Ohio Welcomes Global Venture Capital Organization Conference, Headquarters
Benefits Ohio’s efforts to attract more venture capital opportunities for businesses
The National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF) has selected the State of Ohio to host the 2012 annual venture capital conference, where industry leaders will share their knowledge and discuss the best practices and tools for building and managing strategic investment programs and institutions. The conference will be held in Cleveland October 15-17, 2012.
In addition, NASVF President and CEO Jim Jaffe has committed to establishing the organization’s first “brick and mortar” headquarters in Ohio at the Lorain County Community College, which will be established in early 2012.
“NASVF is committed to accelerating innovation capital and the opportunity to develop a strategic partnership with the State of Ohio and Lorain County Community College further enhances our ability to deliver new programs to the state and our worldwide members,” said Jaffe. “The opportunity to establish the new NASVF Education Institute in a state and region that is aggressively deploying assets to grow the economy through innovation and commercialization is key in producing new jobs. The Innovation Fund, established by LCCC and its partners, provides a unique foundation for our partnership and reinforces the synergy between our organizations."
