If you wish to be added to this list, please contact Will Indest, TechColumbus vice president of venture development.

Federal Grant Proposal Support

The TechStart program will provide funding and assistance to enhance client company’s ability to attract federal funding dollars through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant programs as well as other federal small-business development funding opportunities.  Specifically, the program will offer small proposal writing grants to qualified start-up companies in the TechStart region.

Eligibility Requirements

• The applicant must demonstrate that the proposed topic and the resulting grant have a reasonable likelihood to facilitate the generation of follow-on funding or show tangible evidence of effort to attain funding or revenue beyond the grant itself.
• Applicants must be located in or willing to relocate to the Central Ohio region.
• Subsequent primary manufacture or production of commercial products resulting from the proposal must be planned to occur within the region.
• Applicants must meet the requirements set forth in the applicable federal agency solicitation and demonstrate reasonable capability to complete the work outlined in the project.
• Each applicant must be a for-profit, technology-based business with revenues of less than $5 million operating in the imagining, incubating or demonstrating phases of commercialization.

Parameters

These grants ($4,000 maximum) will require the applicant to match the grant amount with cash or in-kind service work on the funding proposal. The match and the grant must be used toward proposal writing and preparation, and the grant will be awarded directly to the consultant via a TechColumbus purchase order.

Please contact TechStart for information on the grant application and engagement process, or simply get started now by going to the ENGAGE link and submitting an executive summary of the federal funding proposal that you are seeking, that also references those eligibility requirements mentioned above.

Co-Investment Fund

The new Co-Investment Fund is a $2.5 million for profit fund that will invest exclusively alongside Ohio TechAngel Fund and its “side car” investors as well as the TechColumbus Pre-Seed Fund.

The purpose of the Co-Investment Fund is to bring more local investment dollars into selected Ohio TechAngel and/or TechColumbus Pre-Seed Fund deals, thereby amplifying the value of the Pre-Seed/Angel round of investment.

Although the Fund will invest only alongside Ohio TechAngel Fund II and/or the TechColumbus Pre-Seed Fund, it will make its own investment decisions independent of Ohio TechAngel Fund II and/or Pre-Seed Fund.

Other Funding Sources

CID Equity Partners
(614) 222-8185

Reservoir Venture Partners 
(614)846-7241

NCT Ventures 
(614)794-2732

River Cities
(513)621-9700

Blue Chip Venture Company  
(513)723-2300

Custer Capital, Inc.
(614)855-9980

View other funding sources by reviewing our funding continuum.