Jumpstart Foundry

Jumpstart Foundry is a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage investments primarily in healthcare and related sectors, including healthcare information technology, consumer health products, tech-enabled services, and diagnostic devices. The firm, founded in 2010 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, also has an office in Atlanta, Georgia. It does not invest in biotech, pharmaceuticals, or life sciences. Jumpstart Foundry typically invests up to $0.15 million per company for a 7.5 percent equity stake. The firm offers a 14-week accelerator program as well as a six-week Micro-Accelerator program aimed at small and medium-sized companies and corporations. In addition to funding, it provides strategic marketing consultation and connects companies with industry stakeholders to aid their growth and development.

Victor E. Gatto

Co-Founder, CEO, MD and Chairman

Eller Mallchok

MD

Past deals in Tennessee

Xcellent Life

Seed Round in 2022
Xcellent Life is building the Xcellent Life Cloud Platform (XLCP), which will be the central nervous system for connecting biometric sensors, mobile applications, & software systems for healthcare & wellness applications. Xcellent Life will revolutionize healthcare and wellness by using real-time data from a broad array of sources.

Xcellent Life

Seed Round in 2022
Xcellent Life is building the Xcellent Life Cloud Platform (XLCP), which will be the central nervous system for connecting biometric sensors, mobile applications, & software systems for healthcare & wellness applications. Xcellent Life will revolutionize healthcare and wellness by using real-time data from a broad array of sources.

Ruth Clinic

Seed Round in 2019
Ruth Clinic Inc. operates as a local medical practice dedicated to recovery from opioid abuse disorder. The company’s services include medical review, psychological support, healing medications, and learning center. It offers medical-assisted treatment which includes a personal physician, dedicated counselor, and prescription medications. The company is based in Columbia, Tennessee.

Vision Care Connect

Seed Round in 2019
Vision Care Connect offers a complete range of ophthalmology services and refractive surgery solutions that correct vision problems and restore your vision health.

Solaster

Seed Round in 2017
Solaster is a consumer-centric healthcare ecosystem creating global interoperability amongst decentralized applications and blockchains.

Affirmhealth

Seed Round in 2016
AffirmHealth Inc., founded in 2016 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializes in workflow integration and automation software aimed at assisting healthcare providers in complying with state-controlled substance monitoring programs to combat prescription drug abuse. The company also offers advanced care planning software that helps providers generate revenue, enhance patient satisfaction, and improve population health. Its platform includes a huddle tool designed to provide actionable tasks for each patient, informed by payer contracts and specific quality measures, ultimately enabling clinicians to concentrate on delivering better care to their patients.

splitsecnd

Venture Round in 2015
splitsecnd is the only portable and effective portable plug-in vehicle connectivity device on the market. Designed to simply plug into the 12V lighter outlet in any car, splitsecnd can detect a crash, connect you to a live operator, send help to your location, and notify your emergency contact in an instant. Perfect for seniors, teens, and drivers of all ages, splitsecnd uses airbag sensor technology to activate the emergency response system on impact, calling for help even if you can’t respond; it can also be activated manually in the event of a 9-1-1 emergency or roadside breakdown. And with comprehensive trip analytics and GPS capabilities, splitsecnd lets you track routes, encourage good driving habits and even find your parked car. splitsecnd keeps up with you and your family on the road no matter where you are, what you drive, or what the situation. No cell phone required.

Life Links

Seed Round in 2015
LifeLinks Care Management - Care coordination for those you love.

Spiras Health

Seed Round in 2015
Spiras Health is a healthcare company focused on enhancing patient outcomes by providing home-based care for individuals with complex chronic illnesses. The company extends specialist care into patients' homes through a multidisciplinary team of clinicians. By utilizing telehealth services, two-way digital communications, and remote patient monitoring, Spiras Health aims to improve patients' quality of life while simultaneously reducing costs associated with avoidable hospitalizations. This approach not only increases access to necessary medical services but also addresses the challenges faced by patients managing chronic conditions.

