The O.H.I.O. Fund (which stands for Ohio High-Growth Investment Opportunities), established in 2024, is a private entity effort to raise money and invest it in Ohio-based companies with high potential to grow. In its first 16 months, it’s raised $350 million and invested $148 million in 25 companies, including Remote Vans. The fund invests in companies across a range of sectors: manufacturing, biotech, digital infrastructure, logistics, real estate and others. The chief criteria for funding is that the business be located in Ohio and be poised for rapid growth.
“The focus of the O.H.I.O. Fund is, at its core, filling a missing piece of the of the investing landscape, which is growth capital,” says fund cofounder Jill Meyer. She is a Cincinnatian, an attorney who for 20 years worked for one of the largest law firms in the state and then served for nearly eight years as CEO of the Cincinnati Regional Chamber. She joined three other cofounders, all Ohioans, as the fund began courting investors, raising money, and scouting for investments.
This article first appeared in Realm on January 13, 2026.