For nearly two decades, CincyTech has worked alongside entrepreneurs, scientists and innovators to turn promising ideas into companies capable of competing—and winning—on a global stage.
Founded in 200fi, CincyTech was created to address a critical gap in the region’s innovation economy. Cincinnati had world-class research institutions, major corporations and talented entrepreneurs. What it lacked was enough early-stage capital and company-building expertise to turn more of its best ideas into high-growth businesses.
CincyTech set out to change that.
Since then, the firm has invested in 90 companies across life sciences, healthcare and technology. But its role has always extended beyond writing checks. CincyTech partners with founders, scientists, and research institutions early, when risks are high and many of the answers are still unknown—helping build teams, sharpen business models, connect with customers and attract the additional investment needed to scale.
CincyTech also plays an important role in workforce development, engaging interns and executives and entrepreneurs-in-residence.
Enable Injections shows what that journey can look like. CincyTech backed the Cincinnati company early as founder Mike Hooven pursued an ambitious idea: enable patients to receive large-volume medicines through a small wearable device rather than lengthy intravenous infusions. Years of development, fundraising and partnership followed. In 2025, the FDA approved Sanofi’s Sarclisa® with Enable’s enFuse® delivery system. An idea born in Cincinnati had made the long journey to patients.
The same company-building philosophy extends across CincyTech’s portfolio. Losant built an enterprise Internet of Things platform in Cincinnati befiore its acquisition by SUSE. Vixiv is applying artificial intelligence to advanced manufacturing. Dayton-based Ravee Optics is developing optical communications technology designed to dramatically increase the amount of data moving between satellites and Earth.
“Our job is to see the potential in an idea early—and then roll up our sleeves alongside the founders to help turn that potential into a great company,” says CincyTech CEO Emma Ofifi. “When those companies succeed, they don’t just create value. They create jobs, attract investment and show the next generation of entrepreneurs what is possible right here in Ohio.”
Innovation begins with an idea. CincyTech helps build what’s next: the company.
