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Ohio Why-Now List
38 AI-curated private-sector companies headquartered in Ohio with a dated reason to call this quarter: funding, new leadership, active hiring or a corporate event. Built from the most recent and relevant signals, collected and refreshed every night, not pulled from a static database. Inside Lakewave, Lead Hunting adds new companies every night as fresh signals land in your territory, ranked against your sender profile.
Pick the ones you sell to. Lakewave finds the right people, verifies every address and drafts a first email for each, with tracking and follow-ups built in.
Want this matched to what you sell? Get early access to Pursuit Plans →| Company | Latest event | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Parker-Hannifin Cleveland · Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products | Completed an acquisition or sale (Aug 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| AssetWatch Westerville · Other Technology | 19 open roles, 2 in leadership (Nov 2026) | Hiring |
| Worthington Enterprises Columbus · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills | Officer or director change (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Transdigm Group Cleveland · Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, Nec | Signed a material agreement (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Marathon Petroleum Findlay · Petroleum Refining | Officer or director change (Oct 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Niobium Microsystems Dayton · Other Technology | Raised $50M in equity (Oct 2026) | Capital |
| Hyster-Yale Cleveland · Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Trailors & Stackers | Officer or director change (Oct 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Farmers National Banc Corp /oh/ Canfield · State Commercial Banks | Officer or director change (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| American Electric Power Co Columbus · Electric Services | Officer or director change (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Worthington Steel Columbus · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills | Signed a material agreement (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati · State Commercial Banks | Officer or director change (Apr 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Designer Brands Columbus · Retail-Shoe Stores | Signed a material agreement (Feb 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Cincinnati Financial Fairfield · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | Signed a material agreement (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Firstenergy Akron · Electric Services | Signed a material agreement (May 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| The Andersons Maumee · Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials | Signed a material agreement (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Rpm International Medina · Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods | Officer or director change (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| O-I Glass Perrysburg · Glass Containers | O-I Glass, Inc. /DE/: Officer or director change (Jul 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| ViyaMD Beachwood · Other Technology | Raised $5M in equity from 5 investors (Jun 2026) | Capital |
| Vurvey Labs Cincinnati · Other Technology | Raised $22M in equity from 1 investors (Jun 2026) | Capital |
| Lsi Industries Cincinnati · Manufacturing | Officer or director change (Aug 2026) | Capital, Corporate event, New leadership |
| Masterbrand Beachwood · Wood Household Furniture, (No Upholstered) | Officer or director change (Oct 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Mplx LP Findlay · Pipe Lines (No Natural Gas) | Officer or director change (Oct 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| The Davey Tree Expert Kent · Agricultural Services | Signed a material agreement (Oct 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Blend Innovations Columbus · Other Health Care | Raised $12M in equity from 8 investors (Jul 2026) | Capital |
| HubiFi Columbus · Business Services | Raised $9.5M in equity from 5 investors (Feb 2026) | Capital |
| Cardinal Health Dublin · Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries | Signed a material agreement (Aug 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Payload Cincinnati · Other Technology | Raised $9.1M in equity from 18 investors (Jun 2026) | Capital |
| The Wendys Dublin · Retail-Eating & Drinking Places | Signed a material agreement (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| AIM Processing Beachwood · Other | Raised $14.8M in equity from 14 investors (Oct 2026) | Capital |
| Park National Newark · National Commercial Banks | Officer or director change (Apr 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Breakaway Group Columbus · Other | Raised $48.9M in equity from 81 investors (Dec 2025) | Capital |
| Global Business Development Solutions Akron · Other Energy | Raised $25M in equity (Aug 2026) | Capital |
| Hyperframe Columbus · Manufacturing | Raised $18.3M in equity (Dec 2025) | Capital |
| Matic Insurance Services Columbus · Other | Raised $25M in equity from 2 investors (Jan 2026) | Capital |
| Trailhead Biosystems Beachwood · Biotechnology | Raised $20M in equity from 4 investors (Dec 2025) | Capital |
| Cahf Powell · Other | Raised $23M in equity (Jun 2026) | Capital |
| Rex American Resources Dayton · Industrial Organic Chemicals | Officer or director change (Jun 2026) | New leadership |
| reAlpha Tech Dublin · Other Technology | Raised $1.5M in equity from 2 investors (Aug 2026) | Capital |
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Lakewave tracks raises, new leaders, hiring and filings across your accounts and territory, and tells you the day something changes.
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Named officers from filings and announcements, each with an address verified against the mailbox. No bounces, no guessed patterns, no scraped profiles.
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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Nov 10, 2026. Facts are as the SEC, the company's careers page or the company's own announcements published them. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.