Investors in Ohio

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Rev1 Ventures

Rev1 Ventures is an Ohio-based venture studio and early-stage investor that combines capital with strategic services to help startups scale and corporations innovate. Based in Columbus and focused on the Midwest, Rev1 partners with founders to validate markets, gain traction, and become venture-ready through mentorship, resources, and events, while connecting them to corporate and research partners to access customers and markets. The firm backs startups across software, SaaS, data analytics, healthtech, fintech, insurtech, advanced manufacturing, and life sciences, with a track record of solving real-world problems and contributing to regional job creation and economic growth. Rev1 maintains a substantial capital base and operates multiple funds, reflecting a broad capital continuum that supports entrepreneurs from idea stage through scale.
Made 136 investments in Ohio

CincyTech

CincyTech is a Cincinnati-based venture capital firm focused on seed- and early-stage investments in healthcare, technology, life sciences and information technology, primarily in Southwest Ohio. It partners with founders to turn ideas into scalable companies by providing capital and strategic guidance, and works with research institutions to commercialize technologies and attract regional and national investment. The firm is known for supporting active seed activity in the Midwest and for collaborating with universities, hospitals and local organizations to build a regional portfolio of high-growth companies.
Made 114 investments in Ohio

North Coast Ventures

North Coast Ventures is a Cleveland-based venture capital firm founded in 2006 that backs seed- and early-stage technology companies. It focuses on business-to-business and software-as-a-service ventures, with an emphasis on applied vertical AI across healthcare, insurance, logistics, marketing, and the future of work. The firm leverages a network of more than 500 active investors, including operators, executives, and domain experts, to help portfolio companies win enterprise customers and accelerate growth and fundraising. NCV has deployed over $100 million across roughly 100 portfolio companies and maintains a team of more than 60 technologists and 100 corporate leaders dedicated to supporting deals and value creation.
Made 56 investments in Ohio

Service Provider Capital

Service Provider Capital is a Colorado-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that co-invests in seed and Series A rounds led by institutional venture funds. It operates six regional funds across the Rocky Mountain, Midwest, New England, Southeast, Texas, and Pacific Northwest regions and supports more than 600 portfolio companies with a network of more than 400 strategic investors, providing access to its LP and CEO networks, and facilitating connections with venture funds, strategic partners, potential customers, and key hires. Each regional fund is managed by dedicated partners to deliver timely, hands-on support for portfolio companies. The firm maintains a presence in Colorado with operations in Vail and Golden.
Made 7 investments in Ohio

Ohio Innovation Fund

Ohio Innovation Fund is an Ohio-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology-driven startups across sectors such as AI and machine learning, data science, cybersecurity, biotech and medical technology, as well as software, SaaS, advanced manufacturing, mobility and AR/VR. It focuses on opportunities in Ohio and the broader United States, providing capital typically in the hundreds of thousands to a few million dollars and pairing funding with strategic guidance, mentorship, and access to a broad network of industry experts to support founders through growth and scale.
Made 27 investments in Ohio

Drive Capital

Drive Capital is a Columbus, Ohio-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that backs early-stage technology companies across North America, with a focus on the Midwest. It invests in sectors such as software, information technology, healthcare, fintech, and consumer, including SaaS, robotics, AI, and mobile. The firm pursues a hands-on, conviction-based approach, partnering with founders to accelerate growth by leveraging local talent and customer bases, and aims to help portfolio companies become market-defining businesses. Drive Capital manages multiple funds and operates with a broad geographic reach, supporting entrepreneurs from seed through growth stages.
Made 27 investments in Ohio

Mutual Capital Partners

Mutual Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Westlake, Ohio, focused on healthcare information technology and medical devices. The firm targets early-stage investments in the United States, prioritizing companies with strong leadership, established customer bases, and revenue, especially those located outside major tech hubs in the Midwest. Beyond capital, it provides active partnership, due diligence support, and ongoing guidance to portfolio companies, leveraging its network of investors. The firm emphasizes prompt evaluation and practical resources to help healthcare IT and medical device startups grow.
Made 12 investments in Ohio

NCT Ventures

NCT Ventures is a Columbus, Ohio-based venture capital firm with a Midwest focus. Founded in 1986, it backs seed and early-stage technology companies that disrupt major industries, and it supports portfolio companies with hands-on operational help, strategic introductions, and growth guidance. Typical early investments range from $250,000 to $1 million, with ability to provide up to $5 million in growth rounds as companies mature. The firm emphasizes an ideas-to-business framework called the NCTU Model developed with Ohio State University's Center for Entrepreneurship, leveraging the Midwest's research and corporate ecosystem to accelerate growth and collaboration across the regional innovation community.
Made 20 investments in Ohio

