Circular Venture Lab

09/04/2026

Explore our new partnership in to help prepare our communities for the growing aging population in the region...

Circular Venture Lab joins SWIRCA | Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging, the University of Southern Indiana, and AARP in this work focused on and Vanderburgh County.

Our Age-Friendly Evansville initiative addresses livability in the region. Livable communities should be safe, convenient, and inclusive for people of all ages, income levels, and physical abilities.

Learn more about this work, partnership, and ways to get involved:

https://circularventurelab.org/age-friendly-evansville

07/20/2026

September 22 in downtown Evansville!

💡 Have an invention, app, product, technology, or innovation-driven business idea?

Before you invest months of time or thousands of dollars, make sure people will actually buy it.

Join us for our upcoming Idea to Validation class and learn how to validate your idea, test market demand, conduct customer discovery, protect your intellectual property, and build a clear path from concept to commercialization.

Whether you're a first-time founder, inventor, entrepreneur, or an existing business launching something new, you'll leave with practical tools and an action plan to move forward with confidence.

Presenters:
-Logan Jenkins, Executive Director, Indiana Center for Emerging Technologies and Circular Venture Lab
-Steven T. Stump, Director, USI Center for Applied Research
-Andie Hines-Lagemann, Director of Engagement and EQ Practitioner at Elevate Ventures

A special thank you to Fifth Third Bank, sponsor of the Southwest Indiana SBDC, for helping make educational workshops like this possible.

06/30/2026

Learn more about the focus, framework, and the founder of , IN's nonprofit Circular Venture Lab

https://circularventurelab.org/about

05/19/2026

01/20/2026

The Evansville Opioid Symposium is Saturday, March 7. Registration is now open for the tri-state healthcare community.

Youth First, Forefront Community Therapy, and the City of Evansville are hosting Dr. Ira Chasnoff and other speakers to discuss prevention and care models that embrace a collaborative, neuroscience-informed approach to combat the opioid epidemic.

Hear from Mayor Stephanie Terry, Laura Keys, Drs. Jessica K. Wood, and Ryan Wood, along with the keynote speech from Dr. Chasnoff.

This symposium is ideal for physicians, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, licensed social workers, substance abuse treatment providers, and many others. Continuing education will be provided.

https://youthfirstinc.org/events/evansville-opioid-symposium-presented-by-youth-first-forefront-therapy-and-the-city-of-evansville/

12/09/2025

Thank you to Southwest Indiana SBDC for sharing a big highlight for our org this year!

11/28/2025

Thankful for in downtown for helping me pick out a new Christmas ‘tree’ - a Furry Feather Calathea.

10/25/2025

Our two , nonprofit orgs have four SW IN, statewide, and national programs. All are focused on bettering our communities and the people in them!

IMPACTT - High School curriculum for technology transfer

CultivatID - Healthcare talent retention and attraction

Accessible Innovation - Empowering disability innovation

Accessible Cam - Mapping sidewalks for mobility

More details at https://circularventurelab.org/

10/18/2025

Two , nonprofit orgs with four regional, statewide, and national programs.

IMPACTT - High School Curriculum for Technology Transfer

CultivatID - Healthcare talent retention and attraction

Accessible Innovation - Empowering disability innovation

Accessible Cam - Mapping sidewalks for mobility

Details at https://circularventurelab.org/