Vivek 2024

What Vivek 2024 does

Vivek for Ohio is the official campaign organization supporting Vivek Ramaswamy's 2026 Republican candidacy for Governor of Ohio. The legal entity is registered as "Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio" (dba: Vivek for Ohio) and operates from a campaign headquarters at 471 E Broad St, Suite 1510, Columbus, OH 43215. It is governed by Ohio campaign finance law and is not a traditional commercial enterprise; "customers" in this context are Ohio voters, donors, and volunteers rather than paying clients. The organization was effectively launched on February 24, 2025 at CTL Aerospace in Cincinnati, with an immediate endorsement from President Donald Trump. Rob McColley, the Ohio Senate President, was selected as the lieutenant governor running mate on January 7, 2026. The campaign is led by a small core team of 9 people, including Campaign Manager Jonathan Ewing and Chief Strategist Jai Chabria.

The campaign's product surface is a unified digital ecosystem built around vivekforohio.com, which serves as the central hub integrating news distribution, event RSVPs, volunteer sign-up, SMS opt-in, and an embedded donation flow. Donations are processed via WinRed (credit card) with preset tiers at $5, $25, $50, $100, plus a custom-amount option and an explicit cryptocurrency donation pathway. A secondary product, the Team Vivek Store, sells branded merchandise (hats, t-shirts, beverage coolers, coffee mugs, yard signs, membership cards) priced $10-$25. Marketing channels span earned media (Wall Street Journal op-eds, press releases), organic social (X, Instagram, YouTube), email/SMS, and an extensive in-person event calendar including county fairs, town halls, and Lincoln Day dinners across all 88 Ohio counties. No proprietary AI, app, or SDK layer is disclosed.

The campaign is funded through two parallel channels: grassroots political contributions and a $25 million personal cash investment from the candidate. In 2025 it raised a record-breaking $19.8 million from over 88,950 unique donors across 254,883 total contributions (average donation $76), with 97% of individual contributions from donors giving $200 or less — more than doubling the prior Ohio gubernatorial fundraising benchmark set by Mike DeWine in 2017. Merchandise sales are an incremental, low-margin revenue stream. The campaign has secured endorsements spanning President Trump, the Ohio Republican Party, 65 county sheriffs, the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, ten major trade unions (representing well over 250,000 workers combined), and the Ohio Cattlemen's Association, alongside former U.S. Senator Rob Portman and former Congressman Brad Wenstrup. The general election is scheduled for November 2026.

Name

Vivek 2024

Legal name

Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio

Website

https://vivek2024.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vivek for Ohio is the official 2026 gubernatorial campaign organization for Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (with running mate Rob McColley), operating as a political committee headquartered in Columbus, OH, and funded primarily through grassroots donations and a $25M personal candidate investment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Campaign Operations

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Media Buying Agencies (541830), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator & Fan Communities (BPAMABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Influencer Campaign Strategy & Planning (BPAFAHAC), Influencer Strategy & Campaign Management (MPAAAHAA)

Keywords

• Political campaign fundraising
• Grassroots campaign organizing
• Campaign merchandise sales
• Political donation processing
• Voter outreach operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Political Donations: Campaign contributions from individual donors, with average donation size of $76 from over 88,950 unique donors. Accepts credit card via WinRed and cryptocurrency donations.
2. Merchandise Sales: Campaign store selling branded merchandise including hats, t-shirts, beverage coolers, coffee mugs, buttons, yard signs, and membership cards ranging from $10 to $25.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vivek 2024 is the official campaign organization for Vivek Ramaswamy's 2026 Ohio gubernatorial campaign. It solicits grassroots political donations through a WinRed-integrated online platform (accepting credit card and cryptocurrency), sells branded campaign merchandise via an online store, recruits volunteers, and organizes live campaign events across all 88 Ohio counties. The campaign's digital presence is anchored by the vivekforohio.com website, which serves as the central hub for fundraising, merchandise sales, volunteer sign-up, event RSVPs, and news distribution.

