Ohio Investment Network

Entrepreneurs - How It Works

We have created a database of Ohio investors who are regular investors in Ohio startups and businesses requiring capital. Our site also gives you access to investors from our partner sites in New York, Texas, California, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania. We charge no commission and our rates are low, so the cost to you of finding investment can be as little as $149.

We offer a fast and easy process to get your business proposal in front of investors:

Step 1: Register as an Entrepreneur

The first step in reaching investors through the Ohio Investment Network is to register. This involves answering a few questions about yourself in our one page registration form. It is free to register and the process only takes a few minutes. What are you waiting for? Register here.

Step 2: Create A Proposal

Once you have registered, you can then login and create an investment proposal. We don't ask you for a detailed business plan, only that you answer questions that investors need to know in order to do initial due diligence on your idea and your business. When you are ready to activate your proposal, a staff member will do a final review prior to releasing the proposal to investors.

Step 3: Find Matching Investors

Once your proposal is approved, our system will cross reference your proposal information with investor preferences to determine which investors should be notified about your proposal.

Step 4: Make Contact

Once your proposal is distributed to investors, you will be notified if an investor is interested in your proposal. Please be aware that we are a match-making service only. We receive no commissions so our rates for helping you find investors can remain low. Our system gives you access to contact information of interested investors, however, we do not become involved in due diligence, negotiations, or deal structuring between you and any interested investors.

Payment Options

Option 1 Submit your investment proposal for free using our Basic Services package. When our online matching service finds an investor interested in your opportunity, you can then contact the investor by upgrading to our Referral Services or Premium Services packages. Your proposal remains active for 180 days and all investor contacts are included in the price of the upgrade packages, no matter how many of them there are. Please Note: If you submit your investment proposal for free, it must be 100% anonymous.

Option 2 Alternatively you can pay an upfront fee for one of our two higher grade packages (Referral Services, Premium Services) and take advantage of our enhanced services. This will increase your chances of finding investment by allowing you easier and faster access to interested investors and the use of the many premium services discussed on our rates page.

Ohio Investors

United States > Ohio

Personal information (29, single, living in Dallas) Professional experience (lived/worked in China, fluent in Mandarin, Engineer). Education (Chinese, M.S. Microelectronic Engineering)

$1 to $50,000

United States > Ohio

Private investment firm. The principals have over 30 years of investment experience focused on a full range of opportunities including technology/software, real estate, media, food, sports and hospitality. We are entrepreneurial and driven to create win-win situations. Seeking investments that are currently established and are looking to fund growth or secure new opportunities via acquisitions or jv's. We look at a range of structures including straight equity, preferred equity, participating debt etc. Quick responses provided on submissions - don't want to waste anyone's time! Tremendous network of seasoned professionals. Principals enjoy taking active advisory roles in subject business.

$25,000 to $5,000,000

United States > Ohio

I'm a serial entrepreneur that has built and sold 2 companies. I'm looking to put some of my capital to work.

$100,000 to $5,000,000

United States > Ohio

45 year old. Married with 4 kids. Owned businesses since 21 years old.

$20,000 to $200,000

United States > Ohio

If you have a rock star idea or existing business that needs experience, know-how and capital to take it to the next level and beyond, let me know! Been there, done that several times over!

$25,000 to $2,000,000

United States > Ohio

I work with an investment firm, where we have a fund focused on supporting operating businesses in Ohio counties with less than 200,000 residents. Our non-bank capital can be used as gap financing to support working capital, equipment purchases, or acquisition financing. We focus on existing cash flows to ensure the business can support our investment, which is primarily debt investments, either senior or subordinated debt. Our investment size is customarily between $500k - $5MM. We also have a Pennsylvania fund focused on rural opportunities, as well as a national fund for larger opportunities.

$500,000 to $5,000,000

United States > Ohio

* 31-year-old male currently residing in Columbus, OH * Individual investor looking to invest in both start-ups and small businesses seeking growth capital (open to most industries) * Willing to leverage 10-years of Business Development / Corporate Strategy / M&A experience to entrepreneur via advisory-level involvement (open to silent involvement as well) * M.B.A Graduate of The Ohio State Fisher College of Business with concentrations in Finance and Strategy

$10,000 to $250,000

United States > Ohio

Entrepreneur that specializes in Real Estate, mostly Self Storage. Looking to venture into other types of businesses. Would love to discuss more to see if goals, personalities and tasks would work well together.

$1,000 to $50,000