Each regional operation shares the basic economic development imperatives at the core of the BioOhio mission, which are to nurture and commercialize biosciences technologies through the formation of new companies and the attraction of companies from out of state. The new organizational structure increases efficiency, while significantly building local energy and involvement.


BioEnterprise is a business formation, recruitment, and acceleration initiative designed to grow bioscience companies. Companies include emerging medical device, biopharmaceutical, and health care services firms. BioEnterprise provides management counsel, clinical access, business development, and capital access services to these companies.

Each year BioEnterprise chooses a select group of companies to join its client base. Being selective allows BioEnterprise to focus its strengths to help companies achieve greater levels of business success.

Based in Cleveland, BioEnterprise’s founders and partners are The Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Health System, Case Western Reserve University, and Summa Health System. The initiative comprises the collective activities of BioEnterprise and each of the institutions' commercialization offices: the Case Research Institute Office of Technology Transfer, Cleveland Clinic Innovations, and Summa Enterprise Group.

The BioEnterprise Initiative efforts have created, recruited, and accelerated more than 50 companies that have attracted $260 million in new funding since 2003.

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Life Science Catalyst and Community
As a catalyst, BIOSTART empowers young life science companies with a proven mix of business and scientific know-how, effective services, and cutting edge laboratory facilities. As a community, BIOSTART engages clients and partners in a stimulating, supportive entrepreneurial culture. This enables vital connections for successful commercialization.

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The Edison Biotechnology Institute is a biomedical and genetics research institute of Ohio University. Our dual mission is basic discovery research and the transfer of new technology to the private sector for Ohio's economic benefit.

EBI applies internationally recognized expertise in molecular, cellular and development biology to explore and develop proprietary, medically significant technologies.

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TechColumbus works with the business community, the public sector, research institutions and entrepreneurs to identify and advance technology-based economic initiatives, eliminate barriers to collaboration, and secure the financial and other resources needed to accelerate technology-driven economic development.

TechColumbus carries out its mission through strategic advocacy, a robust member services program, world-class business formation and incubation services and facilities, capital formation, and technology-related real estate development.

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