Top Tech Startups in Columbus, OH in 2027

Wider Circle is a neighborhood-based health organization that empowers members of the same community to live happier, healthier lives.

Alpaca Health enables clinicians to become entrepreneurs, starting in autism care. We help clinicians launch and scale their own clinics by providing AI-powered software, payer contracting, and full back-office infrastructure. Our goal is simple: shift power in healthcare away from large consolidated entities and back to clinicians. We've raised over $14M in funding from early-stage investors like Core Innovation Capital, Adverb Ventures, and South Park Commons, and are building for long-term category leadership. More importantly, we're serving hundreds of patients, while growing 30% MoM.

Helm is transforming health insurance by powering "Dynamic Copay" health plans. Say goodbye to choosing between confusing PPO or High Deductible Health Plans. Dynamic Copay health plans create simple, comprehensive, upfront prices for *all* medical care. These plans translate doctor and facility value into variable, or Dynamic, prices, so if you go to a high value location and see a high quality doctor for a surgery you could pay little to nothing out of pocket for the procedure. In our world, lowering out of pocket healthcare costs for patients is *the* way to increase access to care. With Helm, our clients offer simpler health plans to their members, helping them navigate to higher-value care. We are a pure technology company building the infrastructure to power these plans for health insurance payors and third party administrators. Our team has specialized in Dynamic Copay solutions since 2020, and Helm is the only independent platform in the market. We have grown rapidly since our launch, working with clients from local health plans to the nation’s largest health insurers. We're backed by leading healthcare investors - .406 Ventures, SemperVirens, SpringTide Ventures, Digitalis Ventures, Echelon.xyz, Headwater Ventures, Chrysalis Ventures, Tamarind Hill, Third Culture Capital, Great Oaks, and Flare Capital. The market is forming around us – now is the time to join!