JumpStart Inc. | Entrepreneur Resources & Ecosystem Support

For Entrepreneurs

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

Funding

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.

Upcoming Events

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Wednesday

Feb. 19

Happy Hour with the Core City: Cleveland Team

Looking to grow your business? Interested in applying for assistance from JumpStart? Come grab a…

Friday

Feb. 21

CSU Startup Vikes 2020

Experience entrepreneurship in action. In just one weekend, we help build businesses using lean startup…

Friday

Feb. 21

Build A Budget Workshop

Start 2020 with a budget. Build a budget with step by step instructions based on…

Friday

Feb. 28

Amazon Small Business Academy

If you are a small business owner or thinking about starting your own business, attend…

Friday

Mar. 6

Top 10 Practices To Keep Your QuickBooks Online File Squeaky Clean

Correct data entry, sales receipts, vendor data entry errors, find missing bills, reconcile all accounts…

Friday

Mar. 20

Business Financials And Best Practices For Non-Financial People

Know the 3 parts of a Balance Sheet and 3 parts of Profit and Loss,…

Thursday

Mar. 26

Stark County Pitch Competition

Join us on Thursday, March 26 to support ten Stark County entrepreneurs as they pitch…

Friday

Apr. 3

How To Use Your Financial Statements To Make Sound Business Decisions

Identify what is important information for your small business, understand a simple Chart of Accounts(COA),…

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Our Companies

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

Rust Belt Riders

Rust Belt Riders is a worker-owned organic waste removal service available to Northeast Ohio businesses, schools and institutions. Their mission is to create wealth from waste through the conversion of…

Banyan Technology

Banyan Technology has developed a unique web-based solution that creates and maintains direct and instantaneous connections between manufacturers and distributors and their freight carriers. The company's focus is to enable…

MedCity Media

MedCity Media creates content for people who care about healthcare. The company serves the everyone's-a-publisher world of modern media through three primary products: content services, which delivers made-to-order healthcare content…

Studio Stick LLC

Studio Stick LLC has designed and created a portable music studio tool that allows users to compose high-quality music or audio on their cellular devices when used in conjunction with…

Capture Solutions

Capture Solutions, LLC creates digital documentation solutions to help companies minimize risk and increase compliance with respect to safety, EEO laws and many other regulations. The value of Capture is…

Stretch & Catch® Reading Centers

The Stretch & Catch® is a results-driven Reading Center with a proprietary method of teaching reading to all students at all reading levels. Stretch & Catch® has a proven track…

HyperProductive

HyperProductive is a Cleveland-based custom software development company and Advanced IBM® Business Partner. Their primary focus is in three areas: custom software development, business agility solutions and business intelligence. HyperProductive…

MOVABLE

MOVABLE inspires groups to move more by combining MOVchallenge, a social and rewarding group activity program, with MOVband, a fun and simple wrist-worn activity monitor. MOVABLE’s corporate wellness offering gives…

CardioInsight

CardioInsight Technologies is commercializing a breakthrough technology designed to improve the diagnosis and treatment of electrical disorders of the heart. The company's non-invasive electrocardiographic mapping platform, the ECVue system, gathers…

Talmetrix

Talmetrix, a Cincinnati-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, turns HR metrics into actionable data to boost business results. Talmetrix