Ohio University

January 2013 Innovation Center Client List (pdf)

Adena Ventures

Adena Ventures provides equity capital and operational assistance to high-growth businesses located primarily in Appalachia. The principals have decades of experience in venture capital, financial services, strategy, and company operations. Adena's investment focus includes growth-oriented ventures at various stages of development across a broad range of industries. From cutting-edge technology to more traditional opportunities, Adena works with portfolio companies to maximize overall growth.

Affine Technologies

Affine Technologies has a platform technology to turn complex data into visualizations creating a human interface for real-time analysis and decision-making. Affine's first product is a data-rich, but low bandwidth communications link to create visual navigation systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at dramatically lower costs. The UAV market is undergoing explosive growth as applications move from military to civilian uses and is forecasted to reach annual sales of $11 billion in 2021. Affine's data visualization solutions have applications in medical technologies, agriscience, education, research and other contexts in avionics.

Contact: Chad Mourning & Scott Nykl
Email: scottnykl@gmail.com
Website http://www.facebook.com/AffineTechnologies
Address: 340 West State Street, Athens, Ohio 45701
Current Room(s): 241

Athenian Venture Partners

With backgrounds in engineering, manufacturing, medicine, molecular biology, executive management, marketing, and finance, Athenian's five partners bring over 90 years of combined industry and investment experience to the Funds' two practice areas and to its portfolio companies. Drawing on this experience and the partners' deep technical expertise, Athenian provides its companies with more than just capital. Through board representation, and using its resources and network, the team engages with management in resolving key issues. Our partners have assisted the Funds' companies with matters as diverse as strategic development, executive and board recruitment, marketing, licensing and partnering, and the identification and negotiation of exits.

Athens Computers and Multimedia Enterprises, Ltd.

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Athens Computers and Multimedia Enterprises Ltd. (ACME) develops and manages computer networks in the Athens area. ACME does computer repair, virus removal, and sells and services computer hardware and software.

Austral Engineering & Software — profile

Austral Engineering & Software Inc. (AES) was formed as an S-Corporation on January 1, 1994. The company was created to be a professional firm in the state of Ohio in order to pursue both government and private-sector engineering research and software development projects. In its lifetime, AES has focused on dynamic systems modeling, control system design, system simulation, optimization and corresponding software development. Currently, AES pursues opportunities in non-aerospace related software development areas. AES also is pursuing work in the area of hierarchical, decentralized control of hybrid dynamical systems. Specifically, AES is interested in applications to control distributed, cooperative autonomous agents (ground, air, and space vehicles).

BCS Engineering

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BCS Engineering has been providing corporate ecommerce solutions to local and global businesses since 2002. They work closely with the customer to find a solution that works within budget while maintaining a professional appearance. The staff at BCSE has over 30 years combined experience in web development and web customizations and offer a variety of IT services.

Business Remixed (Athens County Economic Development Council)

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The Athens County Economic Development Council is the champion of business in Southeast Ohio. The organization is a public-private partnership committed to increasing economic opportunity in Athens County by encouraging entrepreneurship, recruiting new businesses, and helping existing businesses grow and expand. 

CreMedia Productions, LLC

CreMedia Video Productions began in the fall of 2010 in the college town of Athens, Ohio. Founded by Ohio University video production major Max Rodriguez, the web-based company formed to accomplish a single purpose: To provide anyone willing and able with a creative means to display their individual and collaborative work. CreMedia is dedicated not only to the ideal of producing professional content, but to the notion of innovation and creativity expressed through all elements of their projects.

Diagnostic Hybrids

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Diagnostic Hybrids innovates, develops, manufactures and markets cellular and molecular diagnostic kits for various applications in detecting a wide range of respiratory diseases, herpes infections, thyroid function, and other high value markers of disease. Their products provide an accurate, rapid and cost-effective diagnosis, and their products are changing the way people use technologies to more effectively diagnose and treat respiratory and other diseases. They strive to address a variety of health issues, impacting the quality of healthcare outcomes and the quality of life.

Digital Edge Sports

Digital Edge Sports' focus is on supporting the development and growth of youth sports. They are out to bring professional-grade digital offerings to youth sports organizations and help generate revenue that improves the experience for young sports stars and their families. 

E3 Clean Technologies, Inc.

E3 Technologies is dedicated to working toward the development, deployment, and commercialization of electrochemical devices and technologies used as alternative energy sources. E3 also works to conserve the environment. Founded in 2008 by Dr. Gerardine Botte, the company commercializes technologies for use in waste water remediation, hydrogen production, water and home heating, batteries, fuel cells, and electrolyzers.

ECO2Capture

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ECO2Capture uses its patented membrane technology (developed by Researchers at Ohio University) to offer a cost effective solution for the mass transfer of gases into liquid media. Initial efforts are focused on the use of this technology to enhance the capture of CO₂ for use in the production of microalgae products for multiple end use applications - such as nutritional ingredients, specialty chemicals and bio-remediation of nutrient laden water bodies.

Ecolibrium Solar

Ecolibrium Solar manufactures an advanced generation PV solar panel mounting system--The Ecofoot. The "Game Changing" design provides the most rapid installation and flexibility, while allowing for an ultra-low environmental footprint. Engineered to provide the industry's lowest life-cycle cost. This premium-grade polymer design is a patent pending breakthrough in aerodynamic efficiency.

