Cincinnati, Ohio
Our sponsors are committed to driving the long-term economic growth of Cincinnati through innovation. Many of our sponsors are great resources for inventors and entrepreneurs. To find out more about how they are helping create new technologies, fund start-up companies, and create lasting change in the region, click on their logos for more details.
CincyTech drives capital into high-tech, high-growth potential companies. A nonprofit with a for-profit seed fund, CincyTech combines market discipline with public purpose -- growing jobs in the region while working for a strong return on investment. In addition to the seed-capital investments, CincyTech provides management assistance and connections to partners who share our mission. It is a regional technology initiative supported by the State of Ohio's Third Frontier Project. For more information on how we can assist you, please visit www.cincytechusa.com.
The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for residents in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. We recognize that a key factor driving new economic growth is the generation of new ideas and the ability to turn those ideas into reality. The Foundation is proud to support efforts that strengthen our region's culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. For more information visit www.haileusb.org.
At Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, delivering outstanding legal performance to help clients succeed is what drives and motivates its more than 375 attorneys and legal professionals every day. Taft is a full-service law firm with offices throughout Ohio as well as in Indiana, Kentucky, Arizona and Beijing. The firm represents a broad range of clients including entrepreneurs, start-ups and emerging growth companies; Fortune 1000 companies; and venture capital and other private investment firms. Taft's Emerging Companies Practice Group helps start-up and emerging growth companies to form, finance and grow their businesses. The firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group helps clients protect and commercialize their inventions and other intellectual property. For more information please visit www.taftlaw.com.
Neyer Holdings is a private equity and real estate investment firm, with a dedicated team focused on early stage venture investing in consumer and technology companies. As active investors, Neyer Holdings invests capital, strategic advice, and relationships to help start-ups realize their business objectives. Located on historic Fountain Square, Neyer Holdings is committed to helping Cincinnati companies become category leaders. For more information, visit www.neyerholdings.com.
Cincinnati Children's hospital is one of the top Children's hospitals and research centers in the country. The Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) manages innovation commercialization for the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation. The CTC works with the Cincinnati Children's faculty and staff to identify research discoveries to promote and facilitate the clinical and commercial use of discoveries, and in collaboration with commercial partners, focuses on bringing these new discoveries for improved health to the pediatric patient population. For more information on the CTC, visit www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/ipvd/default.htm
Queen City Angels is an organized group of 26 individuals who invest in startup businesses that have exceptionally high growth potential. Queen City Angels is assisted by C-Cap, Cincinnati's angel capital hub, which presents educational and training events to prepare entrepreneurs for investment and success. Over the past three years Queen City Angels has been one of the five most active angel investor groups in the United States. See www.qca.com and www.c-cap.net.
BIOSTART, Life Science Catalyst and Community, empowers life science companies with a proven mix of business and scientific know-how, effective business assistance services and cutting edge laboratory facilities, and engages clients and partners in a stimulating, supportive entrepreneurial environment. Over the last 11 years, we've assisted130 companies raise $185 million. More information at www.biostart.org and www.dialedin.org.
The Northern Kentucky E-Zone has assisted hundreds of entrepreneurs and helped them obtain over $62M in grants, forgivable loans and other capital assistance. Launched in 2001, the ezone is a division of Northern Kentucky Tri-ED. For more information on how we can assist you, please visit, www.nkyezone.org.
HYPE, which stands for Harnessing Young Professional Energy, is a movement to create Cincinnati USA as a top destination for young people to live and work. How do we do that? By connecting smart, innovative, creative individuals, like yourselves, to one another, to resources, to companies and to information. Check out more than 60 young professional organizations, jump into any number of discussions, or start creating content to tell others what it's in Cincinnati USA by visiting www.getintothehype.com.
Soapbox tells the new Cincinnati story - a narrative of creative people and businesses, new development, cool places to live, and the best places to work and play. For entrepreneurs and innovators, Soapbox is a source for news on innovation and start-ups, as well as an outlet for getting the word out about exciting new products and businesses making their debut in Cincinnati. The web site and weekly e-zine are published Tuesdays. Get Soapbox free in your e-mailbox each week by signing up here.
Hamilton County Business Center, Inc. (HCBC) is an entrepreneurial assistance hub serving technology oriented ventures in Southwest Ohio. By offering Business Incubation, Outreach, SoundingBoard, Morning Mentoring, and Regional Entrepreneurs Forum, HCBC offers a variety of programming focused on assisting startup and early stage, innovative businesses. HCBC intends to work with entrepreneurs, early stage growth businesses, inventors, researchers, landing parties, spin-offs from large corporations, and start-ups, and will serve the Southwest Ohio region. For more information, please visit: www.hcdc.com/incubation.
Greater Cincinnati Venture Association is a forum for bringing together people that share a vested interest in building a strong entrepreneurial community. The GCVA hosts 9 monthly events that feature a keynote speaker of interest to the entrepreneurial world and at least 2 business plan pitches to the investor community for startup businesses. Recent keynotes have been Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint.com and Pete Blackshaw, entrepreneur/author/social media wizard! Members include venture capital firms, angel investors and groups,universities, entrepreneurs and service providers that support the entrepreneurial community. For more information, visit our website at www.newgcva.com.
The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati is an independent foundation dedicated to improving the health of the people of the Cincinnati region. We award grants to nonprofit and governmental organizations for selected health programs and activities in Cincinnati and 20 surrounding counties in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. We also work to improve local health data and build the skills and knowledge in nonprofit organizations. Since our inception in 1996, the Health Foundation has invested over $110 million to support local programs that address the objectives of our four focus areas-community primary care, school-aged children's healthcare, substance use disorders, and severe mental illness-and general community health. For more information please visit www.healthfoundation.org.
