Jumpstart Foundry

Jumpstart Foundry is a venture capital firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in seed-stage investments in the healthcare sector. Founded in 2010, the firm focuses on healthcare information technology, consumer health products and services, as well as tech-enabled services and diagnostic devices, while avoiding investments in biotech, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences. Jumpstart Foundry typically invests up to $0.15 million per company for a 7.5 percent equity stake. The firm operates a 14-week accelerator program for startups, alongside a six-week Micro-Accelerator program designed for small to medium-sized companies and corporations. With a mission to enhance healthcare innovation, Jumpstart Foundry connects its portfolio companies with industry stakeholders and provides strategic guidance on marketing and growth. Additionally, the firm has an office in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a subsidiary of Solidus Company.

Doug Edwards

Managing Director

Eller Mallchok

Managing Director

Past deals in Wellness

Boom

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Boom is an AI-powered mental health platform specifically designed for college students to improve well-being and academic success. The platform provides tailored resources through daily polls, a mental health quiz, AI-driven journaling, and a mood tracker, delivering insights that help students navigate stress and mental health challenges. Boom partners with universities to offer students personalized micro-content and tools that foster emotional resilience. With its innovative approach, Boom supports both students and institutions in improving mental health outcomes while maintaining user privacy and engagement.

Innovative Wellness Systems

Seed Round in 2023
Innovative Wellness Systems is a data analytics company specializing in human mobility and biomechanical footwear technology. The company's flagship product, WellSol, is a smart insole designed to track and analyze foot biomechanics, guiding users in injury recovery and enhancing athletic performance through precise data collection. By offering footwear design, analysis software, and wellness program management tools, Innovative Wellness Systems empowers healthcare providers and fitness professionals to improve overall health and wellness outcomes for their clients.

breathing.ai

Seed Round in 2023
Breathing.ai is a digital health social enterprise focused on enhancing human health and well-being through innovative technology. It offers a patented browser extension designed to integrate healthy habits seamlessly into users' daily screen interactions. The extension provides brief reminders for breaks and employs scientifically validated exercises to help reduce stress and enhance performance. Additionally, it features optional vital sign monitoring using a webcam and machine learning techniques. By prioritizing user well-being and productivity without increasing screen time, Breathing.ai aims to assist individuals in managing stress levels and promoting overall health.

Guardian Lane

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Guardian Lane is a digital platform specializing in children's mental health, specifically focusing on grief counseling. It offers on-demand video projects and resources, created by experienced therapists nationwide, to help children process and express their emotions, and manage stress in a timely manner. The platform also facilitates community support and tele-counseling services.

Wareologie

Seed Round in 2023
Wareologie develops adaptive equipment aimed at enhancing the well-being and independence of individuals with physical limitations. The company focuses on creating self-care and rehabilitation procedures that facilitate patient recuperation. By providing easy-to-use devices, Wareologie enables improved physical activity and self-care, thus allowing the healthcare market to deliver better care at a reduced cost.

SleepSpace

Seed Round in 2023
SleepSpace is a pioneering company that has developed the first Sleep Operating System aimed at transforming the smart bedroom with integrated technologies. By harnessing the science of sound, vibration, and light, SleepSpace enhances the sleep experience and offers more accurate sleep measurements than traditional wearables. Its proprietary nearable sensing technology allows smartphones to function as smart beds, providing valuable insights for both users and clinicians. The company's platform enables healthcare professionals to deliver personalized sleep programs while gaining comprehensive data on patients' sleep patterns. SleepSpace has established partnerships with major mattress brands, hotels, and corporate wellness initiatives, underscoring its commitment to improving sleep health. Additionally, the company has received substantial funding through grants from the National Institutes of Health, further validating its innovative approach to sleep improvement.

AssayMe

Pre Seed Round in 2023
AssayMe is a personal wellness and health assistant that empowers patients to monitor their health conditions and prevent potential medical issues through an easy-to-use, at-home urine test. The company provides proprietary urine test strips and technology that allow users to conduct tests and interpret results within minutes. In addition to the testing, AssayMe offers an AI-driven survey that gathers users' medical histories and delivers personalized recommendations directly to their phones, including dietary suggestions and exercise prompts. This approach enables individuals to manage their health conveniently and accurately, fostering proactive health management from the comfort of their own homes.

