Healthcare company-building profile
JumpStart Inc.
JumpStart Inc. (Northeast Ohio nonprofit, Ohio Third Frontier funded)
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitInactive or wound down
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- JumpStart Inc. (Northeast Ohio nonprofit, Ohio Third Frontier funded)
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Company stage served
- Pre-seed to Seed
- Cohort or participation model
- Not a cohort program; rolling advisory and investment
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Pre-seed and seed investment through JumpStart Ventures; specific terms Not found
- Equity or fee model
- Not publicly documented
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Inactive or wound down
- Founded
- 2004
Public description
About the program
JumpStart is a Cleveland-based nonprofit venture development organization that invests in and supports Northeast Ohio startups, with healthcare and medical technology among its strongest sectors. It has received Ohio Third Frontier state funding to run entrepreneurial services and pre-seed investing across the region. JumpStart Ventures manages the investment side and convenes statewide venture activity. STATUS: Now JumpStart Ventures, a VC fund family, rather than the nonprofit venture development organization described.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Healthcare ITMedical devicesBiotechInclusive entrepreneurship
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Not a cohort program; rolling advisory and investment
- Published terms: Pre-seed and seed investment through JumpStart Ventures; specific terms Not found
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