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Koksal named National Academy of Inventors Senior Member

​Ohio State University Engineering Professor Emre Koksal has been named a Senior Member by the National Academy of Inventors.
Author of more than 150 academic papers and inventor on 10 patents, he also is the founder and Chief Scientist of FenixPyre (fka Datanchor), a Valley Growth Ventures portfolio company that has developed a new way to control access to sensitive data.

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Business Journal Classic: Roots of Youngstown Business Incubator Go Back to 1986

What started in the mid-1980s as an initiative to assist entrepreneurs in the Mahoning Valley is now an internationally recognized business incubator that encompasses five buildings – with plans to expand to a sixth – and hosts the first national manufacturing hub created by the Obama administration.

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Venture capital firm targets women's sports

The venture capital firm, which opened an office in Miami Beach last year, plans to explore opportunities to invest in team ownership, financing, stadium development, media and other business related to women's sports and female athletes. The company aims to initially make a $10 million to $50 million equity investment in the WNBA.

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