SEASON I · CAMPUS ACTIVATION PHASE THROUGH JAN 15, 2027OCT 1 TO JAN 15: CAMPUS ACTIVATION PHASEJAN 15 '27: SEASON ONE LEAGUE BEGINSFEB 26: REGIONAL NOMINATION DEADLINEMAR 9: CINCINNATI REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPMAR 10: COLUMBUS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPMAR 11: CLEVELAND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPMAR 14: SELECTION SUNDAYMAY 5: BLACKOUT. SCORES FROZENMAY 19: STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
FOUNDING PARTNERS

Your name on what they win.

We're recruiting partners, not startups. Join with a seat in the League. As founding partners, you fund the non-dilutive prize capital, sit on the benches, run Challenges, and field your own Scouts. Partnership tiers range from $10K to $100K+.

Request the founding partner briefing
WHY NOW
AI is collapsing the cost to build. The students starting companies this year will build faster than any class before them.
Ohio's best student founders leave every year, because nothing here gives them a reason to stay.
Whoever builds the first statewide league sets the model. Founding partner is a designation that cannot be earned later.
THE PRIZE BOARD

$575,000 in non-dilutive capital. Every line has a name on it, or it is open.

Real amounts. Real names. Open means open. A founding partner takes a line, and their name goes on it in the product, on stage, and here, for the life of the League. Claim the honors on any open line and we will set up the briefing.

PRIZEAMOUNTPRESENTED BY
State Championship - OhioState Champion, crowned live May 19, 2027$500,000OPENClaim Honors
Regional Championship - North OhioRegional Champion, Cleveland, March 11, 2027$25,000OPENClaim Honors
Regional Championship - South OhioRegional Champion, Cincinnati, March 9, 2027$25,000OPENClaim Honors
Regional Championship - Central OhioRegional Champion, Columbus, March 10, 2027$25,000OPENClaim Honors
WHAT A PARTNER OWNS

A seat, not a logo.

  • Present the Founders Cup.
  • Name a Championship prize.
  • Run a Challenge: your problem, your deadline, your prize, as a quest line every venture in MyVenture can take on.
  • Take a bench on the Selection Committee or the judging panels.
  • Host a Regional Championship at your headquarters.
  • Field a Scout team from your own people.
  • First look at the finalists.
COMPANY STANDINGS

Your people, in the game.

Every founding partner fields a Scout team. Your employees register as Scouts, fill their five-slot boards, and back the ventures they believe in. Their points roll up to a company standing, the way the university standings roll up today.

Company Standings went live when the Scout market opened on September 29, 2026. This is the explainer; the live board is in the portals.

WHAT THE LEAGUE NEVER DOES
  • Takes no equity in any venture.
  • Sells no governance seats.
  • Never funds the prize pool from university fees.
THE SEASON ON ONE LINE

Campus Activation Phase. Season One League begins January 15. Regional Championships in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. Selection Sunday. State Championship, May 19, 2027.

YOUR NAME
EMAIL
COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION
YOUR ROLE
ANYTHING WE SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THE CALL (OPTIONAL)

A thirty-minute call for your candid read. Founding partner designations close when Season I launches.

The briefing

Thirty minutes with the Commissioner. We walk the season, the Prize Board, and the open lines, and we ask for your candid read. No pitch deck read-along.

The deck

The founding partner deck is shared after the briefing, view-only.