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Evansville Startups Secure Awards and Funding in 2025 Push

Local firms like Anu and Intertwined Finance advance with innovation prizes and capital raises while the broader scene tracks national rankings.

By Evansville Tech Desk · Published July 24, 2026

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Anu, the Evansville ag-tech startup led by Scott Massey, captured TechPoint's 2025 Tech Innovation of the Year award and first place in the SCORE 60th Anniversary National Pitch Competition for its Rotary Aeroponics indoor farming system.

The wins arrive as Evansville's startup activity draws attention from state business outlets and national ranking platforms, with several companies reporting growth in pilots and relocations. MakeMyMove has helped more than 2,000 remote workers move to the city through cash incentives, while Intertwined Finance LLC expanded its financial literacy tools across 14 states.

Recent wins anchor local momentum

Kerry Ao, the Evansville student who co-founded Intertwined Finance LLC, received the Student Entrepreneur of the Year honor at the 2025 Mira Awards before the company closed $36,000 in pre-seed capital. The startup's pilot reach now stretches beyond Indiana into additional states, adding to a group of eight Evansville companies that together hold $194.2 million in aggregate funding.

That funding pool averages $24.3 million per company and includes healthcare firm Curvo Labs, Inc. and Heliponix. The city's overall ecosystem sits at number 192 nationally and 849 globally according to investment and traffic algorithms tracked by Seedtable, with Curvo Labs, ZeroCarb LYFE and ISeeYouCare listed among the top performers.

Next steps for founders and observers

Entrepreneurs can review application cycles for TechPoint and Mira Awards through the organizations' public sites, while remote workers interested in relocation incentives can contact MakeMyMove directly. Local coverage from Inside INdiana Business and the Evansville Region site continues to track new submissions and program updates without fixed deadlines announced in current records.

Additional details appear in verified reports from Inside Indiana Business dated March 2025 and from the Evansville Region entrepreneurship page, which list the same award and funding figures used here.

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