John and Matine Yuksel are on a mission to fulfill their father’s lifelong vision while trying to transform pedestrian travel in public spaces. In 2020, the brothers founded Beltways, a startup developing a modular accelerating walkway—an idea conjured by their father, Edip. Despite being only four years old, the company has won multiple startup competitions […]
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‘Money doesn’t grow on trees’: Local venture capitalists discuss the state of the industry
Venture capital is defined as funding provided by investors to startups and small businesses that demonstrate growth potential. With the digital technology boom of the 2010s, the term ‘venture capital’ has entered into the mainstream business lexicon. Similar to startup hot spots like California’s Silicon Valley, the Greater Cincinnati region also boasts its own venture […]