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Investors Ikove Partners raise 10M tech commercialization fund Columbus Business First

A Columbus venture development group nurturing several Ohio State University spinoffs has raised a $10 million fund called Startup Nursery to commercialize technology from top research institutions.

Ikove Venture Partners LLC plans to build and incubate 10 to 15 early-stage technology companies over the next three years, freeing inventions from university labs and getting them to market.

Image: Ikove's leaders, from left, are Flavio Lobato, Rodolfo Bellesi, David Moritz, Rob Lee and John D'Orazio. IKOVE VENTURE PARTNERS