JumpStart is an active venture capital investor, helping entrepreneurs access the funding they need to grow their high-potential startups.
We deploy pre-seed and seed venture capital to help entrepreneurs turn their innovative ideas into high-growth companies.
We invest in people. We look for entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence in all that they do, have skin in the game and the ambition to grow aggressively. We’re also focused on funding diverse entrepreneurs to help us build a stronger portfolio and a stronger community.
We maintain the following funds to support the growth of high-potential startups and small businesses.
Through our nonprofit Evergreen Fund, we invest seed capital in the highest potential companies across Northern Ohio.
Our Focus Fund invests seed capital in tech-based companies led by female entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color throughout Ohio.
The JumpStart NEXT Fund is a for-profit venture fund focused on early-stage technology startups located in Ohio.
More than $61 million invested by JumpStart into 125 portfolio companies
We can connect entrepreneurs to numerous other pre-seed, seed and early-stage sources of venture capital across Northeast Ohio and beyond.
We help our portfolio companies define their strategy, set milestones, understand their valuation and make the best use of their resources.
We open the door to an extensive network of mentors and advisors to surround founders with a support team focused on their success.