Find A.I. Investors in Ohio

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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)

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.

Allen Miner

Beachwood Ohio - Menlo Park California - Tokyo Japan, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Mobile

Description

Allen Miner is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at SunBridge Partners. He is also the founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at SunBridge Corporation. He is a Board Member at CalmSea. Allen has significant experience in internet, enterprise and open-source software, entrepreneurship, and international technology transfer. Allen graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in Computer Science and Asian Studies. He joined Oracle Corporation in 1986 and was dispatched to Japan, where he founded and helped lead Oracle Japan to a successful IPO on the Japan stock market. Allen returned from Japan in 1996 to serve as Oracle's Vice President in charge of Linux/Open Source. Allen created SunBridge Corporation in 1999. Allen currently serves on the Boards of several SunBridge portfolio companies and as an advisor to government-affiliated organizations focused on innovation and entrepreneurship. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Japan Venture Capital Association upon its founding in 2002. He served as an advisor at the Geneva Venture Group and Diggle.

Terry Smith

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

Investing In

BioTech • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Real Estate (& Construction)

Description

Successful technology entrpreneur with several start ups on sold.

Robert Savage

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

Investing In

A.I. (& Big Data)

Description

CoreNetwork is a private, independent, and confidential group of individuals who are interested in looking at private equity investment opportunities, primarily in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, which may provide an above-average return. CoreNetwork provides a formal structure to accomplish this in a manner which incorporates community and sponsor support, and is intended to improve the likelihood for success of the investee companies. The investment team at CoreNetwork does not limit themselves to any specific sectors or life-cycle stages. Investments are made in the range of $100,000 to $2.5 million. CoreNetwork was founded in 2003 in Toledo, Ohio and has had two exits as of October 2011.

Athenian Venture Partners

San Francisco, U.S.A.

Investing In

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

Description

Athenian Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the information technology, healthcare and digital health sectors. The firm was founded in 1997 and is based in Athens, Ohio.

Guillermo Borda

Texas - - Houston Texas - Santa Monica California - Cincinnati Ohio - Washington United Stat, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Robotics

Description

Hauser Private Equity is a hybrid private equity fund manager continuing the Hauser Capital Partners' (HCP) successful strategy of directly co-investing throughout the lower-middle and middle market via partnerships with control buyout funds and selectively with managers of subordinated debt, growth equity and special situation funds. HPE seeks direct co-investments alongside funds with strategic investment models that add operating leadership to their portfolio companies. Hauser targets North American domiciled funds between $150 million to $750 million dependent on underlying investment strategy.

Seamus McAteer

Dublin Ohio - Ireland - - Dublin Ohio - United Kingdom - Dublin Ireland - London United Kingdom - San Francisco California - California, U.S.A.

Investing In

Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • FinTech (& Financials services) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • Mobile Apps

Description

Entrepreneur & Operator

Victor Thorne

New York City (NY) - Shanghai China - Columbus Ohio, China

Investing In

Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data)

Description

The Ohio TechAngel Fund, LLC (OTAF) is a contributed capital and 'sidecar' angel fund with over two hundred members and partners from throughout Ohio. Funds I & II have been fully invested and are no longer seeking new opportunities. Fund III is seeking Ohio-based opportunities in information technology, advanced materials, and medical technology. However, OTA has little interest in the following: Consumer Retail Products; Businesses in the restaurant, travel or lodging industries; Products or services focused on fashions, fads, toys or seasonal concepts; Commercial real-estate, oil or gas projects. OTAF invests primarily in Ohio-based companies.