# JumpStart: portfolio, investments and team

> JumpStart is a vc firm based in United States. 113 investments on record, latest Sept 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/jumpstart (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# JumpStart

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Mar 2025, closing $10M. Last cheque observed Sep 2019.

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Seed Series A Software Healthtech

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 113 on record

Since the last cheque **2593** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.0M** Rounds led **2 of 113** Sole investor **86 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

Pitch JumpStart

## JumpStart highlights

- 01 113 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 77% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 86 rounds, median $250K
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Early-stage capital from seed through series A for visionary tech founders. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Software Healthtech
- **Based in:** Cleveland, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **113 appearances**

- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Axuall](https://millionrounds.com/company/axuall)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[TPA Stream](https://millionrounds.com/company/tpa-stream)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.4M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[EmplorStream](https://millionrounds.com/company/emplorstream)** Series A · US · Crainscleveland **$3.5M** *Led*
- **Feb** **[Complion](https://millionrounds.com/company/complion)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$7.0M** With 5 others
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[enosiX](https://millionrounds.com/company/enosix)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$4.2M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Wiretap](https://millionrounds.com/company/wiretap)** US · Bizjournals **$11M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Sotera](https://millionrounds.com/company/sotera)** US · FinSMEs **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **2017** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[Vlipsy](https://millionrounds.com/company/vlipsy)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.3M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Heureka](https://millionrounds.com/company/heureka)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.8M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Banyan Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/banyan-technology)** US · FinSMEs **$7.0M** With 1 other
- **2016** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Huereka Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/huereka-software)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.1M** Sole investor
- **2013** 9 rounds
- **Jul** **[7signal Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/7signal-solutions)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$250K** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Let's Gift It](https://millionrounds.com/company/let-s-gift-it)** Seed · US **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[BoxCast](https://millionrounds.com/company/boxcast)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Zuga Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/zuga-medical)** Venture · US · crainscleveland.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Movable](https://millionrounds.com/company/movable)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$1.9M** With 5 others
- **May** **[eFuneral](https://millionrounds.com/company/efuneral)** Seed · US · prnewswire.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Orthodata](https://millionrounds.com/company/orthodata)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Casentric](https://millionrounds.com/company/casentric)** Series A · US **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Guided Interventions](https://millionrounds.com/company/guided-interventions)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **2012** 8 rounds
- **Nov** **[AMVONET](https://millionrounds.com/company/amvonet)** Venture · US · prnewswire.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Enforcer eCoaching](https://millionrounds.com/company/enforcer-ecoaching)** Seed · US · jumpstartinc.org **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Securus Medical Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/securus-medical-group)** Seed · US **$250K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Neuros Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/neuros-medical)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$3.5M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[GenomOncology](https://millionrounds.com/company/genomoncology)** Venture · US · bizjournals.com **$250K** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Cryothermic Systems, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/cryothermic-systems-inc)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Intelligent Mobile Support](https://millionrounds.com/company/intelligent-mobile-support)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$500K** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Milo Biotechnology](https://millionrounds.com/company/milo-biotechnology)** Venture · US · prnewswire.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **2011** 12 rounds
- **Oct** **[SpearFysh](https://millionrounds.com/company/spearfysh)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[OptixConnect](https://millionrounds.com/company/optixconnect)** Venture · finsmes.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Anderson Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/anderson-aerospace)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/great-lakes-pharmaceuticals)** Seed · US **$50K** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[SironRX Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/sironrx-therapeutics)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$3.4M** With 7 others
- **Aug** **[Segmint](https://millionrounds.com/company/segmint)** Growth · US · sec.gov **$2.7M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Securus Medical Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/securus-medical-group)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$750K** With 1 other
- **May** **[CardioInsight Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/cardioinsight-technologies)** Series B · US **$50K** Sole investor
- **May** **[Caralon Global](https://millionrounds.com/company/caralon-global)** Seed · US **$250K** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[SPR Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/spr-therapeutics)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$250K** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Thermalin Diabetes](https://millionrounds.com/company/thermalin-diabetes)** Series A · US · medcitynews.com **$2.9M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[SironRX Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/sironrx-therapeutics)** Venture · US · massdevice.com **$500K** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **5 named**

