The Ohio TechAngel Fund I Manager is TechColumbus Investments, Inc.,
an Ohio corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of TechColumbus, an Ohio not-for-profit corporation.
The Ohio TechAngel Fund II Manager is Ohio TechAngel Fund II Managing Member, LLC, an Ohio limited liabitlity company a subsidiary of TechColumbus Investments II, Inc., an Ohio corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of TechColumbus, an Ohio not-for-profit corporation.
TechColumbus' fundamental mission is to:
- Catalyze small business growth in central Ohio through funding opportunites, small business mentoring, incubator services and membership/networking events all over central Ohio.
TechColumbus funding initiatives are primarily focused on
early-stage technology-based business opportunities and include
pre-seed and seed investments, market assessment, business development
and management assistance. TechColumbus, as the recipient of grants from
the Ohio Department of Development and matching funds, also manages multiple early-stage, technology investment funds:
- Regional Commercialization Fund (Competitive early stage business assistance program)
- Co-Investment Fund (Focused on additional funding for OTAF II & RCF fund recipients)
- TechGenesis (Targeting "imagining phase" development assistance)
- The First
Fifty Validation Fund (co-managed with Scitech and
BioOhio)
- The Technology Validation Fund (targeting innovations at The
Ohio State University)
The OTA management team schedules and coordinates the activities
of the Fund, manages the Fund’s operations and finances, administers
both Fund’s Grants from the State of Ohio Third Frontier Program, promotes the Fund
to stimulate deal flow, and provides support and interface for the
Fund Members, portfolio companies and partners.
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Andy Dickson,
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John O. Huston,
Principal, USPrivateCompanies, LLC – During his 30-year
banking career, Mr. Huston held positions ranging from Chief
Lending/Chief Credit Officer to CEO at five banks in five
states. Since retiring from banking in 2000, he has been an
advisor, conduit, columnist and frequent speaker in his area
of expertise…..optimizing a private company’s
capital structure. An active business angel, he provides equity
to entrepreneurs through his investment company, USPrivateCompanies,
LLC. Mr. Huston was also pivotal in the formation of the Ohio
TechAngel Fund and has been passionately engaged in the on-going
success of the Fund.
Mr. Huston was one of seven Ohioans appointed by Governor
Taft to the Ohio Venture Capital Authority, whose mission
is to make professionally managed early stage capital more
readily available to the state’s entrepreneurs. He has
also taught Finance at The Ohio State University’s Fisher
College of Business, and is a frequent judge for business
plan competitions at Ohio’s colleges and universities.
In addition to serving on several Advisory Boards for his
portfolio companies, Mr. Huston is an active member of The
Ohio Venture Association, BioOhio, the Columbus Technology
Council, and the Angel Capital Association (“The Professional
Alliance of Angel Groups”).
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