Allos Ventures

Allos Ventures is a Midwest-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in B2B software and technology-enabled services. Founded in 2010 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with offices in Carmel, Indiana, the firm backs startups that have an existing product or revenue beyond the pilot. It emphasizes a hands-on, lead-investor approach and aims to be closely engaged with portfolio companies, prioritizing timely support and active syndication to accelerate growth and build value. The firm typically invests within a five-hour drive of its offices to enable hands-on involvement in the early stages of company development.
Made 11 investments in Ohio

Tamarind Hill

Tamarind Hill is an early-stage B2B healthcare venture capital firm based in Dublin, Ohio, focused on seed-stage investments in healthcare technology and B2B software. It provides expert capital and hands-on support through embedded operators and a proprietary commercialization playbook, guiding portfolio companies from product-market fit to scalable commercialization. The firm emphasizes an operator-first approach, leveraging deep industry expertise to help care delivery, supply chain, and cost-structure improvements, and operates primarily in the Midwest.
Made 8 investments in Ohio

Refinery Ventures

Refinery Ventures is a Cincinnati-based venture capital firm established in 2017 that backs early-stage technology companies, typically approaching Series A. The firm focuses on information technology, digital health, and human capital technology, and provides more than financing by offering strategic guidance across market positioning, go-to-market strategies, operations, and organizational culture to support scalable growth. Its team includes founders, entrepreneurs, and advisors who mentor portfolio companies to strengthen leadership, customer acquisition, and financial discipline. Refinery Ventures seeks to bridge post-seed and Series A funding and engages with a range of sectors such as healthcare technology, artificial intelligence, and other technology-driven industries.
Made 6 investments in Ohio

LaunchHouse

LaunchHouse is a venture accelerator and community that supports early-stage startups and founders through investment, incubation programs, and collaborative spaces. The organization runs a lean accelerator model and provides physical coworking spaces, intimate residency programs in major cities, and digital or metaverse environments to foster learning, collaboration, and growth. It offers fundraising support, executive coaching, and access to cohort-based courses, enabling founders to develop their businesses with mentorship from a network of peers, engineers, and investors. Emphasizing learning and authentic relationships over transactional networking, LaunchHouse aims to drive entrepreneurial innovation and job creation across technology, software, hardware, and consumer sectors by combining spaces, resources, and a peer-driven ecosystem for entrepreneurs.
Made 19 investments in Ohio

LOUD Capital

LOUD Capital is a Columbus, Ohio-based venture capital and alternative investment firm founded in 2015 by Darshan Vyas and Navin Goyal. It supports growth-oriented companies through education, services, and resources designed to help them scale. The firm also operates LOUD Ventures, a healthcare-focused venture initiative that provides capital, operational depth, and an ecosystem under the LOUD Collective platform to advance life sciences and healthcare innovations, spanning areas such as MedTech, digital health, AI-enabled health, and biotech. LOUD Ventures partners with venture studios to build companies from the ground up and emphasizes patient-centered problem solving, rapid growth, and value creation for investors and communities.
Made 7 investments in Ohio

M25

M25 is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on the Midwest. Founded in 2015 and led by Victor Gutwein and Mike Asem, the firm backs early-stage technology startups across the region. It has invested in more than 90 startups across multiple cities and states, employing an analytical, collaborative approach to portfolio building. By supporting founders across diverse industries, M25 aims to be a central node in the Midwest startup ecosystem.
Made 15 investments in Ohio

Draper Triangle Ventures

An early-stage venture capital firm based in Pittsburgh, Draper Triangle Ventures backs technology startups in the United States, with a Midwest focus. The firm invests in software, information technology, hardware and life sciences technology, including robotics, medical devices, SaaS, big data, and connected devices. It operates with a regional footprint across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and neighboring states, and maintains additional offices in Cleveland, Detroit, Columbus and Ann Arbor. Draper Triangle collaborates through the Draper Venture Network to source opportunities and co-investments. It typically participates in seed to early-stage rounds, seeks a lead position or significant board involvement, and targets first-round investments in the range of hundreds of thousands to a few million dollars, aiming for portfolio companies to achieve substantial growth within three to five years.
Made 10 investments in Ohio

