# Ohio Innovation Fund

> Ohio Innovation Fund is a VC fund backing Health Care and Software. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Columbus, United States
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last fund: May 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/27063423/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/OhioInnoFund
- Website: http://www.ohioinnovationfund.com/

Ohio Innovation Fund is a VC fund in Columbus focused on Health Care and Software. We partner with bold, visionary founders & disruptive companies to create industries of the future.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Ohio Innovation Fund. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Ohio Innovation Fund. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/ohio-innovation-fund?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 9 | 22% |
| Software | 8 | 20% |
| Medical | 6 | 15% |
| Medical Device | 6 | 15% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 7% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 29% |
| Series B | 9 | 22% |
| Series C | 5 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 12% |
| Seed | 4 | 10% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Baumel | Managing Director | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-baumel |
| Faith Voinovich | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faith-voinovich |
| Michael Hughes | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-hughes-3 |
| Michael Triplett | Venture Advisor | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-triplett |
| Michael Triplett | Venture Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/t-michael-triplett |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Niobium Microsystems | Niobium Microsystems creates custom integrated circuit and microelectronic system solutions for clients with complex power, performance, and security constraints. | $23M | Seed | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Mojo Vision | Mojo Vision is a developer of augmented reality products and platforms intended to invent the future of computing. The company has developed a smart contact lens with a built-in display that gives timely information without interrupting the focus and delivers immediate, powerful, and relevant information without the intrusions of today'smobile devices, enabling users to connect with others at a glance, anytime, anywhere handsfree.Mojo Vision was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saratoga, California. | $75M | Series B | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| Niobium Microsystems | Niobium Microsystems creates custom integrated circuit and microelectronic system solutions for clients with complex power, performance, and security constraints. | $5.5M | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Trace | Trace is the Canva for AR. The simplest way ever to make AR recordings and experiences for brands, retail, training and more. Partners include teams at Qualcomm, Deutsche Telekom, Lenovo, Telefonica and other fortune 500 companies. Contact us to work together or learn more. Info@Trace3d.app | $2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| Clarametyx Biosciences | Clarametyx Biosciences is a late preclinical stage biotechnology company developing targeted, immune-enabling biologic therapies to counter persistent infections associated with biofilms. | $33M | Series A | Jan 05, 2024 |  |
| Lentechs | Lentechs is a medical device company that develops a novel soft bifocal contact lens. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 24, 2023 |  |
| AKRU | AKRU’s commercial real estate investment platform uses blockchain technology to create a secure and easy-to-use marketplace. AKRU offers investors the opportunity for fractionalized ownership for as low as $1,000 in the form of security tokens. The platform’s technology enables instantaneous transactions to be recorded on an immutable ledger,building investor trust. Tokenization shortens the transaction cycle and is able to compress the closing and settlement period of assets to mere seconds – making the world’s largest investment class more accessible and liquid for investors. Since launching the paid beta in October 2020, AKRU has secured 14 assets and over 50 investors for the marketplace. AKRU relaunched its platform in March of 2021 as the Title Sponsor for the Security Token Summit. Akru has been mentioned in major publications like Coin Telegraph, Investor.com, securities.io & Business Journals. | $2M | Seed | Nov 22, 2022 |  |
| Genetesis | Genetesis is a rapidly growing medical technology company redefining the way patients with a risk of myocardial ischemia and coronary artery disease are clinically diagnosed, monitored and screened. | $17.5M | Series C | Oct 06, 2022 |  |
| Enable Injections | Enable Injections develops and manufactures wearable drug delivery systems centered on the enFuse platform, a body-worn technology that enables subcutaneous administration of large-volume pharmaceutical and biologic therapies without traditional intravenous methods. The company focuses on engineering devices that allow patients to receive treatmentthrough simple, hands-free injections under the skin while collaborating with pharmaceutical partners to integrate its delivery systems with specific therapies. Its services encompass design, clinical support, manufacturing, and supply of combination products built around the enFuse technology. Enable Injections engages in partnerships to expand application of its delivery systems across varied therapeutic areas and supports regulatory and commercialization planning with its collaborators. | $215M | Series C | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| Aware | Aware is a cloud intelligence platform that adopts the latest advancements in cognitive computing, artificial intelligence, and behavioral analytics to amplify enterprise value by monitoring the social graph. They harness the power of their platform’s insights into human behavior and interactivity to create great value for the enterprise. | $60M | Series C | Oct 13, 2021 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [JumpStart Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jumpstartinc) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Rev1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techcolumbus-2) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Draper Triangle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-triangle-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [JobsOhio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jobsohio) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [CincyTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cincytech) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [North Coast Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-coast-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ohio Innovation Fund invest in?

Ohio Innovation Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ohio Innovation Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Ohio Innovation Fund?

The team at Ohio Innovation Fund includes Bill Baumel (Managing Director), Faith Voinovich (Principal) and Michael Hughes (Venture Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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