[June 1st] TC City Spotlight: Columbus

Join us for a special TCL featuring the startup scene in Columbus, Ohio

Join us Tomorrow at TC City Spotlight Columbus    On June 1, TechCrunch is hosting a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Columbus, Ohio. This episode, like every TechCrunch Live episode, will be streamed live and is programmed to help founders build better venture-backed businesses.   Why Columbus? Because it's quickly becoming a major startup scene in the Midwest, especially in the areas of healthcare and insurance. More than $3 billion has been injected into the city over the past 20 years, according to Crunchbase data. Investment into the city startups started picking up around 2017 and really peaked in 2021. That's when investment essentially doubled, going from $583 million in 2020 to just over $1 billion, with half of those dollars going into two companies: healthcare technology company Olive and autonomous robotics company Path Robotics. So far in 2022, $110 million has gone into Columbus startups.   Join TC City Spotlight: Columbus on June 1 at 11:30am PT Agenda 12:00 - 12:30pm PDT Columbus Unicorns with Olive and Drive Capital Olive is a homegrown Columbus unicorn; hear from the CEO and lead investor how the company was built and raised $856 million since its founding in 2012. Sean Lane, CEO, Olive Chris Olsen, Founding Partner, Drive Capital Moderated by TechCrunch Managing Editor, Matt Burns 12:30 - 1:00pm PDT Raising startup capital Ohio isn't Silicon Valley, and yet there are numerous venture capital funds eager to write checks to early-stage founders. Join this session and hear from two investors on which industries are thriving in Columbus, and which sort of founders fit best in this scene. Janine Sickmeyer, Overlooked Ventures Wolf Starr, CEO, Atlas Partners Moderated by TechCrunch Reporter, Christine Hall 1:00 - 1:20pm PDT Work for a startup in Columbus Columbus, like many major American cities, is home to industry giants with hundreds of workers toiling away in cubicles. But startups are hiring! Hear from two local leaders on who's hiring, and what startups look for in new employees. Erika Pryor, Denison University Alex "Fro" Frommeyer, CEO, Beam Dental Ryan Landau, CEO, Purpose Jobs Moderated by TechCrunch Battlefield Editor, Neesha Tambe 1:20 - 2:00pm PDT TCL City Spotlight Columbus Pitch Competition Three Columbus-based startups will pitch their company live to a panel of investors and TechCrunch Staff. The companies have four minutes to present their pitch deck, and the winner gets exhibition space at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco.  Anna Mason, Managing Partner, Rise of the Rest Seed Fund at Revolution Parul Singh, Partner, Initialized Capital 2:00 - 2:45pm PDT Found Live with Claire Coder, CEO of Aunt Flow Aunt Flow is an innovative startup from Columbus, Ohio that supplies 23,000 bathrooms with essential feminine products. The company's clients include Apple, Meta and more. Hear from the company's CEO Claire Coder about the pains of raising capital in Ohio, and scaling her company to 40 employees during this special Found Live podcast recording. Claire Coder, CEO and Founder of Aunt Flow Darrell and Jordan Register for TC City Spotlight: Columbus Join upcoming TechCrunch Live events June 1 - City Spotlight: Columbus June 2 - Equity Live June 8 - TCL with Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Natel Energy June 22 - TechCrunch Live with Canvas Ventures and NuBrakes June 23 - Found Live feat. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg June 29 - TCL with NEA and Forethought June 30 - Equity Live  Click here for more information about past episodes of TechCrunch Live.     Thanks,   TechCrunch+ Events   You were sent this email because you are on the email list "TechCrunch+ Events."  TechCrunch | ATOS | Customer Support | Unsubscribe U.S. Region: Privacy Policy Yahoo 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Canada Region: Privacy Policy Yahoo (Canada) 99 Spadina Ave, Suite 200, Toronto ON M5 J1A7, Canada  European Region: Privacy Policy Yahoo (EMEA) 5-7 Point Square, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland   Australia: Privacy Policy Yahoo Australia Pty Limited Level 4 West 8 Central Avenue Eveleigh, NSW 2015, Australia