JUMP Investors

JUMP Investors is a Los Angeles-based investment firm founded in 1999, specializing in venture capital, private equity, real estate, and hedge funds. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, particularly in sectors such as information technology, healthcare, media, and manufacturing. Over the years, JUMP has invested in more than 40 technology companies, with notable engagements including Akamai Technologies, Avamar Technologies, Google, and Postini. The firm's diverse investment portfolio underscores its commitment to fostering innovation across various industries.

Christian Borges

Senior Associate

Kaplan, Randall S.

Founder and CEO

14 past transactions

Mile Auto

Seed Round in 2019
Mile Auto is a pay-per-mile auto insurance company that uses patented computer vision technologies to help low mileage drivers save money. Mile Auto customers use their smartphones to report mileage once a month, and then pay based on exact miles driven. The result is simple, transparent billing. Mile also provides mileage-based technologies for insurance carriers and automakers interested in providing innovative insurance solutions for their customers. For example, in partnership with Porsche Financial Services, Mile has created and operates Porsche Auto Insurance for all Porsche owners in states in which Mile has received regulatory approval. Mile Auto is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Crown League

Series A in 2018
The Crown League is professionalizing fantasy sports by creating the first investment gaming platform – owned by the public and managed by experts.

PartySlate

Seed Round in 2017
PartySlate is a marketplace that inspires people planning all types of events and connects them with the leading event professionals, vendors, and venues across the country and the world. People planning all types of events — from weddings and holiday parties to birthday parties and galas — come to PartySlate to find new and unique party ideas, discover the best local vendors and venues, and build their event teams. Event professionals, venues, and vendors use PartySlate to grow their businesses, connect with industry peers, and reach more clients. Companies can share photos and videos from all types of events, get recognized for their work with our unique crediting system, and use their content-rich profiles as portfolio-sharing tools. Since its founding in 2016, over 25,000 of the world’s top venues, planners and vendors have uploaded over 2,000,000 photos of real weddings, corporate events and celebrations to the platform.

Inspire

Series A in 2015
At Inspire, we’re a team of purpose-driven avengers on a mission to democratize clean power. A venture-backed start-up founded by alumni of some of the fastest growing and most successful energy companies around.

UrgentRx

Series C in 2014
UrgentRx is a line of fast-acting, portable OTC medications providing right now relief and addressing the unmet needs of today’s busy, on-the-go consumer. UrgentRx Fast Powders come in an innovative, fast-acting flavored powder format available in convenient, single-dose, credit-card sized packets for easier portability and accessibility. The flavored powders can be taken without water, providing immediate relief whenever and wherever needed. Initially developed for heart attack victims, UrgentRx currently produces medications for everyday ailments such as headaches, aches and pains, allergies, heartburn, and upset stomach. UrgentRx was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Tapiture

Seed Round in 2014
Tapiture is a social platform that helps you discover, share and buy an endless assortment of cool stuff. Tapiture sorts through the internet and helps you find all the content you'll really like. You can browse through videos, photos, GIFs, articles and more from all over the web, and it'll quickly learn what you're all about. You can dive deep into specific interests, organize your favorites into collections, or share with your friends. Whether you use the mobile app for iPhone or Android or visit the website, Tapiture will always have an endless feed of stuff you'll like. Just try it out—you'll see!

mPath

Seed Round in 2014
m›Path is a mobile development platform that helps individuals create and manage applications without writing a single line of code. It is founded by the former CTO & CIO of Salesforce, Claus Moldt and Trae Chancellor.

UrgentRx

Series B in 2013
UrgentRx is a line of fast-acting, portable OTC medications providing right now relief and addressing the unmet needs of today’s busy, on-the-go consumer. UrgentRx Fast Powders come in an innovative, fast-acting flavored powder format available in convenient, single-dose, credit-card sized packets for easier portability and accessibility. The flavored powders can be taken without water, providing immediate relief whenever and wherever needed. Initially developed for heart attack victims, UrgentRx currently produces medications for everyday ailments such as headaches, aches and pains, allergies, heartburn, and upset stomach. UrgentRx was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Unsubscribe.com

Series A in 2010
Unsubscribe is a powerful service that addresses a simple problem - getting rid of unwanted mailing lists. With the click of a button, users instantly send unwanted mailing lists to Unsubscribe.com for safe removal. Users can either download an Unsubscribe button to be used in their email client or forward unwanted mail from any device. The custom button allows one to check off multiple emails at a time to Unsubscribe from, revisiting a brand new inbox.

Need2Buy

Series B in 2000
Need2Buy.com is a leading business-to-business online marketplace for buyers and sellers of electronic components. Their marketplace solution leverages their proven Internet technology and their extensive industry expertise to streamline the traditionally inefficient electronic components supply chain. Their distributor-neutral approach creates an open and scalable marketplace that is more attractive to OEM buyers, distributors and component manufacturers. Their marketplace enables OEM buyers to post Requests for Quotations (RFQs) and uses their proprietary "expert system" to solicit competitive bids from multiple qualified distributors and component manufacturers who meet the criteria specified by the buyer. This model allows buyers to make more cost effective purchasing decisions and sellers to expand their market reach while reducing their customer acquisition costs. Their marketplace also enables OEMs, distributors and component manufacturers to upload a list of their excess inventory into the Need2Buy Marketplace and to search the aggregated "virtual warehouse" for desired products. This allows participants to obtain optimum pricing when disposing of and purchasing excess inventory.

Kalepa Networks

Seed Round in 2000
Starting as just a bunch of friends getting together on a regular basis, for more than four years the founders of Kalepa have been forming the idea behind the company. As the years passed, technology evolved and so did their concept. In early Y2K, they felt technology and the Internet had finally progressed to implement their vision, and thus they formed their company called "Kalepa." The founders, having worked together extensively in the past, form an amazing and well-oiled team. Each knows the others strengths and weaknesses, and each have the ability and the experience to augment and complement each other's skills. That is why at Kalepa, ideas become reality. Kalepa is still a small company, and thus they are able to occupy a cozy office inside the historic landmark of the Peninsula Creamery Dairy Store in downtown Palo Alto-which is a real treat, since, as they all know, ice cream (especially good ice cream) improves the mental processes (brain freeze)! It is from their origins that the Kalepa corporate culture of personal excellence, exceptional teamwork, and just pure fun was born.

Homepage.com

Venture Round in 2000
HomePage.com, an idealab! company, is a new type of Application Service Provider (ASP) that develops and hosts proprietary Web page applications for Global 2000 companies and leading e-businesses. HomePage.com's HP/2.0 Application Series offers a suite of flexible applications geared to providing high-value customer interactions. These applications, the home page application and the ePage application, result in a customized end-user experience through its Business-to-Consumer and Business-to-Business solutions: home pages, community pages, club pages, commerce pages, portal pages, marketplace pages, sales pages and customer pages. HomePage.com provides seamless integration of the service and works closely with clients to customize an offering that will maximize lifetime customer value.

Xdrive

Series C in 2000
Xdrive is a provider of digital asset management, online storage, and file sharing services.

The Brain

Series A in 2000
TheBrain Technology helps people make sense of the wide range of information they need to organize and assimilate on a daily basis. They believe that two Brains are better than one. And if you extend and capture your thinking about your projects and life you can get some amazing stuff done.
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