Join OhioITA's Regional Affiliates
Joining the OhioITA means joining one of our Regional Affiliates. To do that, you'll need to select an Ohio technology partner from the following list.
Northeast Ohio
JumpStart Inc. funds high-growth businesses and ideas, works with their founders to develop the businesses into venture-ready entities and simultaneously celebrates Northeast Ohio's early-stage company successes. JumpStart has helped to seed nine information technology startups in the last year with over $1.5 million in funding going to these startup entities. OhioITA funding to JumpStart is used to help underwrite its “virtual” incubation process which puts “C” level executives in mentoring relationships with startup IT companies.
Appalachia Ohio
Information Technology Alliance of Appalachia Ohio, Inc. (“ITAAO”) is a non-profit corporation serving the growing information technology industry of southern Ohio, the Appalachian region, and the Ohio Valley region by promoting investment, knowledge networking, entrepreneurship, and job creation.
Cincinnati
The Circuit is an organization created to enhance the development of technology-related companies and institutions in the Cincinnati area. The Circuit has more than 175 member companies who publish and sell software, hardware and computer-related services, and provide professional assistance to the technology community in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Central Ohio
TechColumbus accelerates the growth of the innovation economy by providing vital resources and assistance to people and enterprises that depend on technology to achieve their business goals. TechColumbus' membership has grown to over 260 organizations representing approximately 100,000 employees. Each year, more than 100 educational, best practice sharing, and networking programs are presented to the technology and business community. Additionally, TechColumbus represents its members on multiple public policy issues focused on creating a more conducive business growth environment.
Braintree
Braintree is a funded facility, in part by the State of Ohio's Department of Development Technology Division, the City of Mansfield, Richland County and North Central State College (in-kind), and some private businesses. Our mission is to provide low cost operating opportunities for small businesses and to assist in nurturing their prosperous growth. We assist all types of businesses, with special interest in those that strive to bring cutting edge technology to the marketplace. Services of Braintree are generally provided on a cost-recovery basis and only include the services that you need. These low costs services include computerized accounting; payroll & payroll reporting, reception & secretarial, telephone answering, and access to fax & copy machines.
Dayton
The Greater Dayton IT Alliance (GDITA) is an industry trade association dedicated to the retention, growth and economic development of the information technology (IT) industry in the Miami Valley region. We are an industry-led, industry-driven organization made up of more than 240 member companies representing all facets of information technology.
Northwest Ohio
The Regional Growth Partnership assists local businesses in identifying and using programs that can lower expansion costs, reduce operating costs related to the expansion or improve quality and serve as an ombudsman/facilitator on regulatory and government issues. Some common examples are tax credits, financing, business planning, training and technology resources.