DE **Doug Edwards** Manager i Filing they signed

HD **Hardik Desai** Officer of the General Partner i Filing they signed

JJ **Julie Jacano** Officer of the Manager i Filing they signed

JJ **Julie Jacono** Officer of the General Partner i Filing they signed

RL **Ray Leach** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

We also hold **44** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**5** of 44 we have independently watched raise

[PlaidMug](https://millionrounds.com/company/plaidmug)[Supply Now](https://millionrounds.com/company/supplynow)[Tappi](https://millionrounds.com/company/tappi)[Toyz Electronics](https://millionrounds.com/company/toyz-electronics)[VITALS](https://millionrounds.com/company/vitals) Axe AI Beacon Blueprint Crusher Carbon Copy Assets Career Opportunities CleverApply Construction Risk AI ContractScope Crystal Dressit Dwarpaal Envisify Equipment Dudes FibrX Greenlight Grocery Hey Nouri Kuddo LTCareNav LLC Lasoh Leaf Automation Little Tusk Lyceum Motiv ONAÏ Fertility Obai Ordermatic Permitly Data Plus.Fan Projector SG Labs SciSummary Steadywell TipCo Tublian Velocity AI Partners Velora WIS Spaces WireBee ZED Digital

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[CardioInsight Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/cardioinsight-technologies)** Bought by [Medtronic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtronic) **$93M** Jun 2015

**[Knotice](https://millionrounds.com/company/knotice)** Bought by IgnitionOne **Undisclosed** Mar 2014

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$10M**

raised in Mar 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$3.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$250K**

Led 2 of 113 rounds **2%**

- **Sole investor:** 86 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2019
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *65*
- Venture *20*
- Series A said *19*
- Series B *5*
- Growth *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2004 2019

Often in the room with

- [North Coast Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-coast-angel-fund) 15
- [Rev1 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rev1-ventures) 4
- [TechColumbus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techcolumbus) 3
- [Cleveland Clinic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-clinic) 2
- [Draper Triangle](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-triangle) 2
- [Drummond Road Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drummond-road-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as JumpStart. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**North Coast Angel Fund** VC firm **15** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-coast-angel-fund)[**Rev1 Ventures** Corporate VC **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rev1-ventures)[**TechColumbus** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techcolumbus)[**Cleveland Clinic** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-clinic)[**Draper Triangle** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-triangle)[**Drummond Road Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drummond-road-capital)[**Early Stage Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/early-stage-partners)[**Jumpstart-up** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jumpstartup)[**Ohio Innovation Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ohio-innovation-fund)[**Ohio Tech Angel Fund III** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ohio-tech-angel-fund-iii)[**Portal Capital** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/portal-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies JumpStart put money into.

[**Axuall** $3.0M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/axuall)[**enosiX** $4.2M · Dec 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/enosix)[**Sotera** $1.0M · Apr 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/sotera)[**Vlipsy** $1.3M · Oct 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/vlipsy)[**Banyan Technology** $7.0M · Feb 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/banyan-technology)

## Quick answers about JumpStart

### What does JumpStart invest in?

JumpStart invests most often at Seed and Venture (77% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software and Healthtech.

### How active is JumpStart?

113 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Sept 2019.

### What has JumpStart invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Axuall (Seed, Sept 2019), TPA Stream (Seed, Sept 2019) and EmplorStream (Series A, Mar 2019).

### How big are JumpStart's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.0M.

### Does JumpStart lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 113 investments on record (2%).

### Where does JumpStart invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is JumpStart investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2019.

### Who does JumpStart invest alongside?

Most often North Coast Angel Fund (15 rounds together), Rev1 Ventures (4 rounds together) and TechColumbus (3 rounds together).

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