Meet Startups Transforming Road Life, Water Safety, and the Environment!

On September 25, in partnership with the Indianapolis-based Heritage Group, Evansville's Indiana Center for Emerging Technologies (ICET) will host four startups from their 2024 global accelerator cohort.
These teams, described below, will present how their solutions address several high-priority issues in our region and around the world.
Driven by innovation and research, The Heritage Group operates 50+ companies in heavy construction and materials, environmental services, and specialty chemicals around the globe. Their in-house Research and Development team specializes in providing cutting-edge solutions and exploring new opportunities through its state-of-the-art Indianapolis facility.
This event is perfect for industry professionals, technology enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone interested in good roads, safe water, and the environment.
Heritage Group companies exceed $5b in annual revenue, so having their affiliated companies have Evansville ties is significant for the future of our region, and working with them may be an opportunity to strengthen our competitiveness.
Held September 25 in Innovation Pointe at 318 Main St. - with pitches beginning at 2:30pm and engagement with the teams from 3:00-4:30.

The Startups
TDRI provides high-speed, noninvasive subsurface moisture measurement to mitigate pothole formation and increase the longevity of roads.
Driven Plastics extends pavement lifespan and reduces road maintenance through a superior additive produced from our region’s single-use plastic waste.
Forever Analytical Solutions (FAS) offers rapid, field-deployable, and home-test kits for PFAS detection for environmental and public health protection.
PFC-X removes the toughest fluorocarbons from used filter media with minimal waste, through PFAS destruction and activated carbon reactivation/recycling.

For Industry
Does your organization want to be part of the solution for better roads?
Better roads that reduce the environmental impact of waste plastic?
Road maintenance technology that could eliminate potholes?
Better constructed roads?
How about safer water and the surrounding environment?
--- See the PFAS headlines this week from California to Main!