Startup helps police solve crimes Data analytics seems to be the key to improved performance in every industry. Now the creators of a new app hope to help law enforcement more efficiently manage and share data to help solve and prevent crime. Peel9 is a software startup out of the University of Cincinnati’s Venture Lab that was [...]

Miami University placed in top school rankings for value, entrepreneurship The Princeton Review has named Ohio’s Miami University number 38 in its Top 50 Best Value Colleges (Public Schools) for 2022. The school also placed in three categories, gaining kudos in Top 20 Best Schools for Internships (#9), Top 50 Game Design, Undergrad (#24), and [...]

Advanced mobility solutions in Ohio JobsOhio announced the launch of AccelerateOhio, a new campaign focused on attracting companies and organizations involved in scaling advanced mobility solutions in Ohio, including automotive, aviation, aerospace, and military industries. The collaborative effort between the state of Ohio, JobsOhio, and 15 public and private organizations will offer stakeholders access to [...]

New tech for the Reds Sign-stealing is considered a big problem in baseball. And we’re not talking about someone making off with a billboard. It’s when an opposing player on second base has a clear view of the catcher's pitching signal. Now the Cincinnati Reds will be using tech to put an end to the [...]

Cincy knows how to grow an innovation economy Regional economies upgrade and create new jobs through continuous innovation. In this Brookings report, the University of Cincinnati’s Office of Innovation is cited as a leading model for how research universities can catalyze innovation-based economic growth in midsized cities. It’s recognized for overseeing a comprehensive innovation agenda, [...]

Astronomer lands $213M and will acquire Datakin Data analytics company Astronomer has closed on $213 million in Series C funding led by Insight Ventures. Astronomer will use the money to advance some of its strategic plans. One of those is to acquire Datakin, a data operations tool. Lightship Foundation acquires Black Tech Week As part [...]

UC and CVG collaborate to ease traveler experience Artificial intelligence from the University of Cincinnati may help lines move faster at the Greater Cincinnati International Airport. CVG brought in UC aerospace doctoral student Javier Viaña to apply AI to its EASE system, a patent-pending hardware and software program the airport began using in 2019. Using [...]

Image by photo.ua for Shutterstock Blue Water Vaccines raises $20M in initial public offering Blue Water Vaccines, a biotech company that launched in 2015 to develop a vaccine for protecting against all types of flu held an initial public offering that raised $20M. Blue Water’s stock rocketed 538% following the IPO. Miami University [...]

Ohio's 2021 startup impact report 2021 marked the third consecutive year that Ohio companies received over $1 billion in venture capital investment. Ohio’s startup ecosystem has created nearly 11,000 jobs, with 167 companies funded and $10B in economic impact including $2.87B in exits. Those are some of the findings in the newly released State of [...]

Prosource acquires tech company Business technology solutions company Prosource acquired PBSI Technology Solutions, an established technology services company based in Springdale, Ohio, specializing in voice, data, and security solutions. Through the acquisition, Prosource will integrate PBSI’s capabilities in structured cabling, telecommunications services and consulting, security and surveillance equipment into their business tech portfolio. Stem cell [...]

Refinery Ventures closes $36M fund Refinery Ventures closed its second fund with $36 million, which is two times more than its first fund. Backers included  Cintrifuse, Great American Insurance, Western and Southern Insurance and The Cleveland Foundation. SaaS Capital closes $128M fund SaaS Capital announced that it has closed its fourth fund with $128 million in [...]

Cincinnati Innovation District covered in Forbes Innovation districts provide a great way to attract entrepreneurs, startups and business incubators. This article in Forbes, which talks about how they are now popping up in cities outside of Silicon Valley, cites the Cincinnati Innovation District (CID) as one enclave that is making good progress. CVG robots deliver [...]

VC money leaving Bay Area is coming to Cincy For the first time in more than a decade, the proportion of seed- and early-stage capital invested in Bay Area startups is on pace to drop below 30%. That’s one of the big discoveries from data collected by Revolution and PitchBook. In that report, Cincinnati made [...]

VNDLY to be acquired Workday announced plans to acquire Mason, Ohio-based VNDLY, a provider of cloud-based workforce management tech, for $510 million. The California-based tech company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire VNDLY before Jan. 31, 2022. Ohio's VC so far this year more than double of 2020 The Buckeye State startup scene [...]

Cincy cultivates its biotech landscape New York-based preclinical drug investment and development firm Orange Grove Bio and the University of Cincinnati announced a partnership intended to cultivate the Cincinnati biotech landscape by expanding entrepreneurship, education, and scientific translation of promising technologies coming out of the Cincinnati Innovation District (CID). UC's 1819 Innovation Hub will be the location for [...]

UC student gets grant for brain tumor research A second-year medical student at the University of Cincinnati, has received grant funding for an ongoing collaborative brain tumor research project. The grant was awarded to Rohan Rao for his summer research project on treatment for glioblastomas, highly malignant and deadly brain tumors. Building sustainable-tech startups Miami University is teaming [...]

CinCor's $143M funding round CinCor has completed a $143 million Series B financing round, which will support the continued development of a treatment for hypertension, primary aldosteronism, and chronic kidney disease. The financing was led by General Atlantic, with participation from new investors Perceptive Advisors, BVF Partners, venBio Partners, Adage Capital Management, Omega Funds, Rock Springs Capital, [...]

GE Aviation partners with NASA NASA has chosen GE Aviation as one of the companies to develop electric propulsion technologies for aircraft. GE Aviation and Redmond, WA-based MagniX were awarded $253.4 million to do ground and flight test demonstrations as well as collaborate with NASA on other projects. GE Aviation received $179 million of the money. Amazon Air [...]

FC Cincinnati goes high tech  FC Cincinnati partnered with Aruba to outfit the team's 26,000-seat TQL Stadium with its edge services platform network. The facility is fully digitized and designed to be entirely cashless, leveraging various wired and wireless Aruba products. PatientPoint platform wins silver award PM360, a publication for pharma marketing decision-makers, has named PatientPoint's Wait-Time Communication [...]

FinTech Frontier's annual pitch competition FinTech Frontier has announced the official kickoff of its annual Pitch Competition by inviting early stage startups to showcase their fintech innovations on Oct. 28. The focus will be on data & privacy, supply chain, increasing access, and green fintech. Kroger partners with Instacart  Kroger Co. announced that it has partnered with Instacart to launch [...]