Elite Sweets

Seed Round in 2023
Elite Sweets is a manufacturer of protein-packed donuts that are supposed to be a healthier alternative to sweets. The company's donuts are baked, gluten-free, protein-packed, and produced with low-sugar and keto-friendly ingredients, allowing customers to enjoy treats regardless of their diet or health situation.

Welfie

Seed Round in 2023
Welfie is a health-focused platform designed to assist K-12 schools in addressing contemporary health challenges faced by children. The company provides health data assessments, insights, and resources to empower parents, healthcare providers, and community leaders in making informed health decisions for kids. By adopting a whole-child approach, Welfie's comprehensive platform emphasizes various aspects of children's well-being, including social, emotional, and mental health, as well as essential physical health areas like heart health, nutrition, fitness, and diabetes management. This multifaceted approach aims to enhance the overall health and well-being of children within the school environment.

Perceptron Health

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Perceptron Health is a healthcare technology company that enhances primary care physicians' diagnostic capabilities and extends specialists' reach, ensuring patients receive improved healthcare access regardless of their location. The company develops AI-based clinical decision support tools that facilitate laryngoscopy and provide a comprehensive range of diagnostics, including diabetic retinopathy screening. By integrating telehealth services with advanced diagnostics and eConsultations, Perceptron Health enables physicians to deliver effective patient care, particularly for those managing chronic conditions like diabetes. This innovative approach aims to empower patients to lead healthier lives through better access to specialty care.

Wingwomen

Seed Round in 2023
Wingwomen is a digital health company that provides comprehensive support for women's reproductive health. The company offers a range of services, including virtual and in-person care in gynecology, family planning, health coaching, and doula support. Wingwomen's platform is designed to enhance reproductive health literacy and offers specialized programs for women dealing with conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, and diabetes. Additionally, it provides fertility-focused prenatal and post-natal health coaching, ensuring that women receive the necessary guidance and support throughout their health journeys. By combining these services, Wingwomen aims to empower women with the knowledge and resources they need to navigate their reproductive health effectively.

Behaivior

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Behaivior LLC is a digital health company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, focused on predicting and preventing addiction relapses through innovative technology. Founded in 2017, Behaivior integrates wearable devices with machine learning algorithms to analyze real-time data from various physiological metrics, such as heart rate and skin temperature. The company’s platform, known as Recovery, employs this data to deliver timely interventions tailored to the needs of individuals in recovery. By utilizing a SaaS business model, Behaivior aims to democratize mental health recovery and support, assisting users in maintaining their wellness while enabling care providers to enhance their service delivery. Through its proactive approach, Behaivior seeks to improve mental health outcomes and reduce crisis events associated with addiction.

Undahealth

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Undahealth is a wellness center that specializes in developing a telehealth platform aimed at providing personalized healthcare solutions to combat the rise of chronic diseases. The company focuses on delivering genomic-based healthcare services by utilizing an innovative healthcare monitoring application. This platform enables patients to access and understand their genetic information through the collection of genomic data via an at-home kit. Undahealth is committed to making personalized healthcare accessible and affordable for all, thereby addressing the evolving healthcare needs of individuals globally.

Xcellent Life

Seed Round in 2022
Xcellent Life is focused on developing the Xcellent Life Cloud Platform (XLCP), an innovative solution designed to integrate biometric sensors, mobile applications, and software systems within the healthcare and wellness sectors. By leveraging real-time data from a diverse range of sources, Xcellent Life aims to transform how healthcare services are delivered, enhancing the efficiency of diagnostics and reducing healthcare-related costs. The company's artificial intelligence-based platform allows healthcare professionals to access critical health information quickly, ultimately improving patient outcomes and streamlining the overall healthcare experience.

Wingwomen

Seed Round in 2022
Wingwomen is a digital health company that provides comprehensive support for women's reproductive health. The company offers a range of services, including virtual and in-person care in gynecology, family planning, health coaching, and doula support. Wingwomen's platform is designed to enhance reproductive health literacy and offers specialized programs for women dealing with conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, and diabetes. Additionally, it provides fertility-focused prenatal and post-natal health coaching, ensuring that women receive the necessary guidance and support throughout their health journeys. By combining these services, Wingwomen aims to empower women with the knowledge and resources they need to navigate their reproductive health effectively.

