About
Bill is a seasoned venture capitalist who spent 20+ years working in Silicon Valley before returning to his home state to start the Ohio Innovation Fund. His investment areas include SaaS, big data, cyber security and medtech, resulting in four IPOs and 10 major acquisitions by Dell, SAP, Medtronic, Intuit, and Stryker among others. At OIF, he works in the trenches with Ohio-based entrepreneurs to rapidly scale their companies and drive the growth of Ohio's entrepreneurial ecosystem. His companies have secured the majority of the Fortune 500 as customers, and their strategic partners include Microsoft, Facebook, SAP, Sanofi, Citi and more. They swept both early and late-stage TechOhio Culture Awards in 2018, as well as earned the title of Best Early Stage Company in Ohio for three consecutive years. He earned a BSBA summa cum laude from The Ohio State University and an MBA with high distinction from the University of Michigan.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 2 investors at Ohio Innovation Fund are tracked.
- • 1,801 investors hold the Managing Director role in VCSift. Bill Baumel is one of them.
- • 180 investors are based in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated June 2026.
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- Location
- Columbus, US
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