Ikove Capital Partners

Ikove Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Columbus, Ohio, founded in 2014 to pursue early-stage technology investments and technology commercialization. The company partners with universities and research institutions to identify promising technologies in areas such as AI, fintech, robotics, IoT, edtech, medical devices, agritech, food tech, SaaS, and other deep tech, aiming to move inventions from R&D into market-ready startups. Through initiatives like its Startup Nursery, Ikove provides capital and commercialization resources to bridge the gap between research and VC funding, and often takes active board involvement to guide portfolio companies. The firm emphasizes addressing the valley of death by supporting startups emerging from university ecosystems, leveraging partnerships with multiple US universities and investors to turn disruptive intellectual property into scalable businesses. Ikove operates as a platform for capital and strategic support, helping early-stage companies mature toward growth and traction.
Made 5 investments in Ohio

Fireroad

Fireroad is a venture capital firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 2023. It provides venture capital and growth investments to startups, focusing on software and technology sectors.
Made 2 investments in Ohio

Prospect Capital Corporation

Prospect Capital Corporation is a publicly traded business development company that provides debt and equity capital to U.S. middle-market companies across industries. It pursues both sponsor-backed deals and direct lending to well-established owner-operated businesses, offering flexible private debt and private equity solutions to support growth, acquisitions, refinancings, and recapitalizations. With a nationwide platform, Prospect Capital emphasizes senior secured and first-lien lending, long-term relationships with sponsors and management, and a disciplined approach to risk and capital preservation.
Made 5 investments in Ohio

CincyTechUSA, Investment Arm

CincyTechUSA, Investment Arm is a venture capital firm specializing in seed stage and start-up financing. They primarily invest in a variety of sectors including enterprise software, technology-enabled services, digital marketing, bioscience, and digital health care. The firm focuses on companies located in or willing to relocate to the Southwest Ohio region, specifically in the greater Cincinnati area. With investments ranging from $0.5 million to $3 million, they target companies with revenues under $5 million and fewer than 30 employees, aiming for revenue growth to $30-50 million within five to seven years. CincyTechUSA utilizes convertible debt for investments, with an interest in obtaining observer status on the Board of Directors of their portfolio companies. Founded in 2001, the firm is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sica Ventures

Sica Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in Columbus, Ohio, with activity in the DMV area. It specializes in early-stage investments and seed capital for innovative technology startups, with a focus on the space, aerospace, defense, and national security sectors. The firm seeks minority seed and early-stage investments, providing capital and advisory support to help portfolio companies grow and advance science, technology and innovation. The team is led by Dominick Sica as Managing Partner and Vinny Sica as General Partner and Principal, with a mission to support advancements in science and technology to reduce suffering, advance technologies, and increase peace for the betterment of humankind.
Made 4 investments in Ohio

Vine Street Ventures

Vine Street Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that invests in internet and mobile businesses, including growth capital opportunities.
Made 7 investments in Ohio

RiverVest Venture Partners

RiverVest Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri, with offices in Cleveland and San Diego. It focuses on early-stage investments in life sciences across the United States, including biopharmaceuticals and medical devices, and uses its scientific and market expertise to identify and shape companies. The firm provides strategic leadership to entrepreneurs to advance early-stage ventures and also pursues select later-stage investments to diversify its portfolio. RiverVest emphasizes practical guidance and a disciplined approach to building value in its life sciences investments.
Made 4 investments in Ohio

Athenian Venture Partners

Athenian Venture Partners is an Ohio-based venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1997 that focuses on early-stage investments in information technology, healthcare and digital health companies in the United States. The firm emphasizes an active, hands-on approach, partnering with management to help portfolio companies grow, create value, and navigate the business lifecycle.
Made 7 investments in Ohio

Early Stage Partners

Early Stage Partners is a Cleveland, Ohio-based venture capital firm founded in 2001 that makes early-stage investments in technology companies across the United States, with a focus on the Midwest. The firm targets healthcare technologies, information technology, advanced manufacturing, and industrial technologies.
Made 10 investments in Ohio

Reservoir Venture Partners

Reservoir Venture Partners is an Ohio-based venture capital firm founded in 2001 that focuses on early-stage investments in information technology and healthcare technology, including software and IT sectors.
Made 9 investments in Ohio

