Falon Donohue
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@NaryaVC | Chair, InnovateOhio | Veteran 🇺🇸 | Founder, Sadie | @newindustrials
Joined November 2013
Thanks to the Ohio startup community for this opportunity of a lifetime. I am deeply grateful for the lessons I have learned and the amazing people that I met along the way @VentureOhio @mdkmoto @RichLangdale @raytleach
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Big news! Congrats to the dream team on getting this done. @JonHusted @MikeDeWine @KennyMcDon @nauseef @CBUSRegion Exclusive: Intel Reveals Plans for Massive Factory in Ohio | Time
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This is an incredible honor and I am so excited. Thanks so much to @JonHusted and @MikeDeWine for your leadership and support for innovation. I look forward to serving alongside superheroes @RichLangdale @mdkmoto @JDVance1 @rwm @mscantland @berniemoreno and the rest of our team!.
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We’re talking Opportunity Zones in the fastest growing city in the Midwest. #opportunityzones #bipartisanship @senrobportman @MayorGinther @AlexFischerCBUS @PatTiberi @RichLangdale @mscantland @bkaufman125 @LydiaMihalik @KennyMcDon @gravitycolumbus
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this was conceptualized just three months ago after the atomic industries board meeting. at the time, i thought we would pull together maybe 100 people or so but what happened after aaron’s initial tweet was incredible. with no speakers announced, we received nearly 2000
That’s a wrap for REINDUSTRIALIZE 2024 - a gathering of the doers and builders who are reshaping the American industrial base. To see all of you in one room was remarkable.
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I made it! After a cancelled flight and a long drive to Washington I’m here and ready to testify on behalf of VCs and entrepreneurs between the coasts at the @HouseSmallBiz hearing this morning. @VentureOhio @nvca
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Our country took a giant step backward today. My heart goes out to women across the country - and especially to the underprivileged women who will carry the weight of this decision.
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Ones to watch: VentureOhio releases list of Ohio's 50 most promising startups via @columbusbiz1st.
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What a great day in startup world! Congrats to the @CMHStartupWeek team on an amazing first day of #CMHStartupWeek, the @RiseOfRest team on the kickoff of #ROTR7 and @ArlanWasHere on an incredible $36m raise. Can’t wait for tomorrow!.
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@micsolana Whoever trained the Nashville PD needs to train the rest of the country - these guys are incredible.
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This city just keeps getting cooler.
Bringing ~1,600 IT jobs to north Franklinton would be a “huge deal” for Columbus’ urban core, city development director says of @CoverMyMeds HQ plan. Floodwall made stuff like this possible, but no one saw the potential before.
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Wow - this is incredible for @OhioState and our community! Ohio State lands $17M gift to launch entrepreneurship center via @columbusbiz1st #StartupOhio.
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Our dinner crew is the best dinner crew! Dive bars are where it’s at. #reindustrializs @newindustrials
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I have never been so proud of this city. COLUMBUS!Thank you @SteveCase @JDVance1 @RichLangdale @AnnaMasonDC #Rotr6.
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The Comeback Capital tour has landed in Columbus. @CBUSRegion highlighting national success stories @joinroot @CoverMyMeds and so many others! @KennyMcDon
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Heads up emerging Ohio VCs and funds who invest in Ohio - There is a $60m RFP open with a 1:1 match for pre-seed venture capital funds up to $5M ($10M Fund) and 3:1 for seed funds up to $5M ($20M fund). LOIs are due in less than two weeks. #OhioThirdFrontier.
Woohoo! Ohio Ohio Third Frontier is looking to award $60M in seed funding for tech companies! Read why this is big news for Buckeye State Startups below. @JumpStartInc @raytleach
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Ohio!.
obvious place for this to succeed is in the Midwest. 1 - highest concentration of manufacturing talent.2 - massive govt support.3 - high vol of military installations.4 - terrific cost.5 - amazing point of distribution.6 - tons of high qual engineers to steal
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i think that’s enough internet for today.
