Celebrating Women Entrepreneurship Week, TechGrowth Ohio is partnering with the Center for Entrepreneurship to host an informal, town hall-style Founders Forum with Claire Coder, founder of Aunt Flow. Our event is designed to give entrepreneurs from all over Southeast Ohio a comfortable opportunity to have sticky conversations and share key learnings with each other. [...]
Announcing a new opportunity for technology innovation in Ohio October cohorts are forming now for an exciting new opportunity focused on helping entrepreneurs transform technology innovations into growing businesses. The Ohio SBIR Technology Acceleration Program (TAP) is designed as a week-long program that demystifies the SBIR process for eligible small businesses. It offers free [...]
by Aaron Kirby In my last blog, I mentioned that Southeast Ohio covers 20 counties and only has a population of about 1 million people. With that small of a population, there is a notion that few organizations are dedicated to helping entrepreneurs thrive. I quickly disproved that notion by talking about the resources and [...]
by Aaron Kirby Southeast Ohio is often overlooked when it comes to new start-up businesses, innovative ideas and new technologies. Just over 1 million people live in the 20-county region of Southeast Ohio, which stretches from Carroll County all the way down to Adams County. When you compare that to Columbus in Franklin County with [...]
Home » Featured Stories » Founder Story: Yost Labs Founder Story: Yost Labs Posted on February 11, 2019 by lisacolbert in Featured Stories, Founders // 0 Comments Yost Labs in Portsmouth is revolutionizing the motion capture system. Using sensors that attach directly to the body, the software can track movement in open spaces, allowing for realistic animation. Besides the human body, Yost Labs sensors can also be used [...]
TTechGrowth Ohio’s success as an incubator for technology startups in Southeast Ohio was featured in an article published by Innovation and Tech Today, a national publication covering the latest tech industry news. The piece praised TechGrowth’s success in contributing to the “red-hot” state of entrepreneurial growth in the 20-county region it serves. According to the article, more [...]
A decade ago, something happened in the Buckeye State: the Ohio Third Frontier began awarding funding grants. One of those went to a startup, TechGrowth Ohio, to increase revenue growth and capital investments in tech-based businesses within a 20-county area of southeastern Ohio, anchored by Ohio University (OU). Today, TechGrowth Ohio, founded as part of Ohio [...]
ATHENS, Ohio — Global Cooling, Inc., a TechGrowth Ohio portfolio company helping to build the economy of Southeastern Ohio, was recently recognized with TechOhio’s Best Startup Culture Award in the late-stage startup category. Global Cooling, Inc. develops and manufactures Stirling Ultracold ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers that use the company’s proprietary free-piston Stirling engines. Stirling Ultracold [...]
Global Cooling, Inc., a TechGrowth Ohio portfolio company helping to build the economy of Southeastern Ohio, was recently recognized with TechOhio’s Best Startup Culture Award in the late-stage startup category. Global Cooling, Inc. develops and manufactures Stirling Ultracold ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers that use the company’s proprietary free-piston Stirling engines. Stirling Ultracold freezers are used [...]
TechGrowth Ohio supported startup iReconCars®, a used car reconditioning management platform that automates the auto reconditioning process, has been acquired by Cox Automotive™’s vAuto®. vAuto®, a provider of innovative technology for car dealerships, has relaunched iReconCars® as iRecon®. “TechGrowth is proud to have helped provide another entrepreneurial success story here in southeastern Ohio. By guiding [...]
