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The Venture Firm That Put Columbus on the Cap Table
Rev1 Ventures took a regional startup club, rebuilt it as public-private infrastructure and learned to sell Ohio's least glamorous advantage: everyone useful is already in the room.
Before the pitch, find the holes
Orlando’s StarterStudio teaches tech founders to test demand, win customers and face the awkward questions investors ask. Its most useful lesson may be knowing which idea to stop building.
The Innovation Space Gives Science Startups Room to Prove It
A Delaware nonprofit puts laboratories, equipment and early capital within reach of science founders. Its most revealing lesson: even a well-equipped lab cannot pay for everything a young company needs.
The AI fund betting software’s next trick is doing the whole job
Untapped Ventures is narrowing the crowded AI trade to one provocative test: does the machine merely help, or can it finish the work? Its answer links early checks, operator sprints and a network of enterprise CEOs who may become a startup’s first serious audience.
The VC Firm Betting the Next Giant Will Look Boring at First
1984 Ventures hunts for software companies in the places hype forgot - then tries to become the call founders make before the rest of Sand Hill Road notices.
The Cyber Fund That Wants Homework From Its Founders
Runtime Ventures raised $32 million to back cyber companies before the market has made up its mind. Its edge is less about prediction than participation: two former operators, an LP bench full of security veterans, and a standing invitation for founders to put them to work.
Colosseum Turned the Hackathon Into a Venture Pipeline
Most accelerators begin with an application. Colosseum begins with a build - then turns the strongest Solana hackathon teams into funded companies.