1870 Ventures

1870 Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2023, based in Columbus, Ohio. They identify, fund, and actively build companies around intellectual property (IP)-backed technologies with the goal of improving humanity. They leverage a "Venture Studio" model, which focuses on creating companies around promising IP sourced from universities and research institutions. Their mission is to close the gap between invention and commercialization, which is often referred to as the "valley of death" in tech transfer.