Rachel Maddow claims Lord of the Rings is a 'favorite' for 'far right' figures:."Lord of the Rings is sort of a favorite cosmos for naming things, and cultural references, for a lot of far right figures and alt-right figures both in Europe and the United States. Mr. Vance when he
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This is definitely our best event yet. See you there! @RichLangdale @mdkmoto @JDVance1 @JonHusted @CathyBelk @WendySLea @prtini @andrew_deye @StephenWhiteOH @COSI.
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Thank you @SenatorTimScott for your continued leadership and for bringing change agents together today with leaders in the Senate and the Sec of Treasury to collaborate, shake things up and make an impact. #OpportunityZones @Tip @cthagod
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I'm pulling stats for a presentation on Columbus and am reminded of what an amazing city this is! We are growing - home to 2.1 million people. We are smart - named most intelligent city in the world and home to 140,000 college students, 15 Fortune 1000 companies and @SmartCbus.
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Thank you @LtGovHusted and @GovMikeDeWine for your leadership in getting this budget passed for the opportunity to serve @InnovateOhio @JonHusted
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“In Columbus, Ohio the library is a welcoming space that is open to everyone. Refugees and the homeless spend their days there because they feel welcome and respected” Deborah Fallows speaking @WaltonFound Heartland Summit @columbuslibrary #meetinthemiddle #proudofmycity
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Generational opportunities are rarely so clear and present and possible. We have a chance today to reclaim our future. We can and will rise to the occasion. REINDUSTRIALIZE.
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- @BeamDental raises $5.5M, teams with VSP to bundle in vision benefits Congrats @AlexFrommeyer! via @columbusbiz1st.
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Congratulations to 50 incredible teams and thanks for all of your hard work. We look forward to celebrating your momentum and success on September 13!.
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We are hearing from Columbus rockstar @AmeliaOnPointe - ballerina turned engineer turned VC at Nationwide Ventures @StartupGrindCMH @Nationwide
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A true legend. Thank you @RichLangdale for helping to shape this city and pave the path for generations to come. Columbus' NCT Ventures not raising new VC fund for startup investments - Columbus Business First
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“Ohio is the only state we visited twice because we believe the greatest opportunity is here” @keidanren @WhyOhio @JohnKasich
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Huge congrats to Alex, Dan, Kumi and the entire team! @dan_manges @kdwalker @joinroot @drivecapital.
File under Yowza: Root Inc. is preparing for a Goldman Sachs-led IPO that values the insurance startup as much $6 billion, according to a media report.
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Great company. Amazing people. Congrats on your progress @ScriptDrop! Former CoverMyMeds employees form pharmacy delivery startup ScriptDrop, land Albertsons as client - Columbus - Columbus Business First #onebillionpatients @NickPotts_SD
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Big day for @rumblevideo - congrats @chrispavlovski and team! $RUM.
BREAKING NEWS: Rumble Stock To Begin Trading Under Ticker Symbol $RUM, a Symbol of Freedom.
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Incredible resource for entrepreneurs by @DavidSacks.
New blog post: The SaaS Metrics That Matter. Here are the metrics that Craft analyzes for a SaaS investment. Plus we're open-sourcing our internal tool SaaSGrid to help you easily generate them.
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Ringing the bell- congrats to the Strive team! @StriveFunds @VivekGRamaswamy @NaryaVC @NasdaqExchange
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“There is a real chance Columbus, Ohio could become the most important place in the world for gene therapy development” Gene Therapy Finds a Fertile Home in Ohio #InnovateOhio.
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Yes- this! 'OMG, what's going on in Columbus?' Big-player investment in @BeamDental latest in region's VC wins via @columbusbiz1st.
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Wow what an evening! Congratulations to the amazing teams @GBHColumbus - you all crushed it! And congrats to my superhero @SuzyBureau on another incredible event. @GiveBackHack #SocEnt.
