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Early-stage venture · Dublin, Ohio · Est. 2016

Industries of the future are built here.

We back transformative, disruptive, breakthrough founders, with $500K–$4M first checks and a team that has been in the room for 7 unicorns and 20+ exits.

Try

Sold to

NVIDIA · SAP · Medtronic · Dell · Intuit · Oracle · Marvell · Stryker · Hitachi Data Systems · Motorola · Mimecast · BioLife Solutions · Calix · Skyworks

Partnering with

Snowflake · Databricks · ServiceNow · TSMC · Microsoft · Meta · Google · Genentech · Sanofi

Chapter 02 · Forefront of innovation

OIF partners and foundersbuilt what came next.

Chapter 03 · The AI economy

The AI economyruns through OIF.

From AI infrastructure to oncology, enterprise trust and streaming media, OIF-backed companies connect the entire chain.

Chapter 04 · Origin

Twenty years inSilicon Valley.Then he came home.

Bill Baumel spent more than two decades investing in Silicon Valley before returning to Ohio to found OIF in 2016. His portfolio companies produced five IPOs and fifteen major acquisitions, and he's been named one of the Venture 100 top VCs by exits.

Acquirers across his portfolio

DellSAPMedtronicIntuitStryker

Chapter 05 · Track record

Valley pattern recognition. Ohio conviction.

Unicorns · team track record

Exits · team track record

Companies backed by OIF

$500K–$4M

First check size

Nine years of compounding2016 → 2024

Partnership year, current portfolioExitHover for names

Chapter 06 · Thesis

Where we're looking for signal.

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Chapter 07 · How we show up

A trusted ally on the hard days and the great ones.

We find the value inflection points in a company's life and put our team and our network of industry experts to work at each one, with strategic insight and practical guidance for where you actually are.

Sharpen the strategy

Pressure-test the thesis, the market and the plan with people who have built and backed companies like yours.

Build the team

Find the hires who change the trajectory, and the advisors who have already solved your next problem.

Open the doors

Position the company with the partners, customers and co-investors that unlock the next round.

Drive to the outcome

Stay in the room through every inflection point, all the way to the exit.

Chapter 08 · Portfolio

Companies we've bet on.

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Chapter 09 · Outcomes

Built for impact. Measured in outcomes.

From strategic acquisitions to companies scaling revenue and advancing clinical breakthroughs: the outcomes of OIF-backed founders.

Partnering with

Snowflake · Databricks · ServiceNow · TSMC · Microsoft · Meta · Google · Genentech · Sanofi

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Chapter 10 · Founders

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Chapter 11 · Team

Operators who came home to build.

Buckeyes, a Bobcat and a RedHawk, trained in Ohio and tested everywhere else.

Chapter 12 · Student Experience Program

Ohio's next founders and investors start here.

One hour · First come, first served

Shadow Day

For students early in their careers who are curious about entrepreneurship and venture. Spend an hour inside the fund and see how decisions get made.

Book a Shadow Day →

One week · Spring, summer & winter

Venture Boot Camp

Run accelerated due diligence on live portfolio companies, present in small teams, and defend an investment recommendation. Application-based.

Apply to Boot Camp →

Chapter 13 · Your move

Build it here.

We focus on high-impact AI—infrastructure, enterprise and healthcare—cybersecurity, and life sciences, including biotech and revolutionary medtech. Tell us what you’re building; a real person on the team reads every note.

info@ohioinnovationfund.com Revisit the portfolio

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Early-stage venture · Dublin, Ohio · Est. 2016

Industries of the future are built here.

We back transformative, disruptive, breakthrough founders, with $500K–$4M first checks and a team that has been in the room for 7 unicorns and 20+ exits.

Try

Sold to

NVIDIA · SAP · Medtronic · Dell · Intuit · Oracle · Marvell · Stryker · Hitachi Data Systems · Motorola · Mimecast · BioLife Solutions · Calix · Skyworks

Partnering with

Snowflake · Databricks · ServiceNow · TSMC · Microsoft · Meta · Google · Genentech · Sanofi

Chapter 02 · Forefront of innovation

OIF partners and foundersbuilt what came next.

Chapter 03 · The AI economy

The AI economyruns through OIF.

From AI infrastructure to oncology, enterprise trust and streaming media, OIF-backed companies connect the entire chain.

Chapter 04 · Origin

Twenty years inSilicon Valley.Then he came home.

Acquirers across his portfolio

DellSAPMedtronicIntuitStryker

Chapter 05 · Track record

Valley pattern recognition. Ohio conviction.

Unicorns · team track record

Exits · team track record

Companies backed by OIF

$500K–$4M

First check size

Nine years of compounding2016 → 2024

Partnership year, current portfolioExitHover for names

Chapter 06 · Thesis

Where we're looking for signal.

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{{c.name}}{{c.desc}}

Chapter 07 · How we show up

A trusted ally on the hard days and the great ones.

Sharpen the strategy

Pressure-test the thesis, the market and the plan with people who have built and backed companies like yours.

Build the team

Find the hires who change the trajectory, and the advisors who have already solved your next problem.

Open the doors

Position the company with the partners, customers and co-investors that unlock the next round.

Drive to the outcome

Stay in the room through every inflection point, all the way to the exit.

Chapter 08 · Portfolio

Companies we've bet on.

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Status: {{pk.status}}

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Chapter 09 · Outcomes

Built for impact. Measured in outcomes.

From strategic acquisitions to companies scaling revenue and advancing clinical breakthroughs: the outcomes of OIF-backed founders.

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Chapter 10 · Founders

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{{q.name}}{{q.role}}

Chapter 11 · Team

Operators who came home to build.

Buckeyes, a Bobcat and a RedHawk, trained in Ohio and tested everywhere else.

Chapter 12 · Student Experience Program

Ohio's next founders and investors start here.

One hour · First come, first served

Shadow Day

For students early in their careers who are curious about entrepreneurship and venture. Spend an hour inside the fund and see how decisions get made.

Book a Shadow Day →

One week · Spring, summer & winter

Venture Boot Camp

Run accelerated due diligence on live portfolio companies, present in small teams, and defend an investment recommendation. Application-based.

Apply to Boot Camp →

Chapter 13 · Your move

Build it here.

info@ohioinnovationfund.com Revisit the portfolio