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Ohio Innovation Fund

Last cheque observed Dec 2025; 7 cheques on record.

Deploying nowVC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BSector-agnosticAgnosticGeneralist

Deploying now
100%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 7 on record
Since the last cheque332days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$8.8MRounds led1 of 7Sole investor1 roundsMostly inUnited States, 100%
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Ohio Innovation Fund highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Debt: 80% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $750K

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Sector-agnosticAgnosticGeneralist
Based in
Columbus, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first7 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Dec
    NiobiumSeed · US · TechStartups$23MLed
  3. 2019

    1 round

  4. Mar
    EmplorStreamSeries A · US · Crainscleveland$3.5MWith 3 others
  5. 2018

    3 rounds

  6. Oct
    WiretapUS · Bizjournals$11MWith 3 others
  7. Jun
    MezuUS · VentureBeat$10MWith 3 others
  8. Jun
    GenetesisSeries A · US · FinSMEs$7.5MWith 2 others
  9. 2017

    1 round

  10. Feb
    WiretapSeries A · US · FinSMEs$3.0MWith 1 other
  11. 2013

    1 round

  12. Mar
    DecisionDeskDebt · US · venturebeat.com$750KSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named

DJDavid Jason GaumeDirectoriForm ADV
MPMichael PapadakisDirectoriForm ADV
WRWilliam R. BaumelDirector, PresidentiForm ADV

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What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$84Mgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
OIF Management Corp.
SEC number
CRD 283129

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Ohio Innovation Fund. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Ohio Innovation Fund put money into.

On podcasts

1 episode naming Ohio Innovation Fund in the title.

Quick answers about Ohio Innovation Fund

What does Ohio Innovation Fund invest in?

Ohio Innovation Fund invests most often at Series A and Debt (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Sector-agnostic, Agnostic and Generalist.

How active is Ohio Innovation Fund?

7 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Dec 2025.

What has Ohio Innovation Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Niobium (Seed, Dec 2025), EmplorStream (Series A, Mar 2019) and Wiretap (Undisclosed round, Oct 2018).

How big are Ohio Innovation Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.8M.

Does Ohio Innovation Fund lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 7 investments on record (14%).

Where does Ohio Innovation Fund invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

Is Ohio Innovation Fund investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Ohio Innovation Fund invest alongside?

Most often Rev1 Ventures (3 rounds together), Draper Triangle (2 rounds together) and JumpStart (2 rounds together).

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