Narya Capital

Narya Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology and science, backing founders who tackle urgent problems in America through forward-looking innovation rather than purely tech-driven bets. It invests in sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, defense, financial services, and life sciences, supporting efforts to improve Medicare clarity, modernize the food system with soil-based production, advance therapies for obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, and develop next-generation defense and life sciences capabilities. Based in Ohio, the firm seeks nimble, evidence-driven backing to help founders bring practical, scalable solutions to market.
Made 2 investments in Ohio

Comeback Capital

Comeback Capital is a Cleveland, Ohio-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the American Heartland, particularly the Midwest, including startups outside established VC centers. It backs pre-seed and seed-stage companies and provides capital plus connections to advisors to help founders execute. The firm investments span technologies such as health tech, mobility, robotics, AI, IoT, and supply chain/logistics, reflecting a founder-centric approach aimed at nurturing growth and delivering outcomes. Though anchored in the Midwest, Comeback Capital engages with opportunities across the United States to support ambitious founders.
Made 2 investments in Ohio

Stonehenge Capital

Stonehenge Capital is a national specialty finance firm that provides long-term capital to privately held businesses through private equity, mezzanine, and tax credit financings. Founded in 1999 by former Banc One Capital Markets professionals, it maintains a nationwide footprint with offices in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin and manages over 500 million in capital. The firm pursues growth and expansion investments in manufacturing, distribution, business services, and healthcare, leveraging structured finance and tax credit solutions to create value for companies and supporting community initiatives through New Markets Tax Credits. With a long track record spanning decades, Stonehenge emphasizes a practical, partner-led approach to investor, developer, and portfolio management across the United States.

Break Trail Ventures

Break Trail Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Columbus, Ohio, with an additional office in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2018, it provides early-stage and growth capital to companies across sectors including consumer products, advanced manufacturing, big data, digital health, e-commerce, and mobile and SaaS. The firm emphasizes partnering with entrepreneurs who demonstrate innovation and customer-centricity and aims to support companies addressing significant industry challenges and creating measurable value. Its dual-location model expands reach and flexibility, enabling collaboration with founders across the Midwest and Mountain regions.
Made 2 investments in Ohio

Blue Chip Venture Company

Blue Chip Venture Company is an Ohio-headquartered venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled start-ups and growth-stage companies across the United States. The firm specializes in digital media and big data opportunities and commonly backs companies serving consumer advertising, digital marketing, and related technology-enabled sectors. It prefers to lead investments and seeks board representation, often alongside existing syndicates, and may provide bridge financing or stock purchases from founders. Founded in 1990, the company pursues investments across multiple rounds with a preference for companies that have substantial revenues but are not yet profitable, aiming for exit within a few years.
Made 4 investments in Ohio

Angel Physicians Fund

Angel Physicians Fund is an angel investment group based in Powell, Ohio, founded in 2020. It brings together physicians and healthcare entrepreneurs who invest at the seed stage in life science and healthcare companies. The firm emphasizes active involvement beyond capital, leveraging a team of clinicians, investigators, and innovators to provide strategic guidance. It focuses on healthcare startups in medical technology, biopharma, digital health, and AI, prioritizing ventures with clinical development potential and global impact that are capital efficient. The group often takes board or scientific advisory roles to support portfolio companies. Its portfolio spans drug development, medical devices, AI-driven healthcare workflows, and innovative approaches to pain management, with a goal of accelerating product development and advancing health outcomes.
Made 1 investment in Ohio

Link-age Ventures

Link-age Ventures is a Mason, Ohio–based investment firm that serves as the private equity and venture capital arm of Link-age, investing in early to mid‑stage and emerging‑growth companies that provide products, services, and technology for the aging population, including the senior 55 plus marketplace and aging services sectors, with a focus on healthcare and information technology in the United States.
Made 1 investment in Ohio

Trinity Capital

Trinity Capital is an independent provider of venture debt and equipment financing to venture-backed growth-stage companies in the United States. The company partners with venture capital firms, technology banks, and portfolio companies to deliver debt solutions that help startups scale while preserving equity. Its financing offerings include senior and subordinated term debt, asset-backed and equipment financings, sale-leasebacks, and revolving facilities, with optional refinancings and growth-oriented structures. Trinity Capital focuses on technology and other growth sectors, working with syndicate partners to support larger transactions when appropriate. Founded in 2008 and based in Arizona, the company operates nationwide through a client-centric, covenant-light approach and emphasizes customized structures designed to align with a company's growth trajectory.
Made 4 investments in Ohio

H Venture Partners

H Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio. It invests across seed through growth stages in consumer products and devices, with a focus on science-based brands and fast-moving consumer goods in North America. The firm supports omnichannel consumer brands across categories such as beauty, food and beverage, personal and home care, apparel, health and wellness, and related consumer sectors, and pursues impact-oriented opportunities in consumer essentials.

