Investor / VCColumbus / Ohio

Drive Capital

Investor / VC · Columbus, OH

Drive Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in technology startups across mid-American and secondary markets, including cities like Atlanta, Austin, Denver, Chicago, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Toronto. The firm manages approximately $2 billion in assets under management across a portfolio of 87 companies and operates through a team of 16 partners across 24 cities.

Founded

Region

Columbus / Ohio

Portfolio

Battleface

People

About Columbus

Columbus is built around Ohio State, one of the largest universities in the country by enrollment, and around Battelle, an independent research institution headquartered there that's larger and older than most people realize. The city's demographics track the U.S. average closely enough that companies have used it as a product test market for decades — which is also, not coincidentally, part of why insurtech and healthtech firms cluster there.

Region Stats

Total firms 38

VC / investors 8

Companies 27

Schools 3

Known For

Insurtech

HealthTech

Robotics