Innovate Like a Startup
We are a venture development studio with a lifetime of experience helping entrepreneurs build great companies. Our corporate innovation partners leverage this same tailored approach to engage with the startups that matter to their business.
Innovate with Impact
From startup connections to strategic investment funds, our partners benefit from:
EXPOSURE
We analyze more than 1,000 technologies per year, have funded 130+ companies, launched dozens of internal innovations, and are among the most active seed investors in the U.S.
ACCESS
We roll up our sleeves and work together to source, connect, and engage with qualified and strategically aligned early- and growth-stage startups.
SUPPORT
Our dedicated team has the knowledge and experience to identify and execute priority opportunities customized to your corporate goals.
RESULTS
We’re not merely getting startups in the room; we’re committed to getting them into your business. Our repeatable process means you’ll meet your corporate innovation goals while building corporate-wide competency.
EXPOSURE
We analyze more than 1,000 technologies per year, have funded 130+ companies, launched dozens of internal innovations, and are among the most active seed investors in the U.S.
ACCESS
We roll up our sleeves and work together to source, connect, and engage with qualified and strategically aligned early- and growth-stage startups.
SUPPORT
Our dedicated team has the knowledge and experience to identify and execute priority opportunities customized to your corporate goals.
RESULTS
We’re not merely getting startups in the room; we’re committed to getting them into your business. Our repeatable process means you’ll meet your corporate innovation goals while building corporate-wide competency.
Engage Startups 52 Weeks a Year.
Unlike an accelerator, we build lasting innovation platforms that transform your culture and your business.
You Know Your Industry; We Know Startups
We’ll help you look beyond just the technology: analyzing a startup’s business model, market opportunity, team, capital plan, and much more.
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital
At Nationwide Children’s, we are creating the future of pediatric health care. We consider every detail. Every decision. Every aspect of the care we provide for every child. From the child who comes to us with pediatric cancer, congenital heart disease, or cystic fibrosis. To the child who comes to us with a sprain, a broken bone, or a simple fever. Here, the future health and potential of all children, is being shaped at The Children’s Hospital. Here, our doctors are revolutionizing your child’s health and the health of future generations.
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The Ohio State University
Ohio State is one of the largest universities in the nation. It’s also home to a diverse group of the best and brightest people in the world: dedicated faculty, passionate students, and innovative researchers who make Ohio State one of the world’s truly great universities.
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G-Force Innovation
We are forging a path toward a transformative insurance experience for our customers and independent agents. We are partnering with Rev1 Ventures to connect our business to promising startups and entrepreneurs looking to make a difference in an industry that is ripe with opportunity.
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State Auto Labs
State Auto Labs brings together investment and insurance expertise to grow innovations that are reinventing the insurance industry.
In collaboration with Rev1 Ventures, State Auto Labs connects startups with capital, technologists and insurance industry experts. Our objective is to identify, become early adopters of and invest in transformative technologies and solutions.
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Worthington Enterprises
Worthington Enterprises (NYSE: WOR) is a designer and manufacturer of market-leading brands that help enable people to live safer, healthier and more expressive lives. The Company operates with three segments: Building Products, Consumer Products and Sustainable Energy Solutions. Worthington’s emphasis on innovation and transformation extends to building products including water systems, heating and cooling solutions, architectural and acoustical grid ceilings and metal framing and accessories, and consumer products in tools, outdoor living and celebrations categories sold under brand names Coleman®, Bernzomatic®, Balloon Time®, Level5 Tools®, Mag Torch®, Well-X-Trol®, General®, Garden-Weasel®, Pactool International® and Hawkeye™. The Company serves the growing global hydrogen ecosystem through on-board fueling systems and gas containment solutions.
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Worthington Enterprises employs approximately 5,000 people throughout North America and Europe.
Founded in 1955 as Worthington Industries, Worthington Enterprises follows a people-first Philosophy with earning money for its shareholders as its first corporate goal. Worthington Enterprises achieves this outcome by empowering its employees to innovate, thrive and grow with leading brands in attractive markets that improve everyday life. The Company engages deeply with local communities where it has operations through volunteer efforts and The Worthington Companies Foundation, participates actively in workforce development programsand reports annually on its corporate citizenship and sustainability efforts. For more information, visit worthingtonenterprises.com.
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COTA
Moving forward, prioritizing data and analytics will be COTA’s driving force as we tap into emerging technologies that will transform transit as we know it in central Ohio. The entrepreneurs and innovators we collaborate with will access and leverage COTA’s transit expertise, market reach and regional infrastructure.
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