Robert W Jones

Black Star Fund is an early stage innovation fund focusing primarily in the United States & Africa. We invest in the innovators – those who see new enterprise as the gateway to a world that is more abundant, balanced and productive.

Founded in 2000, the Queen City Angels (QCA) is the first and oldest angel chapter in the region. We are comprised of more than 191 experienced accredited investors who provide funding, support, and guidance to early-stage growth companies in the Cincinnati area and surrounding region. QCA members, who are current and former entrepreneurs and business executives, draw on their operating and management experience to evaluate opportunities, make investments, and provide on-going mentoring to young ventures with exceptional growth potential. Since 2000, QCA members have directly invested more than $100 million in more than 100 young companies. Follow on capital raised by these companies has exceeded $800 million.

Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs. Since 2005, YC has invested in over 5,400 companies, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Reddit, Instacart, DoorDash, and Coinbase. Today, YC has built the most powerful startup community in the world alongside the products and programs to support founders for the life of their company.

Realm Capital Ventures is a family venture investment firm that invests in global talented founders and companies, who are driving disruptive and scalable innovation to exponentially improve the performance of existing markets, development of new products, services and technologies that create new markets and delivers substantial customer value that leads to sustainable business performance. We have embarked on alternative assets investments as part of expanding our portfolio diversification and overall long-term family investment growth strategies. We are committed to the empowerment of inclusive innovation, supporting talented founders from all demographics and across the globe. Our investments are stage, industry and geography agnostic and inclusive of a strong diversity mix of talented founders around the world.

Kearny Jackson is an early-stage venture fund focused on backing SaaS, Infrastructure, and FinTech founders.