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Congrats Kenny and team! Columbus 2020 no more; renamed economic group wants region to be the most prosperous in the U.S. - Business - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH @CBUSRegion @KennyMcDon
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BOOM. @beamdental raises $22.5M, opening new Columbus HQ. Congrats @AlexFrommeyer + team and welcome to Columbus @kpcb! via @columbusbiz1st @drivecapital.
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Just announced: @COSI hosting the largest tech and science festival in Ohio’s history. Thanks to support from @Battelle and @ColumbusGov.
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Great article Dan! Dan Manges shares Root Insurance’s wildly successful capital raising journey - via @Smart_Business @dan_manges @joinroot.
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We were excited to host the American Medical Association CEO and Health 2047 leadership in Columbus today with leaders from across the Central Ohio healthcare ecosystem. 1/2 @RichLangdale @JonHusted @mscantland @AlexFischerCBUS
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Congratulations to all of the @SWColumbus teams for pulling some incredible companies and products together this weekend. Keep conquering! #swcbus.
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@TylerLaRiviere This was crazy. I was in a Lyft and the car in front of us got shot up. People were running everywhere. It felt like a lifetime but had to have been at least two minutes of shooting. My Lyft driver was calm and amazing under pressure. I hope everyone survives.
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Congratulations, and cheers to four more years of great leadership. @JonHusted @MikeDeWine.
I am grateful for the opportunity to serve another term as Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor. I look forward to working with @MikeDeWine to continue OHIO’s rise. Tina and I value the prayers, friendships, and support. Thank you! 🇺🇸.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's coronavirus response has become a national guide to the crisis - The Washington Post @MikeDeWine @JonHusted #leadership
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This has been a crazy awful week but our Governor and LG have shown exceptional leadership during these difficult times. Thank you @MikeDeWine and @JonHusted.
Our job is to do everything we can to help people get through this and offer a system for support. #COVID19 #COVID19OhioReady.
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“. the rise of the rest doesn’t mean the fall of Silicon Valley.” Steve Case, JD Vance and other tech industry leaders are looking to the Midwest for the next wave of innovation.
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I’ve accepted a challenge from @SG_Hardin to post 7 covers of books I love with no explanation and no review and tag someone new each time. Edit: If I’m being honest, I will probably forget to do this by day 3 so here is all 7 in their glory. Tagging @JDLead + @JoeDeLoss
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@berniemoreno i’m so sorry you guys had to go through this nonsense and look forward to voting for you on tuesday 🇺🇸.
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Root Insurance’s $51 million funding round is one of the largest raised by an Ohio tech startup via @VentureBeat.
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Ohio founders - make sure you check out this great opportunity to support the advancement of your team! #InnovateOhio.
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the gi bill was transformational for me and so many of my friends and certainly changed my fate for the better. i honestly don’t know where i would be today if i hadn’t joined at 18 but it wouldn’t be here. recruitment is down nearly 60% since 1980 and the pool of qualified.
The Biden administration just announced a plan for 30 MILLION student loan borrowers to receive debt relief. This would allow so many people with student debt to buy houses, start a family, go back to school, and so much more.
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More than one million Ohioans do not have cost efficient access to the internet. This fundamental right is necessary to participate in the modern economy and education system. The #OhioBroadbandStrategy will help to lift up rural communities around the state. #InnovateOhio.
This morning, @GovMikeDeWine, Lt. Governor @JonHusted & InnovateOhio released the #OhioBroadbandStrategy, a document that serves as a comprehensive plan for aggressively expanding and enhancing the state’s broadband network.
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Thanks for representing our community so well, Joe. @JoeDeLoss
At Hot Chicken Takeover in Columbus, Ohio, entrepreneur Joe DeLoss is serving up second chances alongside spicy chicken. His business gives people with criminal records a fair shot at employment.
