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Mentors inspire, support, offer guidance and open doors. We know a good mentor can be the key to success for a startup at any stage.

Thank you to all of the mentors who support the startups we serve! ✨

Don't forget to mark your calendars and register today to participate in the 1:1 Venture Connection meetings, specially curated to match VC powerhouses with pre-screened capital-seeking founders.

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Ohio VC Fest 2024 RETURNING TO CLEVELAND September 17-18, 2024 Get Tickets Now 100+ VCs and Investors 200+ Startups 15+ Hours of Sessions and Workshops 1000+ 1:1 Meetings Ohio VC Fest is an annual, two-day event that celebrates our growing technology, innovation and investing community while

Fall ‘24 participants dove deep into marketing fundamentals and marketing strategies with an amazing panel of experts. Our own Marketing Director Ashley Baig, mentor and marketer Matt Shachter and PR expert Aimee Eichelberger shared insights, explored trends, and provided advice on building marketing from the foundation up.

The fall cohort companies have begun their journey 🚀 from attending educational sessions, connecting with entrepreneurs and building relationships with their mentors and other startups.

Check out our latest blog and learn more about these 11 new innovative companies

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Customer to Capital Accelerator Welcomes 11 New Companies The fall cohort of Rev1’s Customer to Capital accelerator is off to a fast start. We are about two weeks into the 14-week program—an immersion in helping entrepreneurs validate their markets and find their first customers. As graduates of the spring accelerator class confirmed at the recent Inve...

Thinking about launching or scaling your startup? Explore how we at Rev1 Ventures can guide you through every step of the journey.

Our Get Started page offers insights and resources to help turn your ideas into impactful businesses. Let’s build 🚀

Exciting news from our Corporate Partnerships team, as they welcome Megan Neff as Director, Partner Success. In this new role, she will manage the relationship with our Research and most prominent Corporate Innovation Partners.

Join us in congratulating, Megan!

We are proud sponsors of . This two-day networking summit will once again bring together the top investors, visionary founders, ecosystem partners and corporate leaders from across the country.

Register today to participate in the 1:1 Venture Connection meetings, specially curated to match VC powerhouses with pre-screened capital-seeking founders. Don’t miss this.

Secure your spot today: https://bit.ly/4d7sXTZ

Ohio VC Fest 2024 RETURNING TO CLEVELAND September 17-18, 2024 Get Tickets Now 100+ VCs and Investors 200+ Startups 15+ Hours of Sessions and Workshops 1000+ 1:1 Meetings Ohio VC Fest is an annual, two-day event that celebrates our growing technology, innovation and investing community while

The Rev1 team was thrilled to have officially welcome the participating companies of our Fall Customer to Capital Accelerator 🚀 at our meet the companies event! It was a night of introductions and creating connections across Rev1's network.

We can’t wait to see the growth and insights the companies will gain over the next 12 weeks. Here’s to an exciting journey ahead!

Sometimes, success as an entrepreneur isn’t about what you know, but who you know. Building a strong network can opens doors and create endless connections.

Thank you to the panelists Terry Ziegler, Sheri Chaney Jones, and Phil George for sharing their experience and expertises.

What is a good first step once you've determined venture capital is the right path for your company? Build a strategic investor list.

Today on the blog we share an toolkit article on how to create a strategic investor list:

1. Identifying what investors would best align with your company, from their key focus areas to stage in which they invest in

2. Target the right investors and prioritize your outreach

3. Know what you need and what you are asking for to make every meeting count

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The Fundraising Process - Part 1: Creating an Investor List and Checking It (Many More Times Than) Twice Entrepreneur Toolkit – The Funding Process Part 1 of our most recent Fundraising Toolkit discusses the “how-to” of creating a quality list of prioritized investors upfront. Part 2, which will be posted next week, provides a deeper dive into “how-to” for a results-driven relationship strate...

From navigating the nuances of the healthcare industry to building the right team, this morning’s Founders’ Story was truly inspiring 🚀

A big thank you to Luke Buchanan and Jaimin Gandhi for sharing their journey and insights into entrepreneurship. Also, a special shoutout to Megan Neff for moderating and to the startup community for your engagement and support!

