Last week, the Ohio Third Frontier recommended that the Controlling Board approve more than $9.1 million in funding for the JobsOhio Network Program, which works with six regionally-based economic development groups to aggressively pursue job and wealth creation through the “retention, expansion and recruitment of businesses”; more than $610,000 for the Technology and Validation Start-Up Fund (TVSF), which helps to “commercialize technologies developed by Ohio institutions of higher education and other Ohio not-for-profit research institutions”; and $24 million for the Pre-Seed Fund Capitalization Program (PFCP), which provides early-stage risk capital investment to promising start-up technology companies, a press release from Ohio Third Frontier announced. For more, including details about each award recipient, read the full press release.
Ohio Third Frontier recommends funding for three economic development programs