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Louisville/Jefferson County - Kentucky, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Education • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Sales (& Marketing) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
Startups and co-investors in Kentucky and the surrounding Ohio River Valley region.
Not Interested In
Companies who are ignoring the industries in their own networks.
Los Angeles - Palo Alto - New York - San Francisco Bay Area - Columbus - Ohio, U.S.A.
PropTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • GovTech • Human Resources • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility
Max is the Managing Director of Heartland Ventures, which he founded in 2016.He manages the fund’s relationships with other venture capital partners and oversees key investment decisions with the Heartland team. Heartland has over $100 million under management and has invested in 14 high-performing portfolio companies.Max received a B.S. in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022, an Executive of the Year by Columbus Business First, and a Future 50 Member by Columbus CEO.
New York - Columbus - Ohio, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
Managing Director & General Partner at Forum Ventures
Cleveland - Columbus - Ohio, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)
Investor at Rev1 Ventures
Boston - New York - San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Food & Beverage • Human Resources • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Woman Focused
Investor at Heartland Ventures
Dublin (OH) - San Diego California - California - U.S.A., U.S.A.
BioTech • AgroTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Advertising • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Ross Youngs is a Co-Founder at Biosortia Pharmaceuticals and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. He Founded EnvyPak and served as its Chief executive Officer and Board Member. Ross Youngs is a Co-Founder at Algaeventure Systems and also serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. He has over 30 years of experience in inventing products, technologies and processes for a variety of industries. He is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at UniKeep.
San Francisco California - Columbus Ohio - Los Angeles California - Mountain View California, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • AR/VR • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • Mobile Apps • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS
Seth Miller is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Fearless Ventures. Miller also served as Partner at DBL Partners. He has been an investment professional with the Bay Area Equity Fund since 2003. Seth sources and performs diligence on investment opportunities, advises portfolio company management, and helps companies implement their double bottom line practices. Prior to his affiliation with the Fund, Seth was a Vice President in the Investment Bank at JPMorgan advising both private and public companies in raising and structuring private capital. In that capacity, he helped raise over $1 billion in private equity for 45 companies. Having started in 1998 at Hambrecht & Quist, Seth has focused on working with growth companies in various technology, biotechnology and branded consumer industries. Seth also spent three years in Washington DC working on environmental policy issues for the White House and the United States Senate. Seth enjoys volunteering for the Painted Turtle Camp, a summer camp serving chronically ill children in California. As a ten-year resident of the Bay Area, he is still avidly exploring all of the outdoor recreation it has to offer and is constantly amazed by its natural beauty. He received a BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD-MBA from Kellogg and the Northwestern University School of Law.
Columbus Ohio - Cleveland, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • Developer tools • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Material Science • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Woman Focused
Not Interested In
B2C, B2B2C
Ohio, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • BioTech • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Real Estate (& Construction) • DeepTech • Mobile
Talisman is a private investment partnership located in Columbus, Ohio. The firm's partners all come from operating company backgrounds. Talisman partners with management in businesses that it understands and to which it can add value. The firm's objective is to be a valued partner to management teams that seek to build significant shareholder value. Talisman doesn't have artificial, finite holding periods for any investments that it makes. Instead, the firm is driven by what is best for the business from a strategic and a long-term value creation standpoint.
San Francisco Bay Area - Boston - New York - City - Columbus Ohio, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • IT (& TMT) • Education • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Human Resources • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management • Mobile • Mobility • Woman Focused
New York City - San Francisco Bay Area - Chicago - Los Angeles - Pittsburgh - Boston - Washington - Dallas - Cincinnati - Madison, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Education • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Woman Focused
Founded in 2014, KohFounders is a hybrid accelerator, incubator and venture capital firm that invests in the seed stage companies. The firm invests in the technology enables services and other customer products and services sectors. It focuses to invest in companies based in California, Midwest and Mid Atlantic regions. The firm is based in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in Chicago, Illinois.