Pro Hydration Therapy

Seed Round in 2015
Pro Hydration Therapy, Inc. provides hydration therapy services. The company offers IV fluid with lactated ringers. It also provides B-12 shots that regulate the nervous system to decrease depression, stress, and brain shrinkage; maintain a healthy digestive system, lower unhealthy cholesterol levels, protect against stroke, and reduce high blood pressure; protect against cancers, such as breast, colon, and lung cancer; aid in cell growth and reproduction for better hair, skin, and nails; and improves sleep quality. The company is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Skill Spectrum

Seed Round in 2014
Hiring the right millennial can be tough. Beyond the vast sea of résumés seemingly all written by the same person, however, is a generation that really is itching to work. Why not outsource that project you've been telling yourself to do for weeks while simultaneously trying out a potential hire for your growing organization? Their platform matches you with students who have the proven skill to ship something you need done, effortlessly screening and managing young talent for you.

Spotwise

Seed Round in 2014
Spotwise is an IT service provider for the parking industry that focuses on providing real-time analytics to lot operators by using camera technology. It uses high-end camera technology and proprietary image processing software to build parking management systems. Spotwise integrates with its clients’ existing payment system to enforce parking space. Its system works by using cameras mounted on its users’ existing light poles. Spotwise was founded by a team of engineers and entrepreneurs in 2014. It is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Healthcare MarketMaker

Seed Round in 2014
Healthcare MarketMaker is a healthcare solutions provider based in Nashville, Tennessee, that facilitates transactions between buyers and sellers in the medical and dental sectors through its virtual marketplace. Founded in 2013, the company specializes in medical and dental practice transactions as well as medical equipment sales. It offers valuable tools such as mRange, which calculates the market value range of practices using a proprietary formula, and mmReport cards, designed for chiropractors, dentists, and physical therapists. These solutions enhance the efficiency and transparency of the healthcare marketplace, supporting practitioners in making informed decisions.

PinPtr

Seed Round in 2014
Technology that brings very precise location information—think drones, driverless cars, collision avoidance, etc.

Applyance

Seed Round in 2014
Applyance is hiring made easy. They take the time, energy, and cost out of your hiring process so you can focus on what matters.

Aloncii

Seed Round in 2014
The art of dressing is in a constant state of flux, but never more so than today. The modern era presents consumers with seemingly infinite choice, but the choice often lies between the convenience of ready-to-wear and the superior quality, fit, and originality of couture. Aloncii was founded on the premise that in a perfect world, convenience and quality would be synonymous. The future of fashion is in couture as ready-to-wear, and Aloncii uses new technologies to enable just that. Your bespoke wardrobe is en route. Register for their First Look or join the conversation on social media to stay informed of new developments, join a unique society of tastemakers, and learn how Aloncii is moving fashion forward. They look forward to presenting their patrons with an entirely new shopping experience.

Arrister

Seed Round in 2014
Arrister has kept their original vision as an online marketplace to browse, build, and buy custom hardwood products and furniture. They are starting small with drink coasters, and once they process has been refined a bit, they will scale to doing entire furniture pieces. Their online platform makes is very simple to customize the shape of your new table.

Boomalang

Seed Round in 2014
Boomalang is an online language exchange platform that connects native speakers across the world to improve cultural and conversational fluency. With minimally but relevantly guided conversation, the platform simulates a natural language learning experience. Boomalang was launched in 2014 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Octovis, Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
Octovis expand the capabilities of nursing staff with live-streaming two-way video and real-time delivery of integrated medical device data, direct to a remote physician. Our Bluetooth enabled devices include a stethoscope, pulse oximeter, EKG, blood pressure cuff, otoscope, and a dermatoscope. These devices are connected to an Android tablet that live streams video between the nurse and remote physician (they connect via web browser); in addition to the data from the devices. The nurse can also don Vuzix smart glasses to transmit a live stream of video at their perspective, providing ‘eyes on site’. Organizations can use their own physicians, our partner PSO, or even a hybrid of both. We’ve built a robust platform between the nurse and physician, integrating into EHRs and providing intelligent dispatching algorithms to handle many concurrent encounters with a pool of available physicians. Our customers experience an increase in efficient, available, and effective care that helps them to drastically reduce hospital readmissions while providing more physician coverage than previously possible.

