JumpStart
Investments
172Portfolio Exits
15Funds
8Partners & Customers
9About JumpStart
JumpStart is committed to strengthening the economy through entrepreneurship. The nonprofit has been accelerating the successes of diverse entrepreneurs, their high-growth companies, and the ecosystems that support them since 2004.
JumpStart Headquarter Location
6701 Carnegie Ave Suite 100
Cleveland, Ohio, 44103,
United States
216-363-3400
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Latest JumpStart News
Jun 24, 2022
FinSMEs Search for: Unify Jobs , a Cleveland, OH-based equitable hiring technology company, raised $4.5M in Seed funding. The round was led by North Coast Ventures with participation from Jumpstart and several other Cleveland-based investors. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach. Led by longtime Cleveland tech entrepreneur Stephen McHale, Unify Jobs provides an equitable hiring technology platform, FlashHired, whose skills and interest-based matching system for hiring eliminates the bias inherent in resume technology while masking job seeker identities until both stakeholders have expressed interest. FlashHired was developed and patented by Unify Labs over two years and 35,000 R&D hours. FinSMEs
JumpStart Investments
172 Investments
JumpStart has made 172 investments. Their latest investment was in Orthobrain as part of their Series A on March 3, 2022.
JumpStart Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/7/2022 | Series A | Orthobrain | $9M | Yes | CareCapital, JobsOhio, and Undisclosed Investors | 7 |
9/24/2021 | Series C | Aware | $60M | No | Allos Ventures, Blue Heron Capital, Draper Triangle Ventures, GS Growth, JobsOhio, Ohio Innovation Fund, Rev1 Ventures, Spring Mountain Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | 5 |
9/1/2021 | Seed VC | Renalis | $0.82M | Yes | 1 | |
7/7/2021 | Seed VC | |||||
7/1/2021 | Series A |
Date | 3/7/2022 | 9/24/2021 | 9/1/2021 | 7/7/2021 | 7/1/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series A | Series C | Seed VC | Seed VC | Series A |
Company | Orthobrain | Aware | Renalis | ||
Amount | $9M | $60M | $0.82M | ||
New? | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | CareCapital, JobsOhio, and Undisclosed Investors | Allos Ventures, Blue Heron Capital, Draper Triangle Ventures, GS Growth, JobsOhio, Ohio Innovation Fund, Rev1 Ventures, Spring Mountain Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | |||
Sources | 7 | 5 | 1 |
JumpStart Portfolio Exits
15 Portfolio Exits
JumpStart has 15 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Segmint on March 28, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/28/2022 | Acquired | 3 | |||
1/11/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
3/2/2021 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 3/28/2022 | 1/11/2022 | 3/2/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 3 | 1 | 2 |
JumpStart Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
JumpStart acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was HF Food Technologies on March 06, 2007.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/6/2007 | Acquired |
Date | 3/6/2007 |
|---|---|
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Companies | |
Valuation | |
Total Funding | |
Note | Acquired |
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JumpStart Fund History
8 Fund Histories
JumpStart has 8 funds, including JumpStart Inclusion and Diversity Tech Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/20/2016 | JumpStart Inclusion and Diversity Tech Fund | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | 1 | |
11/10/2015 | JumpStart NEXT Fund | ||||
12/31/2003 | JumpStart Inc. | ||||
4/1/2001 | JS Fund I | ||||
Focus Fund |
Closing Date | 4/20/2016 | 11/10/2015 | 12/31/2003 | 4/1/2001 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | JumpStart Inclusion and Diversity Tech Fund | JumpStart NEXT Fund | JumpStart Inc. | JS Fund I | Focus Fund |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital | ||||
Status | Closed | ||||
Amount | |||||
Sources | 1 |
JumpStart Partners & Customers
9 Partners and customers
JumpStart has 9 strategic partners and customers. JumpStart recently partnered with FocusCFO on December 12, 2019.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/3/2019 | Partner | United States | FocusCFO Joins JumpStart’s Preferred Partner Program - FocusCFO As a JumpStart preferred partner , FocusCFO will carefully select one of its experienced CFOs to work onsite with each client . | 1 | |
2/11/2019 | Partner | ||||
12/3/2018 | Partner | ||||
7/2/2018 | Partner | ||||
10/22/2017 | Partner |
Date | 12/3/2019 | 2/11/2019 | 12/3/2018 | 7/2/2018 | 10/22/2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | ||||
News Snippet | FocusCFO Joins JumpStart’s Preferred Partner Program - FocusCFO As a JumpStart preferred partner , FocusCFO will carefully select one of its experienced CFOs to work onsite with each client . | ||||
Sources | 1 |
JumpStart Team
7 Team Members
JumpStart has 7 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Ray Leach.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Ray Leach | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Jonathan Grimm | Chief Financial Officer | Current | |
Matthew Miller | Managing Partner | Current | |
Rebecca Braun | Chief Operating Officer | Former | |
Thomas Ruhe | Executive Vice President | Former |
Name | Ray Leach | Jonathan Grimm | Matthew Miller | Rebecca Braun | Thomas Ruhe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | Chief Financial Officer | Managing Partner | Chief Operating Officer | Executive Vice President |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Former | Former |
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