Rev1 is excited to share that Power to Hydrogen has joined the Rev1 portfolio! Congratulations to Paul Matter, Alex Zorniger and the entire team at Power to Hydrogen.

We are proud of the company’s evolution, productive history, overall mission and stellar work with renewable energy. We’re excited to see this recent funding fuel operational and team growth and international expansion.

Congratulations also to our co-investors including Worthington Enterprises, Finindus, American Electric Power, and INP Capital!

Rev1 Ventures Leads Power to Hydrogen's Series A Funding /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, Rev1 Ventures, the venture studio that helps entrepreneurs and corporations accelerate innovation, is announcing its support for...

This Wednesday, 08/21, we will be hearing the admirable stories of Luke Buchanan and Jaimin Gandhi, Co- Founders of Redi Health.

This discussion will be moderated by Megan Neff, Director, Partner Success for Rev1. Make sure you click the link below to reserve your spot! We hope to see you there.

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August Founders' Story feat. Redi Health Where founders share firsthand insights into the entrepreneur journey's triumphs, trials, and tribulations.

Healthplan Data Solutions is focused on providing a solution for the complex distribution of prescription drugs.

"Rev1’s emphasis on product/market fit and the importance of timing hits home with us. We’ve been around for a while. There are things that we were right to be addressing, but we were early. Since the pandemic, payers are asking more questions about how their benefit managers are being paid. They want to understand how the PBMs are performing during the year, not a year later.”

This week on the blog, Jeff Baldetti, VP of Product and Marketing at HDS, shares where the company started and where they are today.

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HDS Combines the Power of Near Real-Time Oversight Technology with Pharmacy Industry Expertise to Lower Prescription Drug Spend for Payers Increasing payment integrity to reduce the costs of drugs HealthPlan Data Solutions (HDS) started up more than a decade ago with a group of pharmacists and software engineers who saw the complexity and lack of transparency in the value chain of the prescription drug industry as a big problem—and a...

Today the startups in our Customer to Capital accelerator dove deep in all things business formation and compliance - gaining critical insights from experts in our vetted service provider program - Jeff Kujawa, Alex Brown, Lindsay Karas Stencel.

Special thanks to Jeff, Alex and Lindsey for their sharing their extensive knowledge and supporting entrepreneurship!

We kicked off the Fall '24 Customer to Capital Accelerator today! 🚀

We have eleven companies solving problems in enterprise software, digital health, life sciences and advanced technologies. Congratulations and welcome to the Rev1 community: Innovator Health, Wenalytics, Eisola, Inc., SimulationAI, LLC, Smart, Dandelion Medical Device, Privaclave, Inc, SafetyGPT, Stealth IT HealthCare Company, ai law, and ZED Digital.

We are thrilled to welcome these companies to our network and foster connections between entrepreneurs, innovators, partners, and service providers along the 14-week cohort. We can’t wait to share more with you as these companies progress through our program!

Bigger, Better, Bolder. Ohio VC Fest '24 returns to Cleveland on Sept 17-18.

Reserve your spot to connect with leading investors, institutions, corporations, and entrepreneurs from across the country through curated 1:1 meetings and networking sessions.

Secure your spot today: https://bit.ly/4d7sXTZ

2024 Save The Date RETURNING TO CLEVeLAND September 17-18, 2024 Get Tickets Now 100+ VCs and Investors 200+ Startups 15+ Hours of Sessions and Workshops 1000+ 1:1 Meetings Ohio VC Fest is an annual, two-day event that celebrates our growing technology, innovation and investing community

"Our goal is to make comprehensive, patient-centered care accessible to millions more across the country."

With our next Founders’ Story coming up on 8/21, we went into the archives to listen to the 614Startups podcast interview with Luke Buchanan, Co-Founder of https://bit.ly/4cqEZqt and it made us all the more excited to hear from Luke and co-founder Jaimin Gandhi next week!

RSVP today and secure your spot to hear not just where they've been but where they're headed! Link below.