InvisionHeart

Seed Round in 2013
InvisionHeart draws on the strengths of experienced leadership, robust software and hardware developers and a strong clinical advisory team. The technology was originally developed by a team of physicians and engineers at Vanderbilt University in response to real-world clinical problems. Along with their team of investors, they share a vision for the improved care of heart patients wherever they live and work.

Utilize Health

Seed Round in 2013
Utilize Health, Inc. is a Nashville-based company that provides an online platform designed to connect patients with neurological disabilities to specialized therapies and facilities, enhancing their potential for recovery. The company focuses on six specific conditions: spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. In addition to its patient-facing services, Utilize Health partners with health plans and providers to offer care coordination solutions that improve health outcomes and lower healthcare costs. The platform features digital tools such as a Facility Finder, an Education Library, and a Messaging Tool for direct communication with Patient Advocates. The Patient Advocate Program assists patients in navigating the healthcare system by helping them locate facilities, obtain prescriptions, and arrange transportation, ensuring comprehensive support for those managing complex medical needs.

Poliana

Seed Round in 2013
Poliana is a web application that simplifies the legislative system by analyzing and visualizing money’s influence in politics. Abraham Lincoln once discussed a “government of the people, by the people, for the people” in his famous Gettysburg Address. Since then, things have changed in how their government represents its constituents.

NewsBreak

Seed Round in 2013
Newsbreak’s programmatic merchandising platform automates the scheduling and content distribution process through sales data and predictive analytics. NewsBreak schedules and distributes content to display screens using two filters: 1) Playlists vary by location and by screen and are based on key consumer variables that impact buying behavior — These include elastic variables such as time of day, temperature and precipitation, as well as static variables specific to the convenience store location, like average household income, gender or age distributions in the designated location. 2) Predictive data analytics component — The analytics platform gathers data from the C-Store’s data warehouse and automatically pulls location-by-location sales data and key consumer buying data while simultaneously collecting playback data from the content management system. Means variance analyses and predictive selling models are then run assessing the impact of the merchandising playlist against changes in sales volume and market basket. If sales are not being effected, then the platform will replace that message with a promotional message for another product. This virtual feedback loop will ensure that the platform is always optimizing the most effective series of promotional messages.

Rocket Raise

Seed Round in 2013
Rocket Raise is a new messaging app that lets people support the causes they care about while they text, with the help of a consumer brand. Rocket Raise is the only app that lets you turn each of your text messages into a donation for a good cause. Free for Android and coming soon for iPhone. Rocket Raise was built to turn a daily habit like texting into an easy way to give back to the world. We connect socially responsible brands with individuals passionate about changing the world. Learn more at www.RocketRaise.com

dVisit

Seed Round in 2013
dVisit is a platform that allows existing patients to save time (2.5 hr on avg) & be treated by their family doctor for routine illnesses and for the doctor to get paid for that care & maintain Continuity of Care for patients while managing patient volume. dVisit is focused on improving the patient-doctor communication and relationship. Patients can use dVisit to get treatment for routine illness from their personal doctor using our mobile and web app. Patients can get convenient care, save time, and reduce expenses. Doctors can use dVisist to improve quality of care, improve productivity, and manage patient volume without increasing overhead.

splitsecnd

Seed Round in 2013
splitsecnd is the only portable and effective portable plug-in vehicle connectivity device on the market. Designed to simply plug into the 12V lighter outlet in any car, splitsecnd can detect a crash, connect you to a live operator, send help to your location, and notify your emergency contact in an instant. Perfect for seniors, teens, and drivers of all ages, splitsecnd uses airbag sensor technology to activate the emergency response system on impact, calling for help even if you can’t respond; it can also be activated manually in the event of a 9-1-1 emergency or roadside breakdown. And with comprehensive trip analytics and GPS capabilities, splitsecnd lets you track routes, encourage good driving habits and even find your parked car. splitsecnd keeps up with you and your family on the road no matter where you are, what you drive, or what the situation. No cell phone required.