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Congrats @JoeDeLoss !!@ChickenTakeover founder to appear on Today show with Megyn Kelly via @columbusbiz1st.
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There is still a lot of work to be done but love these statistics! Ohio's a standout in a ranking of the best states for female entrepreneurs via @CrainsCleveland.
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This is what a mission-driven team with an ax to grind can pull together in two months. We are from these hollowed out cities and towns that were once economic powerhouses. The jobs they sent overseas belonged to our parents and grandparents. We care and apparently so do a lot of
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here we go!.
SAVE THE DATE. We're throwing a banger summit to architect the new American industrial base. Detroit, June 25-26. Tech, military/govt, policy, industry, capital allocators in attendance. Event registration forthcoming. Keep an eye on
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BOOM. Congratulations @CandiceBrackeen and @BrianBrackeen!.
"Lightship has closed on $22 million for Lightship Capital Fund I, exceeding the original target of the fund. The firm has lined up an additional $23 million in commitments and is planning a second fund.". Thank you for the support @secondmuse @WSJVC
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Building a #smartcity the ColumbUS way - the @SmartCbus team is doing amazing things! via @columbusbiz1st.
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Narya is an Ohio-based, early-stage venture capital fund that supports ambitious founders in industries that will impact our country the most over the next 5-10 years. 1/3.
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Another great meeting in the books. Congratulations to @JonHusted and the @InnovateOhio team on your remarkable progress this year. Looking forward to 2020!.
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I couldn't agree more. "Meet the city poised to become the new capitol of the Midwest" @barrettall via @Inc.
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Chris absolutely crushed the open. @newindustrials @2112Power.
Generational opportunities are rarely so clear, present, and possible. I'm proud to share opening keynote at Reindustrialize, a call to arms from Chris Power (@2112Power), CEO at Hadrian, here:
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Team @ridewithshare is crushing it. Congrats @rynmcmns + co!.
In January 2018, @ridewithshare provided 270 rides with 4 vehicles. One year later, SHARE provided 20,000 rides with 60 vehicles! 🚐 #cbusproud. Read more about Columbus-based microtransit company SHARE here:
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Congratulations, and cheers to another four years of great leadership! @JonHusted.
It is an honor and a privilege to be nominated by Republican voters to serve Ohio! @JonHusted and I are going to keep fighting and WINNING for Ohio. Thank you!
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This entire panel was excellent - my favorite of the week - with @zebulgar bringing the 🔥Thanks for organizing @Jai__Malik
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Thanks to our amazing host committee and to the best city council prez in the world! @SG_Hardin @EthexMarket @ridewithshare @RichLangdale @futuretyhc
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Columbus puts in bid for Amazon's $5B second headquarters via @columbusbiz1st @KennyMcDon @CBUSRegion.
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Can't wait to join the team in Tampa Bay - see you soon! #ROTR8.
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Awesome people doing amazing things. Congrats guys! EXCLUSIVE: Brandery founders launch venture to help underdog startups via @BusinessCourier @rwm @Tony_A.
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What a dream team - congrats on the launch! @DougITPro @BLK_HACK @mdkmoto @kevinllloyd . Color Coded Labs coding boot camp in King-Lincoln aims to finally increase diversity in tech via @columbusbiz1st.
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Come hang with us in Detroit! 🚀🚀🚀 June 25 + 26.
We are getting 100+ RSVPs daily for Reindustrialize. Inbound from execs from the largest private equity firms, banks and VCs. Congressmen and presidential candidates asking to be involved. 200+ companies represented from frontier tech to old industry. We have a struck a chord.
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This is awesome! Would love to see programs like this spread to rural parts of Ohio as well. Tech workforce retraining program expanding after successful pilot at Nationwide via @columbusbiz1st.
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"Engage with followers every day. It's important to have that authentic brand voice" @liz_dickey #CMHStartupWeek
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