Jumpstart Foundry

Jumpstart Foundry is an investment firm that funds and supports early-stage healthcare companies. It is a healthcare innovation fund driven by a mission to make something better. JSF connects companies with strong industry stakeholders, consults them on strategic marketing plans and advises around talent and growth. Jumpstart Foundry was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Eller Mallchok

Managing Director

Past deals in Tennessee

Hopdoc

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Hopdoc is a healthcare technology company founded in 2020 and based in Tennessee, United States. The platform is designed to enhance communication between doctors and their patients, offering a private-label patient engagement application that is easy to deploy. Hopdoc specializes in customized patient engagement solutions, including Electronic Health Records (EHR), practice management, billing, and payment platforms. Additionally, the company provides a dedicated app development team to support healthcare providers in improving patient care while minimizing costs and development time. Through these services, Hopdoc aims to empower healthcare providers to deliver higher quality care to their patients.

Ruth Clinic

Seed Round in 2019
Ruth Clinic Inc. is a medical practice based in Columbia, Tennessee, focused on helping individuals recover from opioid abuse disorder. The clinic offers a range of services, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT), which combines medical review, psychological support, and counseling. Patients receive personalized care from a dedicated physician and counselor, along with necessary prescription medications. In addition to clinical services, Ruth Clinic provides a learning center aimed at supporting overall well-being and recovery. The clinic accepts cash and credit card payments for its services.

AffirmHealth

Seed Round in 2016
AffirmHealth Inc. is a Nashville-based company that develops workflow integration and automation software aimed at assisting healthcare providers in adhering to state-controlled substance monitoring programs to combat prescription drug abuse. Founded in 2016, the company also offers advanced care planning software designed to enhance population health and generate revenue for medical practices. Its platform includes a huddle tool that outlines actionable tasks for physicians based on payer contracts and specific quality measures, ultimately improving the patient experience. By leveraging technology, AffirmHealth enables clinicians to concentrate on delivering quality care to their patients.

Pro Hydration Therapy

Seed Round in 2015
Pro Hydration Therapy, Inc. is a Nashville-based company that specializes in providing hydration therapy services, particularly for athletes. The company offers intravenous (IV) hydration therapy, which is recognized as a fast and efficient method for delivering fluids, electrolytes, and supplements essential for athletic recovery. In addition, Pro Hydration Therapy provides B-12 shots that support the nervous system, improve sleep quality, and promote overall health by aiding in cell growth and reducing the risk of various health issues, including high blood pressure and certain cancers. This individualized approach to hydration therapy aims to ensure safe and effective treatment tailored to the needs of its clients.

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.

Boomalang

Seed Round in 2014
Boomalang is an online language exchange platform that facilitates connections between native speakers worldwide, enhancing cultural understanding and conversational fluency. Launched in 2014 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, the platform offers a technology-driven environment where users can engage in video chats tailored to their interests. By simulating a natural language learning experience through guided conversation, Boomalang enables users to improve their language skills effectively.

InvisionHeart

Seed Round in 2013
InvisionHeart is a company focused on enhancing cardiac care through its innovative hardware and software system designed to capture and manage cardiac data. Originating from research conducted by physicians and engineers at Vanderbilt University, the technology addresses real-world clinical challenges faced by heart patients. InvisionHeart offers a mobile electrocardiograph system that allows a network of healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and technicians, to securely access and annotate patient electrocardiogram tracings. The company's leadership, consisting of experienced professionals in both software and hardware development, along with a strong clinical advisory team, is dedicated to improving the care of heart patients in diverse environments.

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.

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.

Concert Genetics

Seed Round in 2010
Concert Genetics, Inc. is a healthcare information technology company based in Franklin, Tennessee, that specializes in providing software and analytical tools to simplify and unify genetic testing processes for various stakeholders, including hospitals, health systems, patients, clinicians, health plans, laboratories, and regulatory organizations in the United States. The company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of genetic test selection, ordering, payment, and management operations. Its offerings include solutions for claim-to-test matching, medical policy compliance, and laboratory contracting support for health plans, as well as utilization management and health plan policy lookup for hospitals. Additionally, Concert Genetics provides business intelligence reports for laboratories and resources for clinicians, including genetic test searches. The Concert Genetics Benefit Program further enables health plans to facilitate access to clinically appropriate genetic testing while improving payment integrity. Founded in 2010 and originally known as NextGxDx Inc., the company rebranded in 2017 and has established a strategic partnership with Trapelo Health.
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