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State Nearly Doubles the Region’s Funding To Invest In High-Tech Companies

November 22, 2019 By Lisa Grigsby

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded The Entrepreneurs Center $10.8M to expand support for innovative entrepreneurs driving Dayton’s thriving startup scene.

The Entrepreneurs Center leads the region’s Entrepreneurial Services Provider (ESP) network, an Ohio Third Frontier program that provides funding and assistance to high-potential technology-based startups to accelerate early growth.

“This award is a testament to the progress The Entrepreneurs Center has made helping Dayton founders launch and scale their companies,” said Scott Koorndyk, President of the organization. “This ESP grant represents funding at a level our region has never seen before and will allow us to not only continue, but to expand, our exciting work with Dayton’s most promising new ventures.”

Since taking over the region’s ESP network in 2017, The Entrepreneurs Center has aggressively worked to fuel local economic growth by deploying resources and mentorship to the area’s most promising high-tech startups.

By mid-2019, the number of startup companies in the center’s expanding portfolio was nearly double the program’s pre-2016 levels. In 2018, total third-party investment in those companies surpassed $35M — nearly triple the program’s highest pre-2016 numbers. The Entrepreneurs Center also assisted its innovative startups to secure 38 patents on new technologies, with an additional 95 patents pending across the medical, financial, agricultural, manufacturing and defense sectors.

“The Entrepreneurs Center has reinvented itself over the last three years and emerges at this pivotal moment with significant State backing to play an important role in ensuring the Miami Valley reaches its full potential as an innovation and technology hub,” said Gayle Rominger, Vice Chair of The Entrepreneurs Center Board of Directors. “This funding allows the organization to continue fueling our region’s startup momentum and building a more prosperous future for Dayton.”

As leader of the region’s ESP network, The Entrepreneurs Center has rallied more collaborators than ever before. Partners on this three-year grant include Wright State Research Institute, University of Dayton, Sinclair Community College, Miami University, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Dayton Partnership, Arcade Innovation Hub, Wright Brothers Institute, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education, Ascend Innovations, Converge Technologies and Cornerstone Research Group.

This award will support The Entrepreneurs Center’s efforts to significantly expand programming and support for the region’s entrepreneurs as it moves operations into the Arcade. The Entrepreneurs Center joins University of Dayton as a proud partner in The Hub, an anchor tenant of the downtown revitalization project. Small businesses, startups, and entrepreneurial thinkers from across the region will have access to The Hub’s 95,000 square feet + events + amenities.

“By aiding these entrepreneurs in their efforts to launch and scale new businesses, we are increasing prosperity across the Dayton region,” said David Schoeff, Chair of the Entrepreneurs Center Board of Directors. “Startups bring vitality through their innovative ideas, the investment they attract, the talent they retain, and the jobs they create. These businesses represent a new wave of success stories for Dayton and we are proud to support them.”

About The Entrepreneurs Center
The Entrepreneurs Center (TEC) offers solutions to all Miami Valley entrepreneurs by assisting small businesses, scalable high-tech startups, and research institutes ready to commercialize. Mentorship, connections, business planning, professional services, and technology commercialization programs are available at little-to-no cost to local entrepreneurs. TEC also manages multiple properties offering affordable, flexible space solutions such as co-working, shared space, and private offices. In partnership with the University of Dayton, TEC drives innovation in the region as an anchor tenant at The Arcade revitalization project in downtown Dayton, scheduled to open in late 2020. The Entrepreneurs Center is also a proud collaborator in the Launch Dayton community. Learn more at TECDayton.com.

Filed Under: Community, The Featured Articles Tagged With: The Entrepreneurs Center

About Lisa Grigsby

Lisa Grigsby is a Special Events Director with over thirty years experience in promotions, event coordination and public relations.

Owning Jokers Comedy Cafe for 20 years taught Lisa to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. She credits Leadership Dayton for exposing her to the amazing assets of the region and Clothes That Work for being her reason she stayed in Dayton. Her proudest accomplishment as a past president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association was creating Restaurant Week, a twice a year tradition that continues to grow and benefit local charities as well. As a foodie, it's only natural that she continues to promote local restaurateurs with DaytonDining.

As a Dayton Catalyst, her desire to have ONE community calendar and advocate for the amazing assets of the region helped create the vision for the relaunch of DaytonMostMetro.


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