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AN UPDATE ON DAYTON'S TECH & STARTUP COMMUNITY
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DAYTON? A LOT!
Building community through events
Organizing existing resources & create density
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Increasing connections for funding
Co-locating resources in heart of downtown innovation district
Co-venture to bring create density of resourcesCreated "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Dayton Tech &
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LEVERAGE OUR R&D COMMUNITY
OUR R&D COMMUNITY$4B/year Air Force Research Laboratory headquarted in Dayton
$150M in R&D at WSU and UD in 2015
$350M in SBIR/STTR research over last 10 years by 93 companies
Over 200 industry, government, and nonprofit organizations performing research
Ohio has more University Research Institutes than any other state, including 2 in Dayton
RECENT TECH SPINOUTSCOMMERCIALIZATION INITIATIVES
$7M Federal Grant to build programming
New AFRL program encourages S&E's to spinout
SUCCESSES IN LAST 12 MONTHS
Graduated from Uptech Accelerator
February 2017
Reached $10,000 Kickstarter goal in
under 12 hours January 2017
Hired 8 employees in first year
December 2016
$500K investment from Accelerant December 2016
SUCCESSES IN LAST 12 MONTHS
Featured in TechCrunch for sentiment analysis of
election, Brexit November 2016
Expanded with $500K loan from City of
Fairborn October 2016
R&D 100 Award winner
November 2016
Awarded $100,000 state grant
October 2016
SUCCESSES IN LAST 12 MONTHS
Raised $20k through Kickstarter
August 2016
Contract with Fresh Thyme to supply Midwest stores August 2016
Closed on $10M in Series-B
April 2016
500 attend Dayton Startup Week
September 2016
HOW TO PLUG IN?
March 14 Dayton Beer Co
500-700PM
March 24 TEC
730-900AM
April 21-23 bit.ly/SUWDayton2017
June 12-16 dayton.startupweek.co
eventbrite.daytontechguide.com
STAY IN TOUCH
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John Owen
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