Maro

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Maro is an education technology company focused on enhancing student success by addressing mental and reproductive health issues. They collaborate with schools and families to provide essential physical and mental health care, ensuring that students can overcome obstacles and return to their studies. By leveraging digital media and data, Maro aims to raise awareness about mental health and reproductive issues, helping to prevent public health crises through early intervention and risk detection. Their platform facilitates school-based mental health screenings and triaged interventions, transforming how students and the adults in their lives engage with mental wellness and sex education.

Xcellent Life

Seed Round in 2022
Xcellent Life is focused on developing the Xcellent Life Cloud Platform (XLCP), an innovative solution designed to integrate biometric sensors, mobile applications, and software systems within the healthcare and wellness sectors. By leveraging real-time data from a diverse range of sources, Xcellent Life aims to transform how healthcare services are delivered, enhancing the efficiency of diagnostics and reducing healthcare-related costs. The company's artificial intelligence-based platform allows healthcare professionals to access critical health information quickly, ultimately improving patient outcomes and streamlining the overall healthcare experience.

Prezence

Convertible Note in 2021
Prezence is a digital wellness company founded in 2018 and based in Boston, MA, that focuses on transforming technology into a source of strength through the concept of Digital Mindfulness. The company offers a digital wellness application that assists users in realigning their daily mindset by incorporating mindfulness practices into their routines. Through its platform, users can engage in a sixty-second mindfulness pause at the beginning and end of each day, as well as access meditation resources. Prezence aims to provide individuals with the best content, tools, and immersive experiences to manage anxiety, navigate stress, and enhance overall well-being.

SageSurfer

Seed Round in 2021
SageSurfer operates a mental healthcare platform designed to empower individuals in overcoming behavioral health challenges by fostering collaboration among their caregivers. The platform facilitates comprehensive, coordinated, and outcome-driven personalized care for mental health and addiction treatment. It enables consumers to actively participate in their care planning, ensuring they have a stronger voice in their treatment process. By centering the consumer in the recovery plan and providing access to their entire care team, SageSurfer aims to create a supportive healthcare environment where individuals are not alone in their journey towards recovery and can easily access help when needed.

InovCares

Pre Seed Round in 2021
InovCares is a behavior change platform focused on improving health outcomes for women, particularly women of color. The company offers access to culturally sensitive clinicians through a comprehensive online healthcare service that facilitates virtual consultations with medical professionals. InovCares integrates real-time metabolic health data with telehealth services, computer vision, and artificial intelligence, creating a personalized and connected care experience. By utilizing patented technology, InovCares streamlines the management of health for Black and Latin women, allowing them to consolidate their medical records, wearable data, genomic information, and lifestyle guidance. This approach aims to empower women to spend less time managing their health and more time focusing on maintaining it, while also providing a supportive community and patient engagement rewards.

One Stop Wellness

Pre Seed Round in 2021
One Stop Wellness is a company that provides an on-demand health literacy platform aimed at encouraging employees to adopt healthy habits. The platform helps companies improve overall population health risks and reduce healthcare costs by offering a comprehensive workplace wellness app. This app allows employees to track their chronic risk factors and receive personalized guidance to enhance their wellbeing. Additionally, the platform engages employees with simple mental and physical well-being activities through customized on-demand classes, innovative technology, and actionable analytics. By doing so, it enables organizations to boost employee engagement and performance through recognition, meaningful interaction, and lifestyle-based interventions.

Samata Health

Convertible Note in 2021
Samata Health is a personalized mental health care platform designed for growing teams of various sizes. The company focuses on providing high-quality mental health benefits with no barriers to access. It offers online appointment booking for one-on-one therapy sessions and team therapy talks, catering to the mental wellness needs of organizations. By utilizing a usage-based pricing model, Samata Health ensures that businesses can easily integrate mental health support into their employee benefits, promoting overall well-being through accessible telemedicine solutions.

Aila

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Aila is a wellness brand that specializes in active nutrition supplements, offering unique plant-based, superfood vitamin blends designed to support individuals in their active lifestyles. The company focuses on providing natural and holistic products that enhance energy levels, catering to a wide range of activities from running to yoga. Aila's offerings are free from artificial ingredients and are made available through an online platform, ensuring convenient access to organic products for customers. By merging performance and wellness, Aila emphasizes the importance of energy in everyday moments, empowering individuals to pursue their activities with vigor and vitality.

