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We provide valuable services and crucial investment capital to help grow businesses.

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JumpStart is an active venture capital investor, helping entrepreneurs access the funding they need to grow their high-potential startups.

Services

Our personalized business assistance is designed to help startups and small businesses overcome the obstacles standing in the way of growth.

Programs

Our structured programs fulfill specific needs for specific types of companies, while helping entrepreneurs focus on what really matters.

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Wednesday

Jun. 16

Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Founding A Private Equity Firm

Join us on June 16 at 12 p.m. EST via Zoom as part of the…

Wednesday

Jun. 23

Stuck at Start 102- Entrepreneur Workshop

Building from the basics this workshop helps existing early-stage business owners establish the proper mental…

Wednesday

Jun. 23

Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Leading An Innovative Medical Device Company

Join us on June 23 at 12 p.m. ET via Zoom as part of the…

Wednesday

Jun. 30

Founders Unfiltered: A Conversation with Amy Husted

Join us on Wednesday, June 30th for the reboot of Founders Unfiltered, a series of…

Wednesday

Jun. 30

Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Leading Healthcare Organizations

Join us on June 30 at 12 p.m. ET via Zoom as part of the…

Wednesday

Jul. 14

Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Teaching Tech on YouTube

Join us on July 14 at 12 p.m. ET via Zoom as part of the…

Wednesday

Jul. 21

Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Startups & Early Stage Investing

Join us on July 21 at 12 p.m. ET via Zoom as part of the…

Thursday

Jul. 22

Caffeinated Ideas

Do you have a great business idea, or do you already have a business and…

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From venture-backed tech startups to traditional small businesses, we work with hundreds of high-potential companies each year.

Faithful Homes

Faithful Homes was founded 21 years ago as a provider of residential care and non-medical transportation for adults with special needs. Faithful Homes maintains a fleet of clean, professionally-serviced passenger…

Inspiron Logistics

Inspiron Logistics develops and sells a proprietary Wireless Emergency Notification System ("WENS"). WENS provides educational institutions, governments and corporations with the ability to send high priority, high speed and high…

Aware

Aware’s flagship Risk Management suite offers AI-infused governance, compliance and monitoring for enterprise organizations deploying today’s leading collaboration and messaging platforms, including Workplace by Facebook, Microsoft Teams and Yammer. Aware…

SoLo Funds

This Cincinnati-based startup has created a mobile peer to peer lending exchange that provides affordable access to loans up to $1,000, allowing users to lend to or borrow from anyone…

Wireless Environment

Wireless Environment designs light-emitting diode (LED) lighting products that improve the convenience and energy efficiency of current lighting solutions. The company makes LED lights with controls such as motion sensors,…

BioMendics

BioMendics has developed wound-healing formulations that blend liquid crystals with natural products to produce a cutting-edge accelerated healing product for wound care. Their lead product, TegSure™, targets all phases of…

Embrace Pet Insurance

Embrace Pet Insurance is an e-commerce, specialist insurance company selling pet insurance directly to pet owners. With core expertise in internet marketing and insurance product design and pricing, Embrace combines…

Zuga Medical

Zuga Medical is a medical device company developing a series of proprietary products, accessories and programs to make dental implants simpler and more cost-effective. The company’s FDA-approved Zuga® implant system…

Freshly Rooted

Put simply, Alysha Ellis is transforming lives. In 2015, The Cleveland State MBA student teamed with her mother to found Freshly Rooted, a foundational vehicle aimed at empowering individuals to…

Axuall

Axuall is a digital network for verifying identity, credentials and authenticity in real-time. The companies solutions address a multibillion-dollar need to eliminate waste, prevent fraud, manage risk, and meet the…

LISNR

LISNR is a Cincinnati-based firm developing an ultra-high frequency audio-tone communication protocol for a range of proximity-based applications including a range of consumer/audience messaging applications, access & security, broadcast & second…

Connie’s Affogato

Taking inspiration from his grandmother Connie’s love of cultural exploration, and a semester spent as a teaching assistant in Italy, Jason Minter founded Connie’s Affogato, an ice cream truck for…

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