Investor / VCColumbus / Ohio

TechGROWTH Ohio

Investor / VC · Athens, OH

Ohio Third Frontier + Ohio University + private investment public-private partnership. $500M+ regional economic activity. Seed capital + venture development for 19-county SE Ohio. Administered by Voinovich School. Rob Painter served on Ohio Third Frontier eval committee.

Founded

Region

Columbus / Ohio

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About Columbus

Columbus is built around Ohio State, one of the largest universities in the country by enrollment, and around Battelle, an independent research institution headquartered there that's larger and older than most people realize. The city's demographics track the U.S. average closely enough that companies have used it as a product test market for decades — which is also, not coincidentally, part of why insurtech and healthtech firms cluster there.

Region Stats

Total firms 33

VC / investors 8

Companies 22

Universities 3

Known For

Insurtech

HealthTech

Robotics