Junum

Convertible Note in 2020
Junum is a technology company focused on enhancing clinical nutrition care to improve patient outcomes. It develops innovative tools that capture and leverage nutrition data, enabling healthcare providers to effectively address malnutrition. By integrating its intuitive solutions within existing electronic health record (EHR) workflows, Junum ensures that clinicians have easy access to essential nutrition insights. This capability allows hospitals to better understand and manage malnutrition, ultimately maximizing the value of their clinical teams, improving revenue, and enhancing patient care.

Lena Health

Seed Round in 2020
Lena Health is a developer of a text-based virtual assistant platform designed to assist patients, particularly those with chronic conditions. The platform utilizes conversational AI technology, supplemented by human support, to streamline care coordination and navigation tasks. By offering a SMS-text live chat option, Lena Health allows clinics to reduce long call queues, enabling patients to schedule appointments more conveniently. Additionally, the platform serves value-based care organizations and payers, helping them enhance medication adherence and improve overall health outcomes for their members. Through this innovative solution, Lena Health aims to facilitate a more efficient management of health tasks and improve patient engagement in their care.

Nouri Life

Seed Round in 2019
Nouri Life, LLC is a health-focused company based in Conyers, Georgia, founded in 2018. It specializes in the production of probiotic blends encapsulated in flower-based Omega capsules. The company's flagship product, Nouri’s Probiotic & Omega - 3,6,9, is designed to support both brain and gut health, catering to individuals seeking to enhance their mental and physical well-being. Nouri Life distributes its products through an online platform, making them accessible to a global audience.

FitBliss

Angel Round in 2016
FitBliss, Inc. is a company that develops a SaaS-based employee well-being platform designed to enhance employee wellness and productivity. Established in 2015 and located in San Jose, California, FitBliss offers a range of features including wellbeing gamification, health education, and personalized health management. The platform seamlessly integrates with numerous consumer health trackers and applications, providing a user-friendly experience that links health data to work performance. Additionally, FitBliss collaborates with popular tools like Slack and Salesforce to track employees' health data over time, facilitating the sharing of health-based suggestions and experiences. By focusing on health recommendations and wellness insights, the company enables organizations to support their employees with access to health coaching, ultimately aiming to improve productivity in real-time.

Recoup

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Recoup Fitness is a Denver-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in innovative muscle recovery products aimed at both professional athletes and general consumers. The company seeks to bridge the gap between high-end professional training tools and accessible at-home recovery solutions. Recoup Fitness focuses on developing products that combine icing and rolling massage techniques, creating compact devices that can be easily held in one hand. These products are designed to provide effective relief for sore muscles and injuries while ensuring affordability and accessibility for a wider audience. By prioritizing innovation, Recoup Fitness aims to become a leading name in muscle recovery and injury treatment and prevention.

Spiras Health

Seed Round in 2015
Spiras Health is a healthcare organization focused on delivering specialized treatment to patients facing complex chronic conditions in their homes. The company provides clinical services through a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, ensuring personalized care tailored to individual needs. Utilizing telehealth, two-way digital communications, and remote patient monitoring, Spiras Health enhances the quality of life for its patients while effectively reducing the costs associated with unnecessary hospitalizations. The organization is committed to delivering compassionate and specialized home-based care, aiming to improve patient outcomes and overall well-being.

Intelligent Exercise Systems

Seed Round in 2015
Intelligent Exercise, LLC is dedicated to improving overall physical performance and quality of life through movement and fitness. The company informs individuals through physical awareness, biomechanics and efficiency of movement. They create thoughtful and challenging workouts that integrate into activities of daily life, improving overall movement performance for athletes and special needs clients alike.

Reemo Health

Seed Round in 2015
Reemo Health, Inc. is a Minneapolis-based company that specializes in wearable technology tailored for seniors, including stroke victims and wheelchair-bound individuals. Established in 2018, Reemo Health develops a smartwatch that enhances independent living by enabling users to monitor their daily activities while providing caregivers with valuable insights into their health. The company's remote mobile health platform connects real-time personal health data with support networks, fostering improved health and wellness outcomes. By promoting proactive health engagement and facilitating seamless communication, Reemo Health aims to enhance the experiences of its users and support earlier interventions when necessary. The company's products are available for purchase online.
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