Jumpstart Nova

Jumpstart Nova is the institutional, strategic seed fund of the Jumpstart Health Investors platform. The firm focuses on investing in seed and Series A healthcare companies across sectors such as Health IT, Digital Health, Tech-enabled Services, Consumer Health and Wellness, and Medicaid Services. Their mission is to support founders who are dedicated to improving healthcare in America by building impactful businesses.

The firm is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and Los Angeles, California, bringing geographic and experiential diversity to healthcare investing. Jumpstart Nova partners closely with founders, offering capital and strategic support to help them build great and impactful healthcare businesses. Their team comprises experienced healthcare venture investors with over a decade of leadership in early-stage healthcare venture investing.

Jumpstart Nova's investment criteria include exceptional founders in C-level positions with a board seat, companies in the specified sectors, and a check size ranging from $250,000 to $4,000,000. They primarily invest in U.S.-based companies at the seed and Series A stages, aiming to address the chronic underinvestment in Black founders by healthcare venture capital firms. Their performance has elevated them to be the institutional, strategic seed fund on the Jumpstart Health Investors platform.