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October 25, 2026

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October 28, 2026

Cincinnati startup news and funding coverage — from QCA Ventures and CincyTech-backed companies to the founders proving you don't need to be Silicon Valley to scale.

Cincinnati

StartupCincy Week Turned Ten this year

October 13, 2026

StartupCincy Week Turned 10: Cincinnati Showed Up, and the World Noticed

StartupCincy Week turned 10 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as PitchBook named the city the world's #3 fastest-growing venture capital ecosystem, ahead of New York.

October 13, 2026

(Almost) Nobody Is Going to Tell You No: How to Translate a VC Pass

September 9, 2026

(Almost) Nobody Is Going to Tell You No: How to Translate a VC Pass

A VC explains what "too early," "keep me posted," and "not in our thesis" really mean, and what a founder should do after each one.

September 9, 2026

Derrick Maultsby of FBT Gibbons on stage at Black Tech Week 2026 in Cincinnati.

A road trip to Cincinnati for Black Tech Week 2026.

A road-trip diary from Black Tech Week 2026 in Cincinnati, Ohio — inside the biggest conference for black entrepreneurs in the country, and why it calls Cincy home.

StartMidwest Cintrifuse Startup Fellows Cohort 2026

Startup Ecosystems Don't Grow by Accident, but by Developing Builders.

Cintrifuse's Startup Fellows program invested $300,000 in 30 students in Cincinnati to develop Ohio's next generation of startup operators and founders.

Cincinnati, Ohio seen from the river in black and white, for Radley Health's $3M seed round

Cincinnati's Radley Health raises $3M to expand peer-support mental health

Cincinnati’s Radley Health raised $3M in seed funding to scale its peer-support model for serious mental illness across Ohio and into Georgia.

Coworking space at Union Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio

The Operator Gap: What Midwest Startups Are Missing, and What We Can Do About It

Midwest startups often fail due to an "operator gap." Learn why operational knowledge is the key to converting early traction into durable, scalable growth.

StartMidwest - Cincinnati Queen City Angels becomes QCA Ventures

February 12, 2026

Cincinnati’s Queen City Angels Becomes QCA Ventures

Rebrand signals bigger national focus for Ohio-based firm

February 12, 2026

Ilana Habib of Cintrifuse Capital

January 15, 2026

The Boomerang VC: Ilana Habib on Midwest Grit, Patient Capital, and Building Bigger in Ohio

The Ohio VC talks about being a "Midwest boomerang," the patient capital strength of her local startup ecosystem, and why founders need to think bigger.

January 15, 2026

December 10, 2025

Dual HQ, Singular Vision: Inside Kernel’s Plan to Scale a Breakout AI Company

Kernel’s dual HQ in Cincinnati and San Francisco shows how Cincinnati startups can scale breakout AI platforms with cloud browsers for next-gen agents.

December 10, 2025

StartMidwest Founder Stories: Ryan Rybolt of Payload

November 17, 2025

Founder Stories: Ryan Rybolt of Payload

Ryan Rybolt, CEO of Payload, shares lessons from farm work to IPO, building bootstrapped fintech in Cincinnati and disrupting payments with embedded bank rails.

November 17, 2025

November 11, 2025

Growing Founders at Home: Cincinnati Must Invite Students Into Building Startups

To grow its startup ecosystem, Cincinnati must retain top university talent. Programs like co-ops and internships are key to future economic growth.

November 11, 2025

September 26, 2025

From Cincinnati to Appleton: a founder doubles down on the Midwest

Learn how Coterie's founder David McFarland's built a successful insurtech company in the Midwest.

September 26, 2025

StartMidwest - Cintrifuse innovation - Cincinnati City as a Lab

Cincinnati: City-as-a-Lab

Cincinnati's "City-as-a-Lab" initiative fosters innovation through trust and collaboration, helping startups like Airtrek Robotics thrive.

Fundraising Q2, 2025: Ohio

Ohio bucks national VC trends in Q2 2025, with $424m raised. Discover the top deals in the state's resilient startup ecosystem.

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