Refinery Ventures

Refinery Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 and located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm specializes in investing in the information technology, digital health, and human capital technology sectors. Refinery Ventures focuses on supporting startups that are in the post-seed to Series A funding stages, offering mentorship and guidance to help bridge the gap between these funding rounds. Additionally, their recent fund, Refinery Venture Fund II, aims to invest in 10 to 12 startups across the United States and Canada, with a particular focus on healthcare technology systems, SaaS, and enterprise software industries.

Kristina Daiker

Venture Partner

Kristi Daiker

Venture Partner

Justin Deja

Venture Partner

Abby Fittes

Director of Operations

Jim Korcykoski

Venture Partner

Mike Palackdharry

Venture Partner

Stephen Rodriguez

Venture Partner

Peter Schmidt

Senior Associate

Andy Winans

Venture Partner

Past deals in Ohio

FRAYT

Series A in 2023
FRAYT is an on-demand delivery platform that specializes in final mile delivery services. The company provides businesses and retailers with the capability to offer same-hour delivery to customers nationwide. Its user-friendly web and mobile application facilitates peer-to-peer shipping, enabling both scheduled and same-day delivery options. FRAYT serves as a trusted delivery partner for well-known companies such as Party City, Kroger, and Sherwin Williams, enhancing their logistics capabilities and customer satisfaction.

Astronomer

Series A in 2020
Astronomer, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides a managed platform for Apache Airflow, catering specifically to data engineers. The company focuses on enabling organizations to harness the capabilities of Apache Airflow through its flagship offering, Astronomer Cloud, which is recognized as a leading Airflow-as-a-Service solution. Astronomer is dedicated to enhancing standards of scale, performance, and reliability for enterprise-level data orchestration. Its platform encompasses a comprehensive suite of products and services that facilitate the deployment, management, and scaling of data pipelines. This includes features for isolated resource allocation, user access, and account management, allowing data engineers, scientists, and analysts to efficiently build, run, and monitor pipelines-as-code for effective business analytics.

Astronomer

Seed Round in 2019
Astronomer, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides a managed platform for Apache Airflow, catering specifically to data engineers. The company focuses on enabling organizations to harness the capabilities of Apache Airflow through its flagship offering, Astronomer Cloud, which is recognized as a leading Airflow-as-a-Service solution. Astronomer is dedicated to enhancing standards of scale, performance, and reliability for enterprise-level data orchestration. Its platform encompasses a comprehensive suite of products and services that facilitate the deployment, management, and scaling of data pipelines. This includes features for isolated resource allocation, user access, and account management, allowing data engineers, scientists, and analysts to efficiently build, run, and monitor pipelines-as-code for effective business analytics.

Folio Photonics

Seed Round in 2019
Folio Photonics is developing an optical data storage disc with two Terabyte capacity manufactured using a highly scalable, low-cost method. It also redefines archival data storage with its modern optical solution. Their patented solution, the data film disc is disruptive in cost, capacity, and archival lifetime. The company also develops optical data storage discs and systems. Folio Photonics was founded in 2012 and is based in Solon, Ohio, USA.

Halo Health

Series A in 2017
Doc Halo’s clinical communication platform is transforming patient care by streamlining real-time communication among physicians, nurses and staff. The mobile app and online console provide secure, HIPAA-compliant texting. Robust care coordination tools integrate with hospital systems to allow instant access to EHRs, critical and clinical teams, physician on-call schedules, call centers, labs and directories. Exclusively focused on healthcare, Doc Halo is used by some of the most prestigious organizations in the country.
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