TechStart Program For Tech Entrepreneurs

Information, community and support designed to help you grow.

Be sure to click the "Success Stories" tab in the banner above to hear from some of the business entrepreneurs engaged with our TechStart program.

We give innovative companies what they need to grow: start-up mentoring and consulting, business plan development, a strong pathway to capital investment, marketing assistance, and affordable, high-end office, meeting, and lab facilities for our incubator clients. 

Areas of Expertise

Sometimes the greatest challenge is bringing a great idea to market.  TechStart’s commercialization experts help evolve innovations into real products in the fields of IT, bioscience, and advanced materials.
Learn more about our areas of focus.

Consulting

Experienced guidance is just as important as funding. So we strengthen emerging technology leaders with ongoing mentoring, resident programs, and commercialization efforts.
Learn how we can help you.

Incubator Services

You provide the vision and energy, we’ll provide a turnkey environment that helps you succeed. Expert mentoring, affordable facilities for offices, wet and dry laboratories — even manufacturing.
Learn more about the TechStart Incubator.

Funding Sources

Access to capital. It’s what every tech startup needs to grow — and it’s a major component of what we provide, from public and private investment sources. See what funding is available.

Partners and Background

TechStart is the result of millions of dollars invested in the central Ohio innovation economy by the Ohio Entrepreneurial Signature Program, the Third Frontier Project, and other partners. Learn who is involved.

Resources

From world class incubator and office space, to access to federal grants, we provide additional services and resources that help central Ohio start ups succeed. Find out what is available to you.

 

 

Who we help

Recent graduates. Veteran researchers. And anyone else with a brilliant idea. TechStart companies range from medical device designers to web app developers. Most fall into one of three sectors: IT, bioscience, or advanced materials.

Learn more about the companies we’ve funded, our current incubator clients, and those who’ve graduated our incubator program and moved on to success.
 

How we help

TechStart helps ambitious new companies grow into technology leaders. We are a central access point for funding from both public and private investment sources, and we manage a 43,000-square-foot incubator space that’s home to more than 25 early-stage companies.

If you have a great idea that could grow with our help, we want to hear from you. Learn how you can be a part of it.

 

 

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Resources for Entrepreneurs

Learn more  about Entrepreneurial Edge, BizSpark program and more.

 

 


 

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