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Kristina Bagnoli
Co-Founder & CEO
5ENSES, LLC
Industry Tags:
#mental health #tech
5enses is a sensory intelligence platform that helps individuals navigate environments with confidence and empowers businesses to create more inclusive, comfortable spaces through real-time sensory data and insights.

Karen Wurster
CEO
Adipo Therapeutics
Industry Tags:
#science #health #diabetes #weight loss
Adipo Therapeutics, an Indiana biotechnology company, is developing polymer-based, Notch-inhibiting nanoparticles that are injected directly into adipose (fat) tissue to induce browning, or white-to-beige adipocyte transformation. The goal? Reducing weight and restoring metabolic balance for millions of people living with diabetes.

Tamara Fyke
Founder
BlueWonder Creative, Inc.
Industry Tags:
#mental health #tech
Love In A Big World is a safe online space for kids and caring adults to ask big questions and learn life skills that make friendships, families, and communities stronger and healthier.

Lesley Crane
Co-founder & CEO
DiversiFind
Industry Tags:
#SaaS #supplier diversity #supply chain #software
DiversiFind is a B2B SaaS platform that allows diverse companies (i.e., women-, minority-, and veteran-owned companies) to market themselves to other companies looking to diversify their spend.

Alyssa Antcliff
Co-founder & CEO
IndiAide
Industry Tags:
#health #data #organization #wellness #parkinson's
IndiAide creates customizable web apps that centralize the management of health data, personal information, and daily tasks to improve the functional independence of those with cognitive impairments. By tracking important info and with the support of reminders, IndiAide helps people with cognitive impairments manage day-to-day tasks on their own.

Mary Beth Kohart
Founder
MBK
Industry Tags:
#diabetes #fashion #pajamas #healthcare
MBK is dedicated to creating fashion forward medically supportive clothing that aides and inspires people with diabetes.

Nakeisha Washington
CEO & Founder
Nyla Nova STEMversity
Industry Tags:
#ed tech
Nyla Nova STEMversity sells hands-on STEM kits, educational books, music, digital lessons, and an interactive app that combine science, technology, engineering, and math with entertainment for children ages 6–10.

Jean Ross
Co-Founder
Primary Record
Industry Tags:
#medicine #health #data
A medical home base for families to organize health data in one place and share over a lifetime.

Cindy Dunston Quirk
Founder & Chief Dog Lover
Scout & Zoe’s
Industry Tags:
#pet #health
Scout & Zoe’s is a pet-focused company committed to creating safe, healthy products that support pet wellness and save lives through Rapid Rescue, a specialized Zeolite Hemostatic Gauze designed to stop traumatic bleeding in pets and people during emergencies.

Eve Keller
Owner
The Sports Bra Indy
Industry Tags:
#entertainment
The first sports bar franchise that’s 100% dedicated to women’s sports.

Shannon Aylesworth
CEO
Ursamin
Industry Tags:
#health #tech
Ursamin sells a SaaS based solution to clinics that enables their staff to quickly track and manage patient care

Lana Ashby Rowder
Founder & CEO
lookingGLASS
Industry Tags:
#tech #consumertech #fashion
lookingGLASS combines AI with live stylists to tell people what to wear using the clothes they already own and then sells those wardrobe insights back to retailers and brands, unlocking a $173B market opportunity.

Suzanne McKenzie
Founder & CEO/COO
ABLE MADE
Industry Tags:
#fashion #soccer #sustainable #manufacturing #ready-to-wear
ABLE MADE is the Original Off Pitch Soccer Style brand that combines soccer-inspired apparel and accessories with responsible manufacturing and giving back. ABLE MADE responsibly manufactures and produces ready-to-wear apparel and accessories using only upcycled, certified organic, plant-based, or cruelty-free fabrics and yarns.

Diana Caldwell
Co-founder & CEO
Amplified Sciences
Industry Tags:
#life sciences #IVD #diagnostics #early detection #pancreatic cancer
Amplified Sciences is developing lab diagnostics with a clinical stage test that helps physicians more accurately detect risk for pancreatic cancer built on their ultra-sensitive optical reporter platform.

Caitlin Walsh
CEO & Founder
Caitie G
Industry Tags:
#fashion
Caitie G is an event-day bag brand that features removable outer wraps, so you can easily transition from tailgate to security gate.

Michelle Hurle
CEO & Founder
Gig Dental
Industry Tags:
#heath #tech
Gig Dental is a staffing and career management platform matching verified dental professionals with dental practices, saving offices time, cutting costs, and ensuring uninterrupted patient care.

Nithya Kasireddy
CEO
Levisonics Inc.
Industry Tags:
#healthcare #biomedical #blood analysis #thrombosis
Levisonics Inc. is a medical device diagnostics startup revolutionizing blood clot analysis. Our innovative point-of-care platform uses minimally invasive finger-prick samples to deliver superior insights into blood clotting. By requiring only a fraction of the blood typically needed, Levisonics provides results that quantitatively and qualitatively surpass current testing methods.

Haley Keith
Co-founder & CEO
Mito Material Solutions
Industry Tags:
#manufacturing #chemical additives #hybrid materials #sustainability
MITO's products improve the strength, durability, functionality and sustainability of composite materials and thermoplastics. MITO develops nano additives that are added to epoxy, which can double the lifespan of composite materials or shed up to 35% of their weight without adding extra manufacturing time or altering current manufacturing processes.

Chere Cofer
Founder & CEO
Open Books MD
Industry Tags:
#health #healthcare #pharmacy #patient care #scheduling software
Open Books MD is the go-to scheduling-app for pharma-reps who want to deliver lifesaving information on novel products and therapies to doctors who need it.

Cindy Dunston Quirk
Founder & CEO
Scout & Zoe's
Industry Tags:
#pet food #pet treats #dogs #cats
Scout & Zoe’s creates and offers premium pet treats and chews crafted from USA-sourced human-grade raw ingredients. What initially began as an idea to solve an allergy issue for one of the founder’s pups has grown into a company with a multi-faceted product line with treats for five different species with a global footprint.

Nicole Kearney
Founder
Sip & Share Wines
Industry Tags:
#wine #winery #vegan #alcoholic beverages
Sip & Share Wines is a boutique winery producing a diversity of handcrafted vegan wines. Nicole is passionate about creating community with wine, especially for wine lovers often overlooked and underrepresented by the wine industry. Sip & Share Wines is currently raising a seed round of financing.

Cara Bognar
Founder & CEO
Top Tier Lessons
Industry Tags:
#sports #private lessons #youth sports #college sports
Top Tier Lessons is a marketplace that matches NCAA college athletes with parents seeking private sports lessons for their children. Top Tier Lessons connects student athletes to parents in their local communities, and handles the venue, payment, scheduling and safety of each lesson.

Jessica Bussert
Founder
Wave Therapeutics
Industry Tags:
#health #science #medicine #patient care
Jessica is the Founder of Wave Therapeutics, a healthcare technology company with a unique, patent-pending therapeutic technology that can help prevent bedsores. Jessica is currently looking for $2M to accelerate Wave's MVP market entry, develop next offerings, and help build sales and marketing teams.