Heartland Ventures

Heartland Ventures is a Midwest-based venture capital firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, focused on industrial technology and related sectors such as construction, manufacturing, agriculture, logistics, and human resources technology. The firm backs early-stage companies, typically Seed to Series A, with check sizes in the lower-mid range, and leverages a broad network of industrial operators across manufacturing, logistics, real estate, and construction to connect startups with corporate decision makers. It aims to accelerate revenue growth and foster early technology adoption in lower-middle-market and family-owned businesses, bridging Midwest expertise with technology developed on the coasts. The firm operates across several cities including Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, and New York City, emphasizing sustainable partnerships with founders and management teams.

1789 Capital

1789 Capital is a Palm Beach, Florida-based growth equity firm founded in 2023 that provides venture and growth capital to middle, late, and crossover-stage companies. It focuses on sectors including artificial intelligence, software, aerospace and defense, healthtech, and fintech, and seeks opportunities aligned with advancing American innovation and prosperity. The firm emphasizes investments in disruptive technologies and growth across areas such as replication/parallel economy and deglobalization, along with technologies that disrupt traditional industries, positioning portfolio companies to benefit from these trends. It aims to help companies scale operations, expand in the United States, and create long-term value for stakeholders.
Made 1 investment in Ohio

Energy Focus

Energy Focus is a Solon, Ohio-based maker of energy-efficient lighting systems and related power solutions. Founded in 1985, the company designs, manufactures, markets, and installs LED lighting for commercial, industrial, government, and military applications, with products ranging from military maritime LED lighting and retrofit kits to commercial fixtures, panels, and high-bay lamps. It also offers energy storage and backup power options to support integrated lighting solutions. Energy Focus serves naval and allied fleets, government facilities, retailers, museums, and other customers through direct sales, representatives, and distributors. The company emphasizes reliability, energy savings, and scalable deployment, leveraging in-house engineering and installation capabilities to deliver turnkey lighting projects and related energy services. Energy Focus operates with a global footprint and a focus on sustainable development and environmental protection.

Driven Capital Partners

Driven Capital Partners is a consulting and investment firm focused on partnering with companies that exhibit strong leadership in the automotive, insurance, and finance sectors. The firm deploys experienced executives who provide entrepreneurship, governance, and strategic leadership, and aims to invest in and guide promising businesses through a collaborative approach that supports growth. Founded in 2020 and based in Strongsville, Ohio, Driven Capital Partners concentrates on technology-enabled companies within its target industries, offering advisory support and capital to help accelerate development and scale operations.

Chainstay Capital

Chainstay Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Columbus, Ohio. It invests in information technology and software as a service companies in the Midwest and Bay Area, with a focus on enterprise SaaS. The firm builds partner ecosystems and acts as fractional partnership leaders to drive revenue growth for portfolio companies, targeting Series A to C opportunities with $5 million to $50 million in annual recurring revenue and offering services such as ecosystem assessment, partner program design, pilot execution, and initial hiring support. With a presence in both the Bay Area and the Midwest, Chainstay Capital combines hands-on advisory with traditional equity investing to help enterprise SaaS companies unlock ecosystem-led growth.

Genesys Capital

Genesys Capital is a Toronto-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that focuses on life sciences, biotechnology, and healthcare. It invests in early-stage companies, including seed and startup rounds, with occasional participation in mid- to late-stage rounds for market-ready businesses. The firm primarily serves Canada and North America, including the United States, and emphasizes building companies through deep scientific collaboration, pairing with scientific founders, and providing strategic guidance. Its portfolio includes biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and healthcare services, with a track record of exits, including acquisitions by AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk and Illumina.
Made 1 investment in Ohio

WillowWorks

WillowWorks is a venture capital firm based in Columbus, Ohio, established in 2016. It focuses on early-stage investments and strategic partnerships to bring innovation to broad markets.

Get2Volume

Get2Volume is a Columbus, Ohio-based venture capital firm that invests in and incubates enterprise technology startups, including IoT, semiconductors, healthcare, B2B internet, and enterprise software. It targets the Midwest United States and Southeast Asia, notably Columbus and Singapore, and provides capital, mentorship, and hands-on operational support to complement a startup team. By drawing on experience in growing and exiting B2B companies, it seeks to accelerate growth and deliver venture-style returns with reduced risk through active involvement and strategic connections.

