Mar 28, 2019
16 Tech is the future of collaboration in downtown Indianapolis. It will bring together the talent, capital, and technology to make innovation happen.
Robert Coy is President and CEO
of 16 Tech Community Corporation Inc., the entity overseeing the
development of the 16 Tech innovation community. As President, Coy
leads the development of 16 Tech into a major hub for scientific
research, technology innovation, entrepreneurial activity and
talent development, retention and attraction.
Prior
to 16 Tech, Coy was President and CEO of CincyTech, a venture
development organization that accelerated the growth of start-up
bioscience, healthcare, technology and advanced manufacturing
companies in Southwest Ohio. Under Coy’s leadership for more than
11 years, CincyTech invested in 70 startups that raised more than
$680 million in seed, early and late stage capital and that today
employ nearly 1,000 people.
Coy
has held entrepreneurial and economic development leadership
positions with public and private institutions over the past 32
years in Ohio, Missouri, Delaware and
Pennsylvania.
Prior
to joining CincyTech, Coy was senior vice president for
entrepreneurial development and of economic development at the St.
Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association, where he co-founded
the St. Louis Arch Angels, a group of individuals who invest in
early-stage companies in the St. Louis region.
In
Delaware, Coy served as the principal economic adviser to the
governor, established a seed fund to invest in technology start-up
companies and developed initiatives to promote technology
partnerships between universities and businesses. In Pennsylvania,
he served as executive director of the Ben Franklin Partnership
Program, the state’s premier technology development program that
invests in start-up companies.
Coy
earned a master’s degree from University of Notre Dame and a
bachelor of arts degree from Pennsylvania State
University.