Focused on corporate teams that are driving digital adoption. This award was specifically created to recognize the pervasiveness of technology and its oversized role in an organization’s success regardless of the core business (i.e., technology, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and logistics, agribiosciences, academia and more).

Focused on scientific achievements, tech R&D efforts and other trailblazing discoveries coming from Indiana universities and businesses, or individual scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs.

Focused on digital product adoption, go-to-market success and rapid customer adoption achieved through outstanding sales and marketing strategy and execution.

Focused on new market creation or reshaping, serving overlooked or discontented customers, challenging incumbents, including new spin-outs or corporate innovation activities.

Focused on organizations that invest in Indiana tech companies as well as firms and companies that have executed exits in the two years prior.

This award is chosen by the executive committee of the TechPoint board of directors.

Focused on accelerators, firms and organizations that have demonstrated a strong commitment to helping Indiana entrepreneurs thrive, providing resources, counsel, connections and more.

Focused on professional services firms or internal corporate teams that are creating solutions, products or providing other professional services relating to IT/cyber, design/branding, marketing/PR, legal/accounting, consulting, data science or other.

Focused on new companies (five years old or younger) that have shown the greatest development, market traction and have the most promising potential for success including impressive year-over-year growth, company performance and management team.

NOTICE: There have been changes in the STARTUP OF THE YEAR and SCALE-UP OF THE YEAR criteria. It was previously listed that only companies UNDER $5 Million in revenue for Startup and UNDER $20 million in revenue for Scale-up were eligible. These limiters have been removed and the categories are now open to startups and scaling companies of any revenue level.

Focused on high-growth, innovation-driven, emerging companies (older than five years) that have built up market traction beyond the startup stage, focused on company performance and the management team.

NOTICE: There have been changes in the STARTUP OF THE YEAR and SCALE-UP OF THE YEAR criteria. It was previously listed that only companies UNDER $5 Million in revenue for Startup and UNDER $20 million in revenue for Scale-up were eligible. These limiters have been removed and the categories are now open to startups and scaling companies of any revenue level.

Recognizes licensed Indiana computer science (CS) teachers who teach a full CS course at any public, charter, parochial or other school.

Recognizes visionary leaders helping underserved students in Indiana access experiential learning that inspires the pursuit of STEM careers.

This award is chosen by the TechPoint Foundation for Youth board of directors.

Recognizes STEM educators, organizations, coaches, programs and platforms that inspire and open doors for learners of any ages, create economic opportunities and have an undeniably positive impact on student achievement and the future workforce.

Recognizes employers that are adopting skills-based talent management, implementing apprenticeships and more.

This award is chosen by TechPoint based on data provided through the Mission41K pledge.

Recognizes exceptional student startup founders and/or operators of any age and experience who have looked outside the box, started something new, and generated momentum, students must be enrolled in K-12 schools or higher education institutions.

Recognizes small teams within companies or service providers that have achieved a significant milestone in product development, design, discovery, engineering, company advancement or other through demonstrated problem-solving and/or innovation with measured outcomes.

Recognizes exceptional non-student startup founders or operators of any age and experience who have looked outside the box, started something new and generated momentum.

Recognizes tech companies that are developing talent; advancing DE&I; cultivating workplace culture; and making a positive impact in the community.

Recognizes visionaries whose contributions have had lasting and significant impact on the state and its technology ecosystem.

This award is chosen by the executive committee of the TechPoint board of directors.