend)

 

Talent Impact

• Circular Ventures (Evansville)

• Eli Lilly and Company – Technology &Talent Acquisition Organizations (Indianapolis)

• iXplore (Indianapolis)

• Junior Achievement of Central Indiana (Indianapolis)

• Rooted School Indy (Indianapolis)

• STARTedUP Foundation (Indianapolis)

• South Bend Code School (South Bend)

• Tactile Engineering (Lafayette)

• The Data Mine – Purdue University (West Lafayette)

• William Penn Middle School (Indianapolis)

 

Tech Company of the Year 

• Accutech Systems (Muncie)

• AeroCore Technologies (Lebanon)

• Baker Hill (Carmel)

• Blue Agilis (Carmel)

• NearSpace Launch (Upland)

• OTAVA (Indianapolis)

• PIER Group (Jasper)

• RADcube (Carmel)

• Republic Airways (Indianapolis)

 

Tech Innovation of the Year

• 3Aware (Zionsville)

• Anu (Evansville)

• Blueprint (Indianapolis)

• KPIT Technologies (Columbus)

• Relate XR (Indianapolis)

• ResperCare (Indianapolis)

• Spokenote (Fishers)

• Syra Health (Carmel)

• ZS Instruments (Lafayette)

• Zylo (Indianapolis)

 

Emerging Tech Leader of the Year

• Chinwendu Ayogu of Purdue University (Lafayette)

• Rod Baradaran of rScan (South Bend)

• Nolan Bernard of High Alpha Innovation (Indianapolis)

• Ashley Blevins of High Alpha (Indianapolis)

• Alec Brewer of Ourbio (Indianapolis)

• Samantha Brown of Pierce Aerospace (Fishers)

• Amanda Carroll of High Alpha (Indianapolis)

• Kevin Celisca of Integrate School (Bloomington)

• Daven Combs of Zylo (Indianapolis)

• Sam Eschker of Data317 (Indianapolis)

• Carol Ganz of Six Feet Up (Fishers)

• Stephanie Gilbert of Givelify (Indianapolis)

• Liam Hood of Pierce Aerospace (Fishers)

• Katie Hughes of Indiana Farm Bureau (Indianapolis)

• Chad Hinen of Zylo (Indianapolis)

• Sarah Mangan of Zylo (Indianapolis)

• Amanda Manley of Vital Incite (Indianapolis)

• Jason Pohlman of OTAVA (Indianapolis)

• Cody Rivers of Reveal Risk (Carmel)

• Ryan Schade of SEP (Carmel)

• Shondria Seaton of Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis)

• Taylor Varichak of AeroCore Technologies (Lebanon)

• Brock Vaughters of Kainos Worksmart (Indianapolis)