Pre-Seed Funds : Featured Stories

Standing out in a crowd: Ohio crowdfunding leaders help startups find success

Paul Batterson Thursday, March 21, 2013

With over 530 platforms to choose from, entrepreneurs often need help navigating through the world of crowdfunding for their projects. Fortunately, Ohio's crowdfunding leaders are creating tools to help startups find their way.

Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, High Tech, Pre-Seed Funds, Seed Funding, Venture Capital

Columbus, Cincinnati

Planting for the future: Pre-seed funds help Ohio startups to grow

Paul Batterson Thursday, February 14, 2013

As the founders of Ecolibrium Solar, Coupsmart and other startups can attest, pre-seed funding is helping Ohio companies find their footing when their founders don’t have the financial resources to get started on their own.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Biomedical, Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, Health Care, Pre-Seed Funds, Sustainability, Venture Capital

Columbus, Dayton, Athens, Youngstown, Cleveland, Lima, Akron, Toledo, Canton, Cincinnati

creation and collaboration: how ohio's startup weekends can bolster local economies

Joe Baur Thursday, October 04, 2012

Startup Weekends are intensive, 54-hour events for aspiring entrepreneurs. Fueled by passion, the presence of other innovators and plenty of coffee, would-be founders work in teams to develop their ideas, incorporate feedback from mentors and bring home prizes. Across Ohio, Startup Weekend events are taking hold and creating communities of entrepreneurs -- and even successful companies.

Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, Pre-Seed Funds, Technology

Columbus, Dayton, Athens, Youngstown, Cleveland, Lima, Akron, Toledo, Canton, Cincinnati

from wall street to main street: will equity-based crowdfunding help to grow ohio startups?

Lee Chilcote Thursday, May 03, 2012

Equity-based crowdfunding will allow everyone the opportunity to become a venture capitalist. But is this a good thing? Remember the dot-com bubble that burst in the 1990s? Yet while crowdfunding brings a certain amount of risk, even skeptics say that it has the potential to bring an important source of new capital to Ohio. The emerging phenomenon could also empower a new class of investors.

Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, Pre-Seed Funds, Software, Talent, Technology, Venture Capital

Columbus, Dayton, Athens, Youngstown, Cleveland, Lima, Akron, Toledo, Canton, Cincinnati

Seamless connect between programs, capital, credited with Ohio's high-tech rise

Gene Monteith Thursday, February 11, 2010

Tony Giordano has been around the block. He's started successful companies in both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He has a good job as assistant dean of research and business development at Louisiana State University's Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. So why is he moving his new cardiovascular company from Louisiana to Cleveland? Quite simply, he says, there's no place like Ohio.

Advanced Materials, biomedical, Entrepreneur Programs, Pre-Seed Funds, Third Frontier, Venture Capital