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Third Frontier Commission awards about 11 5 million to Northeast Ohio organizations Crain s Cleveland Business

Northeast Ohio companies, angel and seed-stage funds, and education institutions were major beneficiaries of a statewide total of $16.35 million the Ohio Third Frontier Commission approved on Thursday, April 14, to, as the organization puts it, “get innovative ideas and products to market.”

In total, Northeast Ohio-based organizations received about $11.5 million. The statewide list of recipients is here.

In the “pre-seed and seed plus” awards category, Northeast Ohio recipients were as follows:

• North Coast Venture Fund L.P. in Mayfield Heights, $3.625 million

• Valley Growth Ventures LLC in Youngstown was awarded $3 million

• Mutual Capital Partners Fund III LP in Westlake, $2.079 million

• North Coast Angel Fund III LLC in Mayfield Heights, $1.65 million.