Product overview

Vivek for Ohio operates a unified campaign digital presence centered on its official website (vivekforohio.com), which serves as the core platform integrating a donation processing system, volunteer and event management, a merchandise store, and news/press content distribution. The campaign's digital ecosystem comprises the main website as the central hub, a Team Vivek Store for branded merchandise, and a WinRed-integrated donation platform supporting both credit card and cryptocurrency contributions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vivek for Ohio Campaign Website Official campaign website serving as the central hub for Vivek Ramaswamy's Ohio gubernatorial campaign, featuring donation processing, event RSVP, volunteer sign-up, news updates, and merchandise store. It is targeted at Ohio voters, donors, and volunteers.
• Team Vivek Store Online merchandise store selling campaign branded items including hats, t-shirts, beverage coolers, buttons, yard signs, and membership cards priced from $10 to $25. It is targeted at supporters who want to display campaign affiliation and contribute to the campaign through purchases.
• Campaign Donation Platform Campaign donation processing system accepting credit card via WinRed and cryptocurrency contributions, with preset donation amounts ($5, $25, $50, $100) and custom/recurring giving options. It is targeted at individual Ohio donors and national supporters of Vivek Ramaswamy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Record-breaking $19.8 million raised in 2025, more than doubling previous Ohio gubernatorial record
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Fraternal Order of Police of OhiomajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 July 2026Ohio's largest law enforcement union endorsing the Republican ticket, adding support of thousands of officers across the state.
• Ohio Cattlemen's AssociationmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 20 November 2025Represents more than 2,000 beef family farms raising majority of Ohio's 1.2 million head of cattle across all 88 counties; in Ohio since 1951.
• Rob Portman and Brad WenstrupmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 November 2025Former U.S. Senator Rob Portman and former Congressman Brad Wenstrup jointly endorsed the campaign, both longtime Republican leaders.
• Ohio Laborers' District CouncilmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 November 2025Represents over 22,000 construction workers; part of LIUNA with over 500,000 workers across U.S. and Canada. 10th trade union endorsement, most of any statewide candidate.
• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18majorGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 November 2025Represents more than 16,000 dedicated workers who build and maintain Ohio's infrastructure; in Ohio since 1939.
• ACT Ohio (Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio)majorGTM or Marketing Partner · 25 September 2025Represents nearly 100,000 working men and women across Ohio; endorsed Vivek for his support of quality construction, apprenticeship programs, and workforce development.
• 65 Ohio County SheriffscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 September 2025Broad coalition of 65 county sheriffs from across Ohio endorsing the campaign, representing broadest public safety coalition in modern Ohio gubernatorial race.
• Ohio Conference of TeamstersmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 19 September 2025Representing more than 50,000 working men and women across Ohio; union endorsement showing cross-party appeal.
• Central Midwest Regional Council of CarpentersmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 September 2025Labor organization representing more than 37,000 carpenters, millwrights, and floor layers across Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.
• Cleveland Building & Construction Trades CouncilmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 September 2025Represents thousands of skilled union workers across Northeast Ohio; founded in 1913 with nationally recognized apprenticeship and training programs.
• Ohio Republican PartycoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 9 May 2025Official endorsement from the Ohio Republican Party, consolidating GOP support behind the campaign.
• President Donald TrumpcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 February 2025Complete and total endorsement from President Donald Trump on the first day of the campaign launch, providing significant national visibility and credibility among Republican voters.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• WinRed: Republican donation processing platform that powers the Vivek for Ohio donation flow. OTHERS as an infrastructure/enabler — the campaign is a customer using WinRed's payment rails.
• NGP VAN: Leading campaign technology and voter database platform for Democratic and progressive campaigns. OTHERS as adjacent infrastructure — while serving the opposite party, it is directly analogous in function to the campaign technology stack Vivek for Ohio uses for voter contact and donor management.
• ActBlue: Democratic counterpart donation processing platform. OTHERS as analogous political donation infrastructure, enabling Democratic campaigns in the same way WinRed enables this campaign — directly comparable in function.
• Roivant Sciences: Biopharmaceutical company founded and previously led by Vivek Ramaswamy. OTHERS as a non-comparable venture but provides the founder credibility and "outsider entrepreneur" positioning that the campaign explicitly leverages.
• Targeted Victory: Republican political consulting and digital strategy firm that supports GOP campaigns with advertising, data, and fundraising. OTHERS as a service provider/ecosystem participant in the same campaign infrastructure that the Vivek campaign relies upon.

Broad incumbents

• Club for Growth: Conservative advocacy organization focused on free-market fiscal policy, often involved in GOP primary endorsements and spending in governor and Senate races. Broad incumbent aligned on policy themes (tax cuts, deregulation) that Ramaswamy campaigns on.
• Americans for Prosperity: Koch-network conservative advocacy organization that has supported Ramaswamy and operates similar policy-aligned voter mobilization, grassroots donor cultivation, and state-level political engagement — a broad incumbent in adjacent advocacy space.
• Republican Governors Association: National GOP organization dedicated to electing Republican governors. Broad incumbent in the same category — both raise money and build coalitions to elect GOP candidates to statewide executive office, but RGA operates across all states while Vivek for Ohio is Ohio-specific.
• National Republican Senatorial Committee: Republican Party committee for Senate campaigns. Broad incumbent in adjacent political space — analogous fundraising, donor base, and party-aligned endorsement patterns to Vivek for Ohio, though focused on federal legislative rather than state executive races.

Direct peers

• Strive Asset Management: Vivek Ramaswamy's own asset management firm (co-founder). Directly tied to the candidate's brand and credibility, comparable as a venture led by the same founder with an anti-ESG, pro-America positioning aligned with the campaign's narrative.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/VivekGRamaswamy
• YouTubeyoutube.com/results?search_query=Vivek+Ramaswamy
• Instagraminstagram.com/vivekforohio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vivek-2024

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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