Lynn Gellermann

Executive Director

John Glazer

Director

Faith Knutsen

Associate Director of Operations

Jane New

Manager of Investments and New Venture Development

Christin Tripp

Venture Analytics Associate

Past deals in Ohio

Stirling Ultracold

Series B in 2018
Stirling Ultracold, a division of Global Cooling, Inc., is a developer and manufacturer of a new generation of environmentally friendly ultra-low temperature freezers which operate below -86°C. These freezers do not use dry ice, Peltier or conventional cascade refrigeration systems. Instead, the Stirling Ultracold product line operates on free-piston Stirling engine technology.

Stirling Ultracold

Venture Round in 2016
Stirling Ultracold, a division of Global Cooling, Inc., is a developer and manufacturer of a new generation of environmentally friendly ultra-low temperature freezers which operate below -86°C. These freezers do not use dry ice, Peltier or conventional cascade refrigeration systems. Instead, the Stirling Ultracold product line operates on free-piston Stirling engine technology.

Yost Labs

Series A in 2016
YOST Labs is one of the fastest growing tech companies in Ohio. YOST Lab’s patented sensor technologies enable motion and position tracking in many of today’s and tomorrow’s most exciting products. We enable virtual reality to be immersive and interactive. We enable drones and autonomous cars to navigate. We measure human motion for medical rehab and athletics. We enable robots to move where they are directed to go. We tell you where you are heading and how fast you are getting there. We are YOST Labs. Paul Yost founded YOST Labs in 2012 (dba then as YEI Technology) in historic Portsmouth Ohio. Paul set about solving the difficult technical challenge of combining outputs from multiple inertial sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers) to determine absolute orientation of an object – a necessary capability for numerous market applications. The resulting 3-Space™ sensor product line quickly became an acknowledged leader in the nascent low-cost inertial sensor and motion capture markets. YOST Lab’s innovation has been recognized with numerous patent awards with additional patent applications pending. Current customers include technology industry leaders such as Apple, Google, VW, SRI, Oculus, Siemens, Nissan, Lockheed Martin, and the US Navy. The company maintains an in-house low-volume circuit board production line used for prototyping and rapid iterative development of sensor products for our go-to-market partners. Large-scale circuit-board manufacturing is done at facilities in Dayton Ohio

Jersey Watch

Seed Round in 2016
Jersey Watch sets up a website, manage registration, and communicate with everyone at the organization. Its sports website builder gives the ability to set up a team, club, or league website in minutes. Create a sports registration form online to collect payments and register players for the club, league, or event. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Promiliad

Seed Round in 2011
Promiliad Biopharma Inc. is a drug discovery company focused on creating natural product-like small molecules. Established in 2002 and headquartered in Alberton, Montana, the company specializes in producing bulk quantities of pure natural products and their derivatives, as well as arrayed libraries for high-throughput screening. Its research programs target pathogenic organisms, including gram-negative bacteria and the protozoal pathogen Cryptosporidium, which causes diarrheal diseases in humans. Promiliad employs a technology known as ReBACS, which enhances structural diversity and simplifies the synthetic challenges in drug discovery, thereby increasing the likelihood of developing new antibacterial and antifungal agents. Additionally, the company provides screening compounds in ready-to-use plates and offers ammonium selective ionophore nonactin for ammonia selective electrodes and biomedical research. Promiliad also conducts research at locations in Missoula, Montana, and Athens, Ohio.

Sanuthera

Seed Round in 2011
Sanuthera, Inc. designs and manufactures medical devices to treat patients with tinnitus and hearing loss disorder. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Athens, Ohio.