-  Overview of Collaborating Organizations		Overview of Collaborating Organizations The 1st Fifty Validation Fund is a collaboration of four central Ohio organizations that have a history, working operating processes and a proven track record of validating and advancing technology enabled business opportunities. Furthermore, the physical and operational infrastructures presently exist, thereby avoiding the time lag and redundant expense associated with starting-up of a new fund. Consequently, the fund will be able to immediately address suitable investment opportunities in the pipeline while continuing to build a healthy deal flow through broad community exposure There are four central Ohio organizations collaborating on the 1st Fifty Validation Fund: Business Technology Center (BTC - a high-tech incubator) OMERIS (life sciences technology commercialization) Science and Technology Campus Corporation (Scitech - development of the OSU research park)