Funded Startups in Ohio, Illinois

Upwage is building the AI infrastructure to make hiring faster, fairer, and radically more human.

pH Matter is providing commercially-viable solutions in a number of emerging markets related to catalysis, electro-catalysis.

Splash is an AI-enabled lending marketplace that connects borrowers with partner lenders to offer a variety of financing products.

Standard Bariatrics is a medical device company that develops and offers surgical instruments for weight-loss surgeries.

LiveEasy is a concierge platform that offers full-service, white-labeled, no-code solutions for moving and home services.

Axuall is a workforce intelligence company providing data and insights for network planning, analytics, and credentialing for healthcare.

FRAYT is a developer of a delivery application offering shipping services.

Cerkl’s is a leading digital employee experience SaaS provider.

RWX is a software company that builds tools for optimizing reliability, building, test performance, and developer experience.

AI copilots for Professional Services to streamline operations

BBI Transportation Holdings is a company.

Allinaire Therapeutics aims to develop novel therapeutics for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other pulmonary diseases.

BBI Logistics is a freight brokerage firm that specializes in full truckload shipments, expedited shipments, and transportation solutions.

X1 Network — A Modern Payments Infrastructure for Global Growth

Coffeee Global offers tech offshoring services for software development and IT solutions.

Toolpath is a distributed machining platform that creates CNC machined parts to accelerate innovation from prototype to production.

Kyoso is a design-smart AI -- your personal co-creator -- assisting all skill levels create stunning, on-brand content

TREW is a provider of automated material handling solutions for integrators and end users.

Hops & Hearth is a restaurant.

Taft's Brewing is a beer manufacturing company that offers beer and restaurant services.

Conductor Solar is a fintech platform developer with a mission to revolutionize commercial solar transactions.

Cloud, Data, AI Cost Management, FinOps

Luma is an independent multi-issue platform that provides banks and brokers and dealers an order entry system.

Rise provides crypto payroll and web3 workforce solutions to help businesses onboard, manage, and pay local and global contractors.

Anchor is a simple, low-cost way to bake protection into files and ensure your sensitive information is never accessible, without consent.