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by werm82 1615 days ago
It's one of only 14 cities in the US to gain 100k residents in the last decade.
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What startups has it produced in the last decade? Or, more knowably, the decade before that, 02002–02012?
Root insurance has been a recent one

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rootinsurance

CoverMyMeds another

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/covermymeds-com

At least for a Midwest city, investment does seem to be picking up

https://news.yahoo.com/columbus-startup-funding-skyrocketing...

That's pretty significant!
CoverMyMeds was the recent poster child ($1B exit). Ohio has a large focus on insurance and med/biotech.
CoverMyMeds, Root Insurance, and Olive are a couple of unicorns.