Beam Dental, now operating as Beam Benefits, is an employee benefits provider headquartered in Columbus, OH offering dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health plans. The company focuses on making benefits easy to understand, implement, and use for employers and employees. Dental and vision products are underwritten by Nationwide Life Insurance Company.

ScriptDrop is a Columbus, Ohio-based healthcare IT company specializing in prescription delivery solutions that connect pharmacies, providers, and patients. The company operates at 855 Grandview Avenue in Columbus and describes itself as the only healthcare IT company focused on medication access. ScriptDrop expanded its Columbus operations, creating 80 new jobs.

Healthy Roster is a Dublin, Ohio-based company providing an EMR and patient engagement platform built for athletic trainers, sports medicine, and orthopedics. Its tools cover injury documentation, care coordination, telemedicine, and outreach to streamline communication between clinicians and patients. The platform is designed to reduce administrative burden and return time to providers.

KKR portfolio company. Asset class: Infrastructure. Industry: Utilities. Region: Americas.

Athens OH strategic advisory at the intersection of emerging tech + specialized markets (GTM, partnerships); national-security / deep-tech / geospatial. Rob Painter, Managing Partner.

Collaboration intelligence platform founded 2017, HQ Columbus, OH (awarehq.com) -- monitors workplace communications (Slack/Teams/Workplace) for data-loss/non-compliance/security risk. Blue Heron Capital exited investment (invested 2020). Later acquired by Mimecast, now operates as part of that platform.

Tech-enabled dental and employee benefits platform. Columbus OH. Drive Capital + Georgian Partners. Smart toothbrush + dental insurance.

Bobbie manufactures USDA Organic infant formula made to European nutritional standards.

Managed IT services and cloud solutions. Cincinnati OH. Subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell. Strong Midwest enterprise IT base.

Electronic prior authorization platform for healthcare. Columbus OH. Acquired by McKesson $1.1B 2017. Founded 2008 by Matt Scantland. Landmark Columbus healthtech exit — catalyzed Drive Capital's Ohio thesis.

CAI Capital exits HVAC provider CustomAir to Service Logic Holdings Canada after an eight-year holding period during which CAI closed five add-on deals to expand geographic footprint and service offerings.

Erebor — OCC-chartered digital-first U.S. national bank for AI, crypto and defense companies (stablecoin integration, crypto-collateralized lending). Founded by Palmer Luckey and Joe Lonsdale. ~$350M raised at ~$4.35B valuation; round led by Lux Capital with Founders Fund, 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz and Haun Ventures.

Forge Biologics is a gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in Columbus, Ohio. It operates a world-class cGMP facility focused on high-yield AAV manufacturing to accelerate the development and delivery of life-changing gene therapies.

Forge Biologics is a gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in Columbus, OH, offering high-yield AAV manufacturing and cGMP facility services to help bring gene therapies from concept to reality. The company operates a world-class manufacturing facility in the Columbus region.

Commercial landscaping operations platform. Columbus OH. YC alumni. Field service management for green industry.

Loop Returns is a Columbus, Ohio-based eCommerce operations platform founded in 2017 that helps brands streamline returns, exchanges, tracking, order editing, and checkout experiences. It serves some of the world's most-loved consumer brands and employs 201–500 people.

Lower is an online mortgage lender headquartered at 711 N. High St., Floor 7, Columbus, Ohio, offering home purchase and refinance loans with no-impact credit checks. Founded in 2018, the company operates as Lower, LLC (NMLS #1168557) and conducts business in 47 states.

MentorcliQ is a Columbus, OH-based enterprise mentoring software company that provides a centralized hub for employees to access mentoring programs, join employee resource groups, and build professional connections. It serves global enterprises including Disney, AMD, Deloitte, and Takeda Pharma.

Healthcare automation platform. Columbus OH. Drive Capital + General Catalyst. Raised $400M+ but wound down most operations 2023 — significant cautionary case for Drive portfolio.

AI-powered autonomous welding robots. Columbus OH. Drive Capital + Tiger Global. Raised $100M+ Series C 2022. Industrial robotics for manufacturing.