The Fire Awards: These startups are setting Cincinnati ablaze

The Cincinnati startup scene sits at an interesting juncture. More businesses than ever are attracting outside capital, while young entrepreneurs seem to be disrupting the old paradigm that the ecosystem is built on health care innovation alone. Today, there are rising stars in categories like fintech, real estate and data. And a key exit could spur a flywheel effect that spawns more new ideas and companies alike.

Cincy Inno has been following all the storylines with heightened interest. As a way to recognize the region’s fastest-growing, most innovative and impactful startups, we’re bringing back our annual “Fire Awards,” formally Inno on Fire. It’s our most premier recognition for the companies and people setting the local innovation economy ablaze.

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Written by Liz Engel and Meg Erpenbeck.

Originally published June 2, 2022.