With the help of its regional affiliates, the BioOhio team provides start-up companies a full range of entrepreneurial services to support the development and growth of their bioscience businesses:
- Management support: The BioOhio team helps develop bioscience entities by providing a wide breadth of executive-level management advice and support. BioOhio supports companies on issues of strategy and market positioning, product development, operations, strategic alliances, financing, and organization development. BioOhio’s team has also developed an extensive network of management and technical executives and managers that are interested in working with start-up bioscience companies.
- Clinical Collaborations: BioOhio enjoys close working relationships with most of Ohio’s world-class clinical and research institutions, including: The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland State University, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, NEOUCOM, Summa Health System, and Akron General Medical Center in the northeast; The Ohio State University, Battelle, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and OhioHealth in central Ohio; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Wright State University, and the Air Force Research Laboratories in the southwest; Ohio University in the southeast; and University of Toledo in the northwest. All are committed to working closely with bioscience, medical device, and health care service start-ups. BioOhio can help companies access these institutions and many more, facilitating clinical validation and development collaborations.
- Investment Capital and Other Start-up Funding: BioOhio supports companies looking to raise investment capital and other start-up funding by maintaining relationships with venture capital firms, private equity groups, and investment banks in Ohio and across the country. BioOhio’s team supports its companies by ensuring that companies are prepared for raising capital, and this takes time and practice. BioOhio also helps entrepreneurs and companies identify grant opportunities to support product and clinical development.
- Business Development: BioOhio brings a network of industry contacts and business development experience to help companies explore and enter strategic relationships. With more than 200 member entities, BioOhio’s statewide network includes leading medical device, pharmaceutical, and health services companies, as well as strategic consulting firms.
- Resource Network: Through our members, our Ohio Bioscience Resource Directory, and our continuous efforts to network with Ohio’s growing bioscience community, BioOhio specializes in connecting Ohio-based companies with Ohio-based support resources, from law firms and financial consultants to regulatory experts and product development outfits.