Utilize Health

Seed Round in 2013
Utilize Health, Inc. is a Nashville-based company that provides an online platform designed to connect patients with neurological disabilities to specialized therapies and facilities, enhancing their potential for recovery. The company focuses on six specific conditions: spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. In addition to its patient-facing services, Utilize Health partners with health plans and providers to offer care coordination solutions that improve health outcomes and lower healthcare costs. The platform features digital tools such as a Facility Finder, an Education Library, and a Messaging Tool for direct communication with Patient Advocates. The Patient Advocate Program assists patients in navigating the healthcare system by helping them locate facilities, obtain prescriptions, and arrange transportation, ensuring comprehensive support for those managing complex medical needs.

Zingfin

Seed Round in 2013
Zingfin provides trending, timely and trustworthy stock related information, based on real-time analysis of information from StockTwits® Twitter®, Blogs, and the the news media, exposing the collective wisdom of crowds, so investors can make more informed, efficient, and effective investment decisions.

Contigo Financial

Seed Round in 2012
Contigo is disrupting the subprime lending industry by offering innovative financial products to those with the least access to them, partnering with employers to provide socially-responsible short-term, low-cost loans offered as a benefit to employees who lack strong credit histories. Credit is extended to employees through a robust web-based platform and proprietary underwriting model. Contigo is a graduate of the Jumpstart Foundry accelerator program and a winner of Vanderbilt University's Sohr Grant for startups.

Photo Rankr

Seed Round in 2012
World's Best Photographers Network: World’s Best Photography Community, Portfolio Solution, Photos, and Marketplace. Photorankr is a revolutionary social network and marketplace solution for photographers and image buyers. We offer photographers the ability to share their photos, sell their photos, and manage their entire photography business all within one network. We give photographers the tools (their own customizable profile and portfolio website & domain), exposure (through our fully featured social network), and quality feedback (through photography contests, and commenting) to grow their photography businesses. Buyers are able to search our photography not only by traditional means, but also socially and locally. In addition, Photorankr's crowdsourcing image marketplace and hiring a photographer marketplace will easily connect buyers with any of their photography needs.

The Skillery

Seed Round in 2012
The Skillery is an online marketplace for affordable, offline classes and workshops led by experts in your community. The Skillery began in 2011 as an open marketplace for local, offline classes. It's evolved into a more focused, curated home for classes and workshops that serve the community that naturally grew up around us: creative entrepreneurs, freelancers and independent professionals. Some of our best-received events -- including The Skillery EXPO and creative entrepreneur-focused Nashville Creativity Summit -- informed the thrust of both The Skillery's flexible coworking space and robust schedule of classes and workshops: helping creative professionals broaden their abilities and grow their businesses, while highlighting the work they do and the brands they're building.

SourceYourCity

Seed Round in 2012
SourceYourCity is a service that connects reporters with experts through confidential news sourcing in real-time. Unlike other services that connect reporters with experts on a national level, SourceYourCity focuses on making local connections. To achieve this, we designed a platform that gives reporters total control over their communications with an engaged audience of experts in their own city. Currently, SourceYourCity is located only in Nashville, Tenn. as its pilot market. By catering to three unique user-types—reporter, expert and PR pro—SourceYourCity seeks to create a better experience for both the report and expert/PR user than current competitors provide. This is accomplished by delivering relevant opportunities to experts based on both topic and location, while giving reporters access to a targeted professional community that delivers better source referrals in a manageable volume. SourceYourCity is led by Founder, President Neely Burks. Email us at team@sourceyourcity.com or Tweet us at @sycnash.

OurVinyl

Seed Round in 2012
OurVinyl TV, Inc. operates an online platform that allows users to discover and share music through various mediums, including video and written content. Established in 2009 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, the platform features both original content and contributions from other filmmakers and music blogs. It focuses on showcasing live performances by both emerging and established artists, providing users with an authentic experience of music in its raw form. Users can easily navigate the extensive library of music videos by genre or artist, enhancing their appreciation for a diverse range of musical styles. OurVinyl aims to make a significant impact in the music industry by offering a unique way for fans, artists, and producers to connect through their shared passion for music.

