OH · Midwest
Columbus venture capital & startups
Columbus insurtech and healthtech — Root, CoverMyMeds, Drive Capital, Rev1 Ventures.
Columbus pairs a public insurtech (Root, NASDAQ: ROOT) with CoverMyMeds’ medication-access exit story and Cardinal Health’s Dublin HQ gravity. Drive Capital and Rev1 Ventures are the local institutional stack for Midwest founders.
Ohio only — aliases include Columbus OH/Ohio, Dublin OH, New Albany OH. excludeAliases includes columbus, ga.
Venture firms in Columbus
Matched from fund headquarters in our directory (alias-based). Dual-HQ firms may appear in more than one city.
| Firm | HQ (directory) | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| Drive Capital | Columbus, OH | Seed, Series A, Series B |
| Rev1 Ventures | Columbus, OH | Seed |
| Andreessen Horowitz | Menlo Park, CA | Series A, Series B+ |
| General Catalyst | Cambridge, MA | Series A, Series B+ |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | New York, NY | Seed, Series A, Series B+ |
| Define Ventures | San Francisco, CA | Series A |
| Insight Partners | New York, NY | Series A, Series B+ |
Startups we cover in Columbus
Matched from startup hq fields. Many profiles still lack HQ — curated lists
in editorial notes fill gaps when verified.
| Startup | One-liner | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Root Insurance | Technology-driven personal auto insurance priced with mobile/telematics signals. | Columbus, OH |
| CoverMyMeds | Medication access and prior-authorization technology connecting providers, pharmacies, payers, and manufacturers. | Columbus, OH |
| Cardinal Health | Global healthcare services and products company (NYSE:CAH) headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. | Dublin, OH |
Coverage gaps
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Additional Drive Capital portfolio Cos. in OH
Expand company pages beyond Root/CoverMyMeds anchors
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Ohio Innovation Fund
State seed layer not yet ingested as fund JSON
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