JumpStart Capital

JumpStart Capital, established in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a venture capital and private equity firm. It specializes in seed, early, and growth stage investments, primarily in new and emerging technologies, digital media, and digital entertainment. The firm also invests in distressed and undervalued real estate opportunities, with a focus on the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. JumpStart Capital aims to align investors with innovative companies that have high growth potential and superior risk-adjusted returns.

Vic Gatto

Founder, Managing General Partner

8 past transactions

Gratia Health

Seed Round in 2023
Gratia Health specializes in an all-in-one incentive compensation platform tailored for healthcare companies. This platform aims to streamline workforce management by offering curated rewards programs, scalable engagement technology, and analytics tools. The primary goal is to help healthcare employers attract, motivate, and retain their professional workforce, ultimately enhancing performance and satisfaction.

Optimize Health

Series B in 2023
Optimize Health is a provider of a digital healthcare platform focused on enabling Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) programs. The company offers user-friendly equipment and software designed to support healthcare providers in managing patient care efficiently. Its platform automatically tracks medication doses and sends reminders to patients, ensuring adherence to treatment plans by syncing with smartphones or tablets. This system not only enhances patient engagement but also assists providers in complying with billing requirements for new Medicare codes, promoting profitability for physicians from the outset. Through its innovative approach, Optimize Health aims to improve health outcomes and streamline the management of chronic conditions.

Higi

Venture Round in 2020
Higi SH LLC is a population health enablement company that operates self-screening health stations throughout the United States. Founded in 2012 and based in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in California and Washington, the company provides free screenings for blood pressure, weight, pulse, and body mass index. These health stations are strategically located in pharmacies, grocery stores, and club stores, making them accessible to consumers. Higi's mission is to encourage individuals to adopt meaningful health habits through a user-friendly platform that allows them to collect and share their health data with trusted healthcare partners. This data enables healthcare organizations to monitor health trends, identify risks, close care gaps, and manage chronic conditions effectively.

Simplify ASC

Series A in 2019
Simplify ASC, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a cloud-based management platform for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). The platform integrates clinical and operational functions, offering features such as advanced reporting, automated inventory management, scheduling, and a claims management module linked via API. Its solutions are tailored for independent ASCs, ASC management companies, and healthcare professionals. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, with operations in Miami, Florida, Simplify ASC aims to enhance the efficiency and productivity of surgery centers by simplifying workflows and providing actionable data. The company was previously known as CyramedX Holdings, Inc. before rebranding to its current name.

EvidenceCare

Series A in 2019
EvidenceCare, LLC is a company that designs and develops decision support tools and web applications for clinicians, aimed at enhancing the delivery of medical care and treatment procedures. Established in 2014 and based in Brentwood, Tennessee, EvidenceCare offers a clinical decision support system (CDSS) that integrates seamlessly into a clinician's electronic health record (EHR) workflow. This platform provides customized, interactive guidance to healthcare providers, promoting evidence-based care with measurable outcomes. Key features of EvidenceCare include Pathway Builder, which allows health systems to create tailored care pathways; Admission Criteria, designed to minimize denial rates and maximize reimbursements for hospitals; and Imaging Criteria, which ensures compliance with appropriate use criteria for advanced imaging services. By leveraging advanced CDSS technology, EvidenceCare helps healthcare organizations improve quality and safety, reduce liability, enhance operational efficiency, and capture additional revenue while adhering to government compliance requirements.

Higi

Series C in 2018
Higi SH LLC is a population health enablement company that operates self-screening health stations throughout the United States. Founded in 2012 and based in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in California and Washington, the company provides free screenings for blood pressure, weight, pulse, and body mass index. These health stations are strategically located in pharmacies, grocery stores, and club stores, making them accessible to consumers. Higi's mission is to encourage individuals to adopt meaningful health habits through a user-friendly platform that allows them to collect and share their health data with trusted healthcare partners. This data enables healthcare organizations to monitor health trends, identify risks, close care gaps, and manage chronic conditions effectively.

Menud

Seed Round in 2017
Menud Co. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. The company specializes in developing a food ordering mobile application that enhances the online grocery shopping experience. Menud addresses the challenges faced by consumers in building grocery baskets efficiently, allowing users to shop for a week’s worth of groceries in under 30 seconds. The application not only simplifies the process of creating large shopping carts but also incorporates artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide personalized food recommendations based on individual health profiles and preferences. This innovative approach aims to streamline grocery eCommerce and improve user satisfaction.

Hansel.io

Seed Round in 2017
Hansel.io is a Bangalore-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in a product experience platform aimed at enhancing user engagement and revenue for product teams. The platform addresses the issue of user drop-offs by allowing product managers to create alternative product flows through a no-code interface. It enables the collection of diverse data that was previously siloed, facilitating granular segmentation and the deployment of contextualized nudges and walkthroughs. With a drag-and-drop interface, product managers can easily implement experiments and tailor product interactions, ultimately boosting user activation and conversions efficiently.
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