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JobsOhio Ventures
Investor · Columbus, OH, United States · North America
JobsOhio Ventures is an evergreen co-investment venture fund and a subsidiary of JobsOhio, Ohio's private nonprofit economic development corporation. It co-invests alongside lead investors in early-stage financing rounds, generally on the same terms as the lead and as a side-car of up to 20% of the round.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordshealthcareenterprise techco-investmentohioearly stageeconomic development
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Or find every investor that fitsJobsOhio Ventures lists 59 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (51%), Cybersecurity (9%) and AI & Machine Learning (8%). 97% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside JumpStart Ventures, Rev1 Ventures and CincyTech.
Counts come from funding rounds that name JobsOhio Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not JobsOhio Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 59. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 20% |
| Series A | 60% |
| Series B | 20% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 88th | 59 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 58th | 20% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 73th | 8% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 85th | 51% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 51% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 4% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 8% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
| Fintech | 4% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| JumpStart Ventures | 19 |
| Rev1 Ventures | 13 |
| CincyTech | 8 |
| North Coast Ventures | 8 |
| Tamarind Hill | 8 |
| Allos Ventures | 4 |
| Connetic Ventures | 3 |
| Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5898%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with JumpStart Ventures
Compare JobsOhio Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with JobsOhio Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Series B | |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Seed | |
| 6 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 21 Aug 2025 | Series A |
Round details for JobsOhio Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in JobsOhio Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
59 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7SIGNAL continuously monitors the real-world performance of devices, machines, and applications that businesses depend on. | Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Abre.io provides a data intelligence platform to help districts make confident decisions and improve organizational efficiency | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Afference powers communication in the age of AI using neural haptics technology | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AlensiaXR is redefining how anatomy, health sciences, and complex subjects are taught and studied through immersive 3D learning. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AssetWatch provides an end-to-end condition monitoring service for industrial plants using AI-driven predictive maintenance and expert partnership | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Aware keeps collaboration secure and compliant | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| BIOHM sells probiotic supplements and gut testing kits | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Centerline Biomedical provides navigation technology to reduce radiation exposure and improve accuracy in medical procedures. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cionic develops and sells wearable neurotechnology devices to improve mobility for people with neurological conditions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Clarametyx is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel immune-enabling therapies for serious or difficult-to-treat respiratory diseases. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cleveland Diagnostics offers novel, more accurate testing for early detection of cancer and risk of high-grade disease. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloverleaf provides an AI coaching platform for teams built on assessments to help them communicate, collaborate, and perform at their best. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides software systems for clinical research and trial management | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Convelo Therapeutics is developing therapies for multiple sclerosis | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| DOmedia provides a platform for brands and agencies to plan, buy, and measure out-of-home media | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company delivers access to gamers at scale using AI-powered insights and media solutions | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Eikonoklastes Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rapidly advancing innovative medicines for numerous areas of significant unmet medical need, starting with neurodegenerative diseases. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Enosix executes SAP workflows with live SAP data, governed business rules, and provable outcomes for enterprises that run on SAP. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Enspire DBS Therapy, Inc. supports stroke recovery patients seeking to restore arm motor function using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in combination with rehabilitation therapy. | Healthcare & Biotech | Jan 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Eyas Medical Imaging develops and manufactures a dedicated neonatal MRI system | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- jobsohioventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 21 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 59
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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