Articles by lisacolbert

Bold Penguin raises $32 million to match insurance carriers with prospects

September 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

Bold Penguin - commercial insurance company

Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance tech provider headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, today announced that it has secured $32 million in a series B funding round, bringing its [...read more]

Bring Your Best: TechOhio’s Startup Culture Awards are Back!

September 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

Can new companies show they have what it takes to earn top spot? Last year, TechOhio introduced companies across the state to the Startup Culture Awards, a search for the [...read more]

gBeta Startups Get Their Moment in the Spotlight

September 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

The six startup companies in the first cohort of an accelerator program run by the Youngstown Business Incubator and gBeta celebrated their graduation by pitching their [...read more]

A sampling of fall events in central Ohio

September 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

Family fun, farm activities, haunts. You’ll find it all here in Ohio! Click here to read the complete article. Story excerpt provided by The Columbus Dispatch. Originally [...read more]

Dayton-area medical tech firm receives $15M investment

September 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

A Dayton-area medical technology firm has received a $15 million growth capital investment from an overseas investor. Riverain Technologies, a Miamisburg-based firm that [...read more]

No one would invest in her startup – now she and her employees are sharing in an acquisition payoff

September 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

For two years, Janine Sickmeyer was a fixture at Mission Coffee in the Short North – when she wasn’t flying coast to coast fruitlessly pitching investors for her [...read more]

How to Make Your Startup Appeal to Investors

September 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Standout from the crowd and catch the eye of a potential investor Funding. It’s the one thing that has the power to make or break your startup, and finding the right [...read more]

Viewpoint: Midwest is a region of ‘overwhelming opportunity’ for VC firms

September 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

With more thriving startups and available venture capital in cities outside of Silicon Valley than ever before, it’s no surprise that the rest of the country is taking note [...read more]

Cleveland to launch online portal to connect lenders with aspiring business entrepreneurs

September 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

The city of Cleveland, in partnership with a pair of development organizations, plans to launch a crowdsourcing platform later this week to help small business find financing [...read more]

YSU ‘Hustle’ Kickstarts Student Entrepreneurship

September 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel told students at Friday’s Hustle Entrepreneurship Conference that failure happens, but to keep failing. He encouraged them [...read more]