Superlatives dominated startup news in Central Ohio the past two years – the state’s largest IPO, biggest single VC round, hugest combined venture rounds.
“Flywheel” is the region’s watchword for 2022, as acquisitions and massive funding rounds inspire a new crop of entrepreneurs to strike out on their own. Several such ventures, started by former employees of tech companies such as CoverMyMeds, Root, Beam Dental and Updox, are in the inaugural list of Columbus Inno’s Startups to Watch for 2022.