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Bill Baumel

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Investor at SandboxAQ
📍 Columbus, Ohio, United States

Bill Baumel is the Managing Director of the Ohio Innovation Fund, a firm he founded to apply his 20+ years of Silicon Valley venture capital experience to the Midwest. He focuses on scaling startups in sectors like Generative AI, cybersecurity, and life sciences. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Outside of his professional life, Bill is deeply connected to his community and university roots. He is involved in youth sports as a basketball commissioner for a local athletic association. A graduate of both Ohio State and Michigan, he has noted that the Rose Bowl is an annual family event, one way or the other.

He testified before the U. S. House Committee on Small Business about empowering American entrepreneurship and the needs of the Midwest venture community.

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Current Role
Investor
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Midwest Venture Ecosystem
After 20 years in Silicon Valley, he returned to Ohio to found the Ohio Innovation Fund and testified before Congress on empowering Midwest entrepreneurship.
Scaling Tech Startups
Focuses on providing deep partnership to first-time founders in Ohio, helping with go-to-market strategy, team building, and securing capital.
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Career

Work history

2025
Investor
SandboxAQ
2024
Investor & Advisor
Eridu AI
2024
Investor & Advisor
Niobium Microsystems
2024
Investor & Advisor
Trace 3D
2023
Investor & Advisor
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Education
8-2020 - 10-2020
Certificate
Harvard Business School Online
1992 - 1994
MBA - High Distinction
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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