Meet Haley "Zap" Zapolski, the new Jumpstart Foundry Managing Director!We announced today the appointment of our new Managing Director, Haley “Zap” Zapolski! “The addition of Haley as the Jumpstart Foundry MD is an exciting milestone for the entire team,” said Doug...
Announcing Our First Cohort of 2022! Jumpstart Foundry is thrilled to announce that our first cohort of 2022 is the largest in JSF history! Our Spring 2022 Cohort is made up of 18 companies that are paving the way for the future of healthcare. The addition of this...
Jumpstart Foundry Announces Final Round of 2021 Portfolio Selections At Jumpstart Foundry, our goal is to MAKE SOMETHING BETTER in healthcare. We are able to do this through investing in top healthcare startups and their founders that have the skill, expertise, and...
Jumpstart Foundry Announces First Round of 2021 Portfolio Selections Procuring Largest Fund and Round of Selections to Date Jumpstart Foundry, one of Tennessee’s most active healthcare venture capital firms, has announced its latest round of new investments. The...
Making the Most of the Holiday Freeze - How Founders Should Navigate the End of the Year Temperatures are starting to drop, year-end projects are wrapping up, and everyone is getting in the holiday spirit. While it can be an enjoyable and festive time of year, it is...
Jumpstart Foundry Announces Second Round of 2020 Portfolio Selections Including 5 Companies Nationwide Jumpstart Foundry has announced its second round of 2020 portfolio selections. The Fall 2020 selection of portfolio companies consists of 5 healthcare...
The Jumpstart Refinery: A New Online Networking Community for Healthcare Founders and Entrepreneurs At Jumpstart, we realize that too often, investors do little beyond providing capital to help founders succeed. Beyond capital, healthcare founders and other...
Overview: Jumpstart Foundry Co-Founder, Marcus Whitney, recently launched his book, "Create and Orchestrate" diving into his story, philosophy, and wisdom on capturing one's creative power through entrepreneurship. On July 9th, 2020, his Jumpstart Co-Founder, Vic...
We are thrilled to introduce the 16 new health startups joining the JSF 2020 portfolio! Ranked as the most active venture capital investor in Tennessee by CB Insights, Jumpstart annually makes approximately 20 uniform investments of $150,000 via convertible SAFE notes...
NASHVILLE, TN – Jumpstart Foundry, a Nashville-based private investment firm specializing in seed-stage health investments, announced today its first round of 2020 portfolio selections. Consisting of 16 startups chosen from a pool of more than 250 applicants, the...
Jumpstart Foundry Success Stories: How BayCare and Clearstep (JSF '19) launched a COVID-19 screener in 9 days On March 26, 2020 — less than two weeks after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic — JSF 2019 portfolio...
Jumpstart Foundry: Tennessee's Most Active VC Jumpstart Foundry takes the cake once again as Tennessee’s most active venture capital firm as reported by CB Insights in January 2020. Tennessee is not the largest state, however it does have a mighty impact on the...