Urge

Seed Round in 2012
URGE is a point of decision mobile savings platform that incorporates innovative game mechanics, principles of behavioral science, and social networking to promote financial well-being. Through URGE, consumers immediately realize the benefit of making small tradeoffs of foregoing impulse purchases by enabling real time micro-transfers from a checking account to an URGE savings account. URGE is a product of Tradeoff, LLC, a Nashville based mobile behavior change company founded in February 2010.

Cold Crate

Seed Round in 2011
At Cold Crate, we have developed an innovative and new reusable packaging solution that allows items, such as biopharmaceuticals, to stay at a set temperature for 14 days with utmost accuracy.

meevl

Seed Round in 2011
Meevl helps companies to increase brand awareness and engage their employees at the same time. * HOW IT WORKS? * Let your employees receive curated email digest with your latest activity on social networks. * WHY TO USE MEEVL? * Who could better represent your brand than the people who help create it? Be it employees, investors, fans or other stakeholders involved.

RentStuff

Seed Round in 2011
RentStuff.com connects people looking to rent items to suitable local rental companies. It helps users to search, find and compare rental items. RentStuff.com acts like your own personal assistant in order to take the hassle and wasted time out of the rental process. Tell RentStuff a few details of what you're looking for and they will comb a database of nearly 20,000 rental shops to help you get the best deal. Rental companies are given the opportunity to contact new customers directly with their best quote while you sit back, relax and let them compete for your business.

Wannado

Seed Round in 2011
Wannado Inc. is a technology company based in Nashville, Tennessee, that provides a platform for users to discover and share information about local events and activities. Founded in 2011, the company offers a mobile application that allows clients to post, link, store, and share various types of content, including information about things to do, food and drink, and family activities. Wannado aims to streamline the event discovery process, helping consumers spend less time searching for activities and more time engaging in them. The company's innovative tools also support local event organizers and promoters in reaching their target audiences effectively. The mobile app has gained recognition, being named the "Best Mobile App" in Nashville's 2013 Best of Tech awards.

Daio

Seed Round in 2011
Daio is powerful prototyping, collaboration, and review for design teams and their clients. Make screens. Add stencils. Show clients. Get feedback. Lather, rinse, repeat. They’ve painstakingly streamlined DAIO to focus on getting the basics done fast!. Build incredibly touchable, scrollable, interactive prototypes for the iPhone, iPad, desktop, & web. Start USING your existing sketches or high-fidelity designs on real phones & tablets today. Invite team members to collaborate on your prototypes, review changes, comment on screens, and plan the future of your projects through multiple iterations online. Send clients interactive demos that they can use and understand. No sign in or installs required. Get faster approvals & better feedback with less confusion.

Concert Genetics

Seed Round in 2010
Concert Genetics helps physicians order genetic tests by providing them with the information they need to find the right test for their patients quickly and efficiently. Today, physicians can utilize genetic tests to diagnose over 2,000 diseases. A proper diagnosis leads to more effective treatment and improved clinical outcomes. However, most physicians are not trained in genetics and have little understanding of how to utilize these tests. Concert Genetics is filling this gap with the creation of a one-stop, web-based marketplace that physicians can utilize as resources for all their genetic testing needs. Through this tool, we will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the market between physicians and genetic reference labs.

Bizen

Seed Round in 2010
Helping business owners make better decisions. Improving the efficiency of local commerce may sound like a grandiose goal, but we feel it is completely doable. We believe in a world with more business owners, not less. In order to have more business owners, we need to help small businesses be more successful. And right now, only the big guys are enjoying the efficiencies that come from better data, more advanced tools and automated integration. Bizen changes the efficiency of local commerce: Provides peace of mind to franchise and small-business owners by helping them spot sales trends and measure key performance indicators Integrates directly with point-of-sale systems Sends SMS “CliffsNotes” to business owners summarizing each day’s data Bizen was born directly from our need while managing our own franchise locations. After receiving seed funding from Jumpstart Foundry, we have converted our exclusive tools into a software service available to retail and food-service franchises. Bizen was founded by Jackson Miller and is currently incubating at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.