Maywic Select Investments

Maywic Select Investments is an independent venture capital firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on early-stage and growth-stage investments in consumer products and services that promote healthy lifestyles, wellness, and wellbeing. The firm also targets related sectors such as healthcare, technology, business services, and retail and pursues opportunities across the United States. It partners with management teams to support growth, build sustainable businesses, and help portfolio companies scale through strategic guidance and operational leverage.

State Auto

State Auto is a Columbus, Ohio-based insurance company founded in 1921 that serves individuals and businesses through an extensive network of independent agents. The company offers personal lines such as auto and homeowners, as well as commercial coverages for small to midsize businesses, farm and ranch operations, and related property risks, with distribution primarily through independent and wholesale agency channels. Operating with three segments—Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance, and Investment Operations—the organization combines underwriting activities with investment management for affiliated insurers. State Auto also maintains State Auto Labs, its innovation unit that links investment and insurance expertise to identify, invest in, and adopt disruptive technologies and data-driven solutions, often collaborating with Rev1 Ventures to accelerate adoption across areas like IoT, analytics, and underwriting tools. Through its long-standing emphasis on independent agents and customer-centric service, the company aims to deliver personalized, locally grounded policyholder experiences while pursuing technology-led improvements for the broader insurance market.

Mountain State Capital

Mountain State Capital is a venture capital firm based in Morgantown, West Virginia, with an additional office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It focuses on seed and early-stage technology companies in the Greater Appalachian region, covering West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The firm typically invests $250,000 to $500,000 in initial funding within a larger Seed round to provide 12 to 18 months of runway, targeting companies that have achieved product-market fit and are positioned to scale. It backs ventures across software, hardware, services, and life sciences, and prioritizes supporting companies within a multi-hour drive of its offices. Mountain State Capital has a track record of successful exits and has advised over 100 private companies, reflecting an active role in the regional innovation ecosystem. Notable investments include Peptilogics, Aspinity, InspectionGo, and Gridwise.

Constellation Wealth Capital

Constellation Wealth Capital is a Chicago-based private equity firm founded in 2023 that provides investments and advisory services to wealth management firms in the United States. It focuses on the wealth management sector, addressing capital needs within an $8 trillion assets under management market and more than 18,500 registered investment advisers. The firm differentiates itself by acting as an extension of partner firms, delivering flexible capital solutions to reduce leverage and foster compounding, along with strategic advisory across growth initiatives, business management, technology and operations, and investment platform expansion. The team emphasizes sector knowledge and data-driven insights to help partner firms achieve their strategic goals and improve profitability. Leadership includes Karl Heckenberg as President and Managing Partner, with other partners and advisory leaders guiding client engagements.
Made 1 investment in Ohio

The E.W. Scripps Company

The E.W. Scripps Company is a Cincinnati-based media enterprise founded in 1878, operating a diversified portfolio of local television stations, newspapers, and national digital brands. Its Local Media segment runs broadcast stations and related digital operations in multiple markets, while its National Media segment delivers content services through apps and platforms and includes properties such as Newsy, Katz, Stitcher, and a range of podcast networks. The company also operates the Scripps National Spelling Bee and pursues journalism and entertainment content across traditional and digital channels, aiming to reach audiences and provide advertising solutions.

Roll Tack Ventures

Roll Tack Ventures is a Midwest-based venture capital firm that backs B2B technology companies to strengthen the middle-market corporate tech stack and enable growth, efficiency, and protection. Based in Indianapolis with offices in Ann Arbor and Cincinnati, the firm targets startups that have demonstrated product-market fit and are prepared to scale, emphasizing strong traction, repeatable sales motions, and high-margin markets. It focuses on addressing the underserved Midwest innovation landscape and supports founders through growth phases while pursuing meaningful, durable returns.

Spring Mill Venture Partners

Spring Mill Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Carmel, Indiana. It invests in seed and early-stage information technology, healthcare technology, and life sciences companies, focusing on Indiana and the surrounding Midwest region, including Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. The firm provides capital and strategic and tactical support to help high-growth startups grow and prosper.

Pride Fund 1

Pride Fund 1 is a venture capital fund based in Columbus, Ohio, focused on investing in ventures that empower LGBTQ+ communities and promote inclusive entrepreneurship through its portfolio.