Big challenges. Passionate people. Smart solutions. This is what you’ll find at 1848 Ventures. We help business owners manage uncertainty and discover opportunity in risk. We’re not aiming for incremental improvement – we’re breaking new ground. And when we see opportunity for innovation, we have the freedom, resources, and culture to make it happen. We’re champions of business owners everywhere. After all, it’s this startup ethos and entrepreneurial spirit that 1848 Ventures – and our parent company, Westfield – was founded on. Westfield, a leading provider of commercial insurance, established 1848 Ventures in 2018 to expand beyond conventional property and casualty insurance products and address the broader risks small business owners face every day. We meet our customers where they are, partnering together to deliver digital solutions that improve their bottom line. We know that in order to succeed, we need the right people to make it happen. We start by building a team with a diverse set of voices, backgrounds, and experiences. We’re looking for the innovators. The pioneers. The change agents. The people who aren’t afraid to ask, “What if…?” and try it anyway. This is the place for self-starters, go-getters, and anyone who wants to see a good idea become a great reality. At 1848 Ventures, we help people build careers. Based in Northeast Ohio near Cleveland, our team members grow their creative and commercial skill sets, applying their talents to a wide range of portfolio concepts. And who we are drives what we do – our values empower a thriving culture that allows for true innovation, learning, and growth.
SIGNAL is a cloud-based Wireless Network Monitoring (WNM) platform that continuously troubleshoots the wireless network for performance issues - maximizing network uptime, device connectivity and network ROI. Unlike other providers, who monitor the network from the inside-out at the infrastructure level, 7SIGNAL operatives on the networks edge, monitoring the “air” and capturing the user experience on the client device.
Axuall is a workforce intelligence company built on a national real-time practitioner data network. Axuall offers a holistic approach to workforce analytics, including an integrated platform for driving smarter decisions and quickly onboarding providers. It enables healthcare systems, staffing firms, telehealth, and health plans to reduce onboarding and enrollment time while also providing unique, powerful data insights for network planning, analytics, and reporting.
Bessemer Management provides logistics services, equipment leasing, safety management, risk management, operations, sales, business development, customer service, accounting, settlements, billing, accounts receivable, tractor-trailer leasing, information technology, warehousing, and transportation management for inbound and outbound steel, aluminum, and machinery products.
Bounce Innovation Hub was founded in January 2018 and serves northeast Ohio entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses. Located in downtown Akron, the nonprofit organization comprises more than 300,000 square feet of coworking, event, meeting and professional office space. With more than 50 organizations in the building and almost 200 clients served, Bounce is positively affecting economic development in Greater Akron and throughout northeast Ohio.
BRITE is Ohio’s only energy incubator, focused on supplying energy and tech startups with the guidance, resources and connections to get their products off the ground. While focusing on energy technologies and products & services including advanced materials, electronics, efficiency and control systems, BRITE’s entrepreneur in residence program means they can provide startups with the expertise necessary to enable their long-term success. Startups and companies of all sizes can utilize the BRITE Energy Labs, a well-equipped lab facilitating testing and development of energy storage and IoT solutions. Alongside core services for startups, BRITE offers a variety of event space spaces and BRITE Coworking memberships. BRITE houses 19 physical tenants in downtown Warren, Ohio. They have assisted over 200 startups since 2012 and has helped them secure over $60 million in funding.
Centerline Biomedical, Inc. was founded in November 2014 and is based on technology developed at the Cleveland Clinic. Centerline's mission is to develop advanced navigation systems that initially target interventional vascular procedures.