16 min
Revisiting "Test City, USA" // now streaming online for free! [JE022] upside
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- Entrepreneurship
When we filmed Test City, USA in the summer of 2019 about the startup ecosystem in Columbus, Ohio, we knew the timing was special. Little did we know how good that timing was!
Columbus has continued to gain momentum over the last two years. Here's a sample of the changes for companies and individuals featured in this film:
• Beam Dental - Raised $55M (2019) + $80M (March 2021)
• Mobikit - Acquired by Azuga (March 2021)
• Root - IPO raising $724.4M at $27/share (Oct. 2020) - valued at $6B
• Rapchat - Raised $2.3M (May 2020)
• PopCom - $1.3M from crowdfunding (June 2020)
• ScriptDrop - $15M Series A (Oct. 2020)
• CoverMyMeds - McKesson combined five business units under the CoverMyMeds brand
• Drive Capital - Announced $350M and $300M (Overdrive) Funds... $1.2B total Assets Under Management
• Rev1 Ventures - Launched $10M Pre-Seed Fund (March 2021)
• Rev1 Ventures - Launched $20M Fund (June 2021)
Test City, USA is now available to stream for free online. Visit testcityusa.com.
Director: Kyle Skinner
Producer: Jay Clouse
Exec. Producer: Eric Hornung
WINNER:
2019 Best Ohio Feature by the Film Festival of Columbus
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2019 Film Festival of Columbus
2020 Columbus International Film Festival
2020 Culver City Film Festival
A film by The Up Company
When we filmed Test City, USA in the summer of 2019 about the startup ecosystem in Columbus, Ohio, we knew the timing was special. Little did we know how good that timing was!
Columbus has continued to gain momentum over the last two years. Here's a sample of the changes for companies and individuals featured in this film:
• Beam Dental - Raised $55M (2019) + $80M (March 2021)
• Mobikit - Acquired by Azuga (March 2021)
• Root - IPO raising $724.4M at $27/share (Oct. 2020) - valued at $6B
• Rapchat - Raised $2.3M (May 2020)
• PopCom - $1.3M from crowdfunding (June 2020)
• ScriptDrop - $15M Series A (Oct. 2020)
• CoverMyMeds - McKesson combined five business units under the CoverMyMeds brand
• Drive Capital - Announced $350M and $300M (Overdrive) Funds... $1.2B total Assets Under Management
• Rev1 Ventures - Launched $10M Pre-Seed Fund (March 2021)
• Rev1 Ventures - Launched $20M Fund (June 2021)
Test City, USA is now available to stream for free online. Visit testcityusa.com.
Director: Kyle Skinner
Producer: Jay Clouse
Exec. Producer: Eric Hornung
WINNER:
2019 Best Ohio Feature by the Film Festival of Columbus
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2019 Film Festival of Columbus
2020 Columbus International Film Festival
2020 Culver City Film Festival
A film by The Up Company
16 min