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Redi Health Website Redi combines health management technology and integrated patient support, empowering patients to confidently manage and track all aspects of their health while also facilitating a seamless connection between life science companies, healthcare providers, and other healthcare stakeholders.

We are thrilled to welcome Meghan Shea to the Rev1 Team as Associate, Life Sciences Investments! She brings extensive experience in the Global Pharma space and as a Life Sciences Strategy Consultant.

Welcome to the team, Meghan!

Today we wrapped up the summer cohort of our Innovation Internship Program! 🎉✨

It was amazing to see and hear the success and progress the students had in their roles, the skills they learned, and what they plan to take into their next venture.

We are so proud of the students who participated this summer. Special shout out to Dionnica Gaston for running the program and Larissa, Megan and Riley for being mentors!

Here’s to the bright future ahead 🚀

Here at Rev1, we value community and connections. Explore the future of innovation with us and check out our events page to stay up-to-date with upcoming events in our ecosystem. 🚀

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Rev1 is proud to welcome Hubifi to our portfolio! Congratulations Jason Berwanger, Bill Kaper, and the team HubiFi on the successful close of your seed round and to our co-investors Motivate Venture Capital, Anthemis, and Foxe Capital.

The significant advances in financial intelligence and revenue recognition solutions are proof of their state-of-the-art technology and capabilities. Their Stripe Connector product is the market gap solution to shorten accounting periods to the minimum. We couldn’t be more proud of being part of this journey and to support Hubifi’s work.

Learn more here -- https://prn.to/4dAYz4t

Online shopping can be challenging, especially when scrolling through countless ads.

Adam Thomas, Founder of ShopFrame, has developed an AI-driven solution that keeps customers engaged through smart native advertising; a win for the consumer, advertisers and publishers.

Learn more about how Shopframe reframes digital advertising on the net.

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Shopframe Reframes Digital Advertising on the Internet to Increase Clicks and Revenue Advertising becomes information without interrupting the user experience. If you’ve ever shopped online, that puts you among 80 percent of the U.S. population. It also means that you visited web pages with banner ads you likely ignored. Banner ads are those promotional insertions (often identified...

Yesterday’s TIGER Talk was a crowd favorite! Special shoutout to Innovate New Albany for hosting Melinda Gloriosa, where she shared her valuable expertise on financing, startup funding, and tips for entrepreneurs to perfect their pitch and get to the next level.

As many prepare for Pelotonia this weekend, we wanted to take a moment to highlight our very own, Kathleen Green, who has been an avid supporter of Pelotonia’s efforts over the last 15 years and is currently the captain of .

Join us in congratulating Team Columbus for surpassing $600,000 of funding and continuing to inspire change and bring awareness to cancer research.

Best of luck to all riders this weekend. The Rev1 team is looking forward to cheering you on!

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We are thrilled to announce that Riley Shelton has been promoted to Associate - Investment Funds! From the start, his dedication and eagerness to learn and execute has been amazing to witness.

Join us in congratulating Riley on this well-deserved achievement. We are confident that he will continue to excel.

Here’s to new challenges and even greater successes ahead! Congrats, Riley!

August is around the corner and we are more than excited for the next Founders’ Story featuring Redi Health!

Join us Wednesday August 21st at 8:30am to hear the startup journey of Luke Buchanan, Co- Founder and CEO, and Jaimin Gandhi, Co- Founder and CTO of Redi Health.

Megan Neff will moderate this conversation as Luke and Jaimin share how Redi Health puts more simplified tools in the hands of patients, creating novel pathways of connectivity to the support and resources patients wouldn't have access to.

Mark your calendar and reserve your spot today!

Aug 21 | 8:30-10:00 AM | 1275 Kinnear Rd

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August Founders' Story feat. Redi Health Where founders share firsthand insights into the entrepreneur journey's triumphs, trials, and tribulations.

Today we wrapped up the three-day Concept to Customer bootcamp with the Fishbowl presentations!

Congratulations to all the companies who pitched and received market validation from not only their personal network but from the Rev1 team and other program participants.