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Last fall, gener8tor announced it would launch a cohort of gBETA programs in the Cleveland area — featuring up to three of the seven-week programs a year, held in spring, summer and fall — as well as Backline, a free accelerator program for local musicians and bands. The Greater Cleveland region marks the 18th market […]

9. Root Insurance $350.0MRound: Series EMonth of Funding: AugustDescription: Root, the largest property-casualty InsurTech in the country, offers personalized, affordable coverage in an app. Founded by Alex Timm and Dan Manges in 2015, Root Insurance has now raised a total of $527.5MCoatue Management, DST Global, Ribbit Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, and Tiger Global Management.Investors in […]

It’s easy to take for granted the numerous metal products around us. Phone chargers, pots and pans, door hinges are all so ubiquitous, it would be easy to assume they are near-effortless to make.Yet all of these products owe their existence to the tool and die makers. They manufacture the equipment that is foundational to […]

Inspiration arrives in unexpected ways.Thirteen years ago, Jonathan Klinger came home from work to find his wife, Julianne, in the living room of their home in Cambridge, England. She was holding a CD player and had big earmuff-sized headphones strapped to her pregnant belly.More than a decade later, the couple's baby-tech startup has gone through […]

For an athlete, speed can be the difference between a casual hobby and a shot at a scholarship or a professional career. So why are the tools athletes use to improve their quickness often so clunky and outdated? That’s the problem Todd Kelley of Aspire Technologies is trying to fix. Aspire works with various resistance-based […]

Fledgling company Balloon announced today that it has raised $2.1 million in seed funding, led by angel investor Jason Calacanis, who was an early investor in Uber. Balloon, however, has nothing to do with the sharing economy. Rather it is a workplace communication platform similar to Slack but anonymous so co-workers can share ideas without […]

After weeks of anticipation, the Richland Area Chamber has named Baker’s Collision Repair and Hess Industries Ltd. the winners of this year’s Small Business of the Year award.Hess Industries received the honor in the 14 or fewer employees category; Baker’s in the 15 or more employees category.The two businesses were honored along with four additional […]

JumpStart, which has offices in Cleveland and Toledo, led the proposal to the state’s “Entrepreneurial Services Program,” program, part of Third Frontier. The state awards money to organizations with a proven track record of boosting technology-based start-ups, whether through money, office space or other services.JumpStart in Cleveland received $26.5 million, and the organization in Toledo […]

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission approved $76.85 million to startup and early-stage technology companies statewide to help accelerate the commercialization of institution-owned technologies, according to a statement from the Ohio Development Service Agency.Under the Ohio Third Frontier Entrepreneurial Services Provider Program (ESP), $26.5 million in grants were awarded to JumpStart Inc. to help entrepreneurs in […]

“At Farm Fare, we help small- and medium-sized family farms, usually between 15 and 50 acres, gain access to markets like hospitals, public schools and universities,” said co-founder and CEO Cullen Naumoff. “We help regional food hubs collaborate and provide farms with data that tells them exactly what to plant based on what those institutions […]