Healthcare company-building profile
Jumpstart Nova
Jumpstart Health Investors
AcceleratorVC-backed programInvestor backedActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- VC-backed program
- Organization
- Jumpstart Health Investors
- Organization type
- Investor backed
- Location
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Company stage served
- Early stage
- Cohort or participation model
- Not a cohort accelerator; venture fund with founder programming
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Equity venture investment from a dedicated fund (first fund reported at approximately $55 million); specific check sizes not published
- Equity or fee model
- Equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2021
Public description
About the program
Jumpstart Nova is described as the first venture fund dedicated exclusively to investing in Black-founded and Black-led healthcare companies in the United States. Launched by Jumpstart Health Investors with backing from healthcare corporates and financial institutions, its first fund raised approximately $55 million. The firm invests in early-stage healthcare companies and provides founders with access to Jumpstart's Nashville healthcare network.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Health equityBlack-founded healthcare companiesDigital healthCare deliveryHealth services
- Category: VC-backed program
- Program structure: Not a cohort accelerator; venture fund with founder programming
- Published terms: Equity venture investment from a dedicated fund (first fund reported at approximately $55 million); specific check sizes not published
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Program leader
- Marcus Whitney — Founding Partner
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