UniversityColumbus / Ohio

Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs

University · Athens, OH

Ohio University graduate school and regional development engine. Administers TechGROWTH Ohio, Center for Entrepreneurship, I-Corps@Ohio, SBDC. Rob Painter is Executive-in-Residence and Voinovich Fellow. EDA University Center covering 59 rural Ohio counties.

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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