Posts Tagged ‘venture-capital funds’

Roundup: Columbus2020! honored, Invest Local Ohio launched & more

Columbus2020! was awarded an honorable mention by Site Selection on Monday when the magazine issued its yearly list of top economic development groups. [Read More] Small Business Beanstalk Director Wolf Starr will serve as guest bartender at The Hills Market Charity Happy Hour on May 11. [Read More] The...

May 7th, 2011 | Weekend News Roundup | Read More

Innovation Capital On the Rise in Central Ohio

Innovation capital in Central Ohio reached record levels last year, as 117 companies across the region received $307.56 million to grow their businesses, according to TechColumbus. The 72.6 percent increase in innovation capital between 2009 and 2010 is the biggest jump that’s occurred since TechColumbus...

February 23rd, 2011 | Announcements | Read More

Rich Langdale of NCT Ventures: Your Questions Answered

If there is anyone in this town qualified to give advice to entrepreneurs, arguably, it is Rich Langdale. In 1986, while a student at The Ohio State University, he sold his car to invest $5,000 in a startup computer supplies business. Over time, that business −Digital Storage− expanded internationally...

February 7th, 2011 | Frequently Asked Questions | Read More

Weekly News Roundup: Huntington Fifth Largest Small Biz Lender & More

Columbus’s office market has experienced its seventh straight quarter of increased vacancies. For the July-to-September period, the vacancy rate in Columbus rose to 18.1 percent, up from 16.3 percent during the same quarter in 2009, according to data released by Columbus-based commercial real estate...

October 21st, 2010 | Weekend News Roundup | Read More

Weekly News Roundup: Ohio Capital Fund, Small Biz Forum & More

Efforts to attract funding from private investors for young, promising Ohio companies are examined by Ohio News Network’s Ohio Means Business program airing Mondays at 12:30 a.m. [Read More] On Aug. 8, The Columbus Dispatch reported that the Ohio Capital Fund issues taxpayer-backed bonds to raise...

August 12th, 2010 | Weekend News Roundup | Read More