Find A.I. Investors in OH

Lightship Capital

, U.S.A.

Investing In

Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Life Science • Consumer

Description

Lightship Capital (Ohio) is a venture capital firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm invests in companies based in the Midwest.

Kevin Lynch

New York City (NY) - Cleveland Ohio - Connecticut - Norwalk California - San Francisco, California - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Future Of Work • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Consumer

Description

Most Interested In

Currently focusing on deep tech, blockchain, cloud infrastructure, and workforce solutions.

Not Interested In

adtech

Clive Butkow

Johannesburg South Africa - South Africa,

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos)

Andrew Kane

New York City (NY) - Boston Ohio, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

SFW provides capital and support to build businesses through management buyouts and growth investments in mid-sized companies. The firm currently manages over $300 million in equity capital and focuses its investment activity on businesses that provide analytical tools and outsourced analytical services. This includes instruments, software and information, and outsourced services that are involved in research, engineering, product development, quality control, diagnostics, process monitoring, marketing or other critical decision-making processes within companies. SFW typically invests from $15 to $75 million of equity in each company. The firm invests in established businesses (including family businesses, public and private companies and corporate division carve-outs) where there is some history of profitability and where the company has a solid position in its core markets.

Scott Sage

London - Paris France - Helsinki Finland - Berlin Germany - Stockholm Sweden - New York City (NY) - San Francisco California - Copenhagen Denmark - Europe - Dublin Ohio, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Web Security (& Privacy)

Description

Scott Sage is the Co-Founder & serves as Partner at Crane Ventures Partners. Scott Sage serves as Advisor at Stratajet. He served as Adviser at Onfido.

Drive Capital

,

Investing In

Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Impact • Local commerce • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Messaging • DeepTech • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Music • Consumer

Description

Most Interested In

Hiking Mountains

Andrew Jenks

Austin Texas - Columbus Ohio - - San Francisco (CA), U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness)

Description

Dad, Investor, Founder, Pilot, Builder of cool stuff

Partner Drive Capital. Co-Founder Formation Data Systems @formation-data-systems-1 ; @stage-one-capital; Board Member @bottlenose;

Alex Purtell

Columbus, Ohio - AI - Blockchain - Fintech - Insurance - Retail, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments

Anthony Cassano

New York City (NY) - Conshohocken Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

Founded in 2000, Spire Capital is an active and experienced private equity firm with an investment focus in small market companies within the business services, information services, media, and communications sectors. Spire Capital currently has approximately $600 million in assets under management across two funds. Spire Capital focuses on companies typically under $100 million in Enterprise Value with significant operating leverage, barriers to entry, recurring revenue streams and superior growth potential. Spire creates value by (i) expanding distribution channels, (ii) broadening geographic territory, (iii) increasing the number of, and demand for, products or services, (iv) pursuing strategic acquisitions and (v) facilitating new business relationships for our companies within our vast network of relationships. Spire Capital's primary focus on small market companies with enterprise value of $100MM or less (typically $5.0MM-$10MM in EBITDA) insulates it to some degree to the extremely competitive upper small market and mid market where firms typically focus on companies with EBITDA of $10MM or more and enterprise values exceeding $100MM. The firm's investment focus is almost exclusively domestic.

David Schaible

New York City (NY) - Conshohocken Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data)

Description

Partner at Spire Capital Partners, L.P.

Founded in 2000, Spire Capital is an active and experienced private equity firm with an investment focus in small market companies within the business services, information services, media, and communications sectors. Spire Capital currently has approximately $600 million in assets under management across two funds. Spire Capital focuses on companies typically under $100 million in Enterprise Value with significant operating leverage, barriers to entry, recurring revenue streams and superior growth potential. Spire creates value by (i) expanding distribution channels, (ii) broadening geographic territory, (iii) increasing the number of, and demand for, products or services, (iv) pursuing strategic acquisitions and (v) facilitating new business relationships for our companies within our vast network of relationships. Spire Capital's primary focus on small market companies with enterprise value of $100MM or less (typically $5.0MM-$10MM in EBITDA) insulates it to some degree to the extremely competitive upper small market and mid market where firms typically focus on companies with EBITDA of $10MM or more and enterprise values exceeding $100MM. The firm's investment focus is almost exclusively domestic.

Jeff White

San Francisco California - Beverly California - Philadelphia Pennsylvania - Los Angeles California - New Brunswick New Jersey - Exton Pennsylvania - Saint John Canada, U.S.A. - Canada

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense)

Description

Partner at @trestle-ventures, CEO of Fingerworks (acquired by @apple)

Omair Sarwar

Rye New York - New York City (NY) - Boston Ohio, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

Omair Sarwar serves as a Principal at SFW Capital Partners. He is also a Board Member at Dzone. He was previously with Sverica International, a lower middle market oriented private equity fund where he focused on investments in software and technology enabled business services companies. Prior to Sverica, he worked at CRA International, advising firms in the oil & gas and industrial sectors on acquisition due diligence, operational improvement programs and corporate growth strategies. Sarwar serves as a Director of Buyers Laboratory, LLC. Sarwar earned his undergraduate degree in economics and international relations at Wesleyan University.

Tom Walker

London - Columbus Ohio, U.S.A.

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Material Science • Investment Management

Description

Biz dev, product, operations // worked @discovery-communications @macquarie-group

Sean White

New York City (NY) - Conshohocken Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data)

Description

Founded in 2000, Spire Capital is an active and experienced private equity firm with an investment focus in small market companies within the business services, information services, media, and communications sectors. Spire Capital currently has approximately $600 million in assets under management across two funds. Spire Capital focuses on companies typically under $100 million in Enterprise Value with significant operating leverage, barriers to entry, recurring revenue streams and superior growth potential. Spire creates value by (i) expanding distribution channels, (ii) broadening geographic territory, (iii) increasing the number of, and demand for, products or services, (iv) pursuing strategic acquisitions and (v) facilitating new business relationships for our companies within our vast network of relationships. Spire Capital's primary focus on small market companies with enterprise value of $100MM or less (typically $5.0MM-$10MM in EBITDA) insulates it to some degree to the extremely competitive upper small market and mid market where firms typically focus on companies with EBITDA of $10MM or more and enterprise values exceeding $100MM. The firm's investment focus is almost exclusively domestic.

Andrew Armstrong

New York City (NY) - Conshohocken Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Investing In

IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • A.I. (& Big Data)

Description

Founded in 2000, Spire Capital is an active and experienced private equity firm with an investment focus in small market companies within the business services, information services, media, and communications sectors. Spire Capital currently has approximately $600 million in assets under management across two funds. Spire Capital focuses on companies typically under $100 million in Enterprise Value with significant operating leverage, barriers to entry, recurring revenue streams and superior growth potential. Spire creates value by (i) expanding distribution channels, (ii) broadening geographic territory, (iii) increasing the number of, and demand for, products or services, (iv) pursuing strategic acquisitions and (v) facilitating new business relationships for our companies within our vast network of relationships. Spire Capital's primary focus on small market companies with enterprise value of $100MM or less (typically $5.0MM-$10MM in EBITDA) insulates it to some degree to the extremely competitive upper small market and mid market where firms typically focus on companies with EBITDA of $10MM or more and enterprise values exceeding $100MM. The firm's investment focus is almost exclusively domestic.

RiverVest

, U.S.A.

Investing In

BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine)

Thomas Scott

Dallas Texas - San Diego California - Los Angeles California - Cincinnati Ohio, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Expertise in turning culture into profits. Engineering Director with 240+ reports and $22M top line revenue. A320neo, A350, 787, KC-390, C-series, MRJ, E-190

Jack Miner

Cleveland Ohio - New York City (NY) - Ann Arbor Michigan, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science

Description

The University of Michigan promotes the creation of start-up ventures as a valuable tech transfer option to promote technological growth and its benefits to the market. Since 2001, U-M Tech Transfer has assisted in the creation of 126 new start-up ventures, with $210.9 million in royalties and equity sales. To further enhance capabilities to create new ventures, U-M Tech Transfer has created the Venture Center. The Venture Center (VC) provides the front door" into the University for entrepreneurs and venture partners interested in start-up venture opportunities with U-M technology."

George Bennett

Boston Massachusetts - Columbus Ohio - Ohio, U.S.A.

Investing In

Other • BioTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • DeepTech

Description

George Bennett is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Good Measures. He has more than 30 years of experience in designing and implementing change management approaches for Fortune 500 companies. Prior to co-founding Health Dialog, George founded Symmetrix, Inc. and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1996. George was also the founder of Braxton Associates and was one of the three founders of Bain & Company, Inc. George serves on the board of directors of a number of organizations, including the National Youth Science Foundation and the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA). He is a member of the Development Committee of Urban Improv, an organization that offers interactive workshops to economically disadvantaged children. George earned a BS in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University and an MS and a PhD in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.

John Collins

Dallas Texas - Cambridge Massachusetts - Boston Massachusetts - Houston Texas - Buffalo New York - Madison Ohio - Chambersburg Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Investing In

BioTech • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services)

Description

A non-profit consortium of Boston's leading teaching hospitals and universities, CIMIT fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among world-class experts in translational research, medicine, science and engineering, in concert with industry, foundations and government, to rapidly improve patient care. CIMIT seeks out and identifies entrepreneurial clinicians and engineers from among the over 40,000 doctors and 20,000 technologists who work at the CIMIT consortium institutions. CIMIT provides innovators with resources to explore, develop and implement novel technological solutions for today's most urgent healthcare problems. CIMIT grants and awards support early stage, collaborative research projects for improving patient care, with emphasis on devices, procedures, diagnosis, and the delivery of healthcare. The CIMIT Accelerator grants are focused on innovations that have a reasonable chance of being handed off to industry within 12 to 18 months.

Robert Rickman

Oxford - Johannesburg South Africa, U.K.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Material Science

Zaz Floreani

Dallas Texas - San Antonio Texas - Houston Texas - Austin Texas - Oklahoma City Oklahoma - Cincinnati Ohio - Boulder Colorado, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness)

Description

Principal at Next Coast Ventures

Diggin' big ideas, start-ups, and entrepreneurs. Sr Dir of Bus Dev at a Texas startup. Married to an entrepreneur.

Lance White

San Francisco California - Naples Italy - Ohio - Naples Italy - - Florida - Columbus Ohio - Naples Florida - New York New York Uni, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Energy • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Mobile Apps • DeepTech • Online Social

Description

Lance White serves as a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at UBS Financial Services. He is also an Angel Investor.

John Herman

Salem Oregon - Portland Oregon - Cleveland Ohio - Ohio, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Healthcare (& Wellness)

Description

Founded in 1989, Veber Partners is a regional investment banking firm bringing expertise and experience to support middle market business owners, investors and senior management in making and implementing key financial decisions. The firm is one of the premier private investment banking firms in the Pacific Northwest that focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private placements, merchant banking, leveraged buy-outs, management buy-outs, capital restructuring, fairness opinions, valuations, Business Energy Tax Credit placements, and other financial advisory services. Veber Partners selectively purchases middle market companies in the region utilizing its own equity and the equity of its strategic investors. The firm operates in five primary sectors including manufacturing/distribution, technology, business services, consumer/retail and healthcare.

Nick Stone

La Jolla California - New York City (NY) - Chicago Illinois - Cleveland Ohio - Illinois, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution)

Description

Cyprium Partners (Cyprium) is a private investment firm that provides mezzanine and equity capital to profitable, middle-market companies. On June 1, 2011, due to the recent passing of the Dodd-Frank financial legislation, the investment and finance teams at Key Principal Partners (KPP) resigned to form Cyprium Partners. The firm differentiates itself as a flexible investor that can provide any combination of subordinated debt, preferred equity and/or common equity in either non-control (minority ownership) or control (majority ownership) positions. Cyprium strives to be a value-added investor that supports the growth, acquisition, refinancing or liquidity needs of private company owners and their management teams. Cyprium looks to invest in manufacturing, distribution or service oriented companies with sales between $30 million and $250 million, a minimum EBITDA of $10 million, and a history of growth and profitable operation. Cyprium will invest from $10 million to $60 million in any combination of the following capital securities: Subordinated debt; Preferred stock; Common equity; Warrants, options and equity participation rights. To date Cyprium has invested $1.1 billion in 69 companies.