Contact: Brian Wildes

EZ Asphalt Technologies, Inc. - profile

EZ Asphalt Technologies, Inc. was started by Ohio University Professor Dr. Sang-soo Kim, who has invented a process for on-site testing of asphalt binders. EZ Asphalt Technologies has completed a grant from the National Department of Transportation to refine the process for commercialization and nationwide asphalt grinders are expected to use the device.

First Biotech Inc

First Biotech Inc will engage in the production, sale and service of biotechnology products.

Contact: Louay Hallak

Flare Code

Flare Code makes it easy to bring all of your digital content together behind a single QR Code. The content is optimized for traditional and mobile web as well as Android and iPhone apps, so it can be scanned with virtually every smartphone. Anyone who scans a code can then comment on it with text and images. They turn objects into mobile communities by connecting them with digital content and conversations.

Frederick Limited, DBA iEd Worldwide

iEd Worldwide offers a special selection of courses designed to enhance your personal and professional development (PD) without the usual hassle and expense of traditional learning. They use the Internet to hold live, interactive courses, and their team will meet the needs of your budget, schedule, and preferred learning style.

Contact: Cory Frederick

Initio Creative

Initio Creative, LLC is a web design and development company formed in March 2012 by a group of young entrepreneurs and organization leaders. The founders quickly received its first round of startup funding in excess of $30,000 from private sources. Initio Creative's first product is Tabalog. Tabalog is an adaptive product search that takes the best characteristics of brick and mortar shopping - the browsing, interaction, and discovery - and puts them online.

Contact: Jessy Jiao

LiveWires, Inc.

LiveWires, Inc. produces high quality custom molded earphones for professional musicians, amateur musicians who'd like to sound like professional musicians and consumers who enjoy listening to their music with the same precision that those who create music demand.

Contact: John Diles
Phone: (740) 593-2668
Email: sales@mylivewires.com or support@mylivewires.com
Website: http://www.mylivewires.com/
Address: 340 West State Street - Unit #21, Athens
Current Room(s): 140

MetalloPharm LLC

MetalloPharm LLC (Columbus, Ohio) is a drug discovery company that is developing a new class of pharmaceutically active compounds based on catalytic metalodrugs that are derived from its proprietary technology and metallodrug design platform. The platform is versatile and applicable to a large array of disease indications.

Molecular Technologies Laboratory LLC

MTL has developed an advanced technology for genetically engineering superior microbial strains and protein products. The current tools are difficult to work with and yield unstable bio production systems resulting in a product development bottleneck. Our engine features a disruptive technology that utilizes a more efficient process to create stable bacterial strains that radically lower process development and production costs. Competing tools rely on plasmid based systems and represent 1980's technology. Our technology enables enhanced microbial strain development that couples product development to production scale up. MTL also extends its stable protein expression technology to include gene/protein sequence optimization. Learn more about MTL by visiting their website or sending them an email.

Contact: JD Kittle
Phone: (949) 302 - 2165
Email: jkittlejr@gmail.com
Address: 340 West State Street, Athens, OH 45701 Unit 6
Current room (s): 208, 216

NBIA (National Business Incubation Association)

The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) is the world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. Each year, it provides thousands of professionals with information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies. An elected, voting board of directors representing the world's leading incubators governs the association.

Contact: Tracy Kitts
Email: info@nbia.org
Website: http://www.nbia.org/
340 West State Street- Unit 25, Athens, Ohio 45701
Current Room(s): 139, 141

Onyx Scientific

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Onyx Scientific, Inc. specializes in making connections, both scientific and intellectual, to move from science to products and then to the marketplace. Founded by professionals with more than 30 years' engagement in Fortune 100 companies and the U.S. Military, the Onyx team provides a cross disciplinary perspective - with knowledge ranging from particle physics to aerospce engineering, from product prototyping to information systems and from advanced mathematics to materials science. Onyx's launch business, the Unmanned Systems division, offers unmnned air vehicles (UAVs) and integrated ground support systems for surveillance and reconnaissance.

Promiliad Biopharma

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Promiliad Biopharma is an innovative drug discovery company that creates novel natural product-like small molecules in combinatorial arrays. Promiliad has developed a proprietary and unique approach to the drug discovery process, a technology called ReBACS (Recombinant Biotechnology Assisted Combinatorial Synthesis). The natural product-based feedstock generated by ReBACS offers a complex and rich structural diversity, simplifies the synthetic challenge in drug discovery and increases the probability of generating new lead compounds. They facilitate the identification of lead compounds, the preparation of focused libraries and the efficient scale up of lead production.

Graduate Companies

• Athens Technical Specialists, Inc
• Beutner Multimedia Software Services
• Caribbean Promotions
• Cement Marketing
  
• Christopher R. Keesey
  
• Council of Development Finance Agencies
• Development Capital Networks
• DM Consulting
  
• Electronic Vision
• Family Works
• Gehlauf and Associates, Inc.
• Imgur
• Interthyr Corporation
• Kosada Inc.
  
• Linder Building Systems
• Livy Morris Productions, Inc.
• MetaCor Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
• NetData,Inc.
• Prichard Crist & Associates
• Sunpower, Inc
• Third Sun Solar
  
• Zeus Robotics Ltd.