NE Ohio investment funds clean up in Ohio Third Frontier funding round Updated Mar 11, 2021; By Mary Vanac | Cleveland Business Journal JumpStart Inc. and North Coast Ventures are among early stage funds in Northeast Ohio that will share $72.7 million in funding approved by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission Wednesday. The funds will leverage the state money with $95.5 million in matching capital to make seed and seed-plus loans to Ohio technology companies in the early stages of commercialization. Each of the funds projects that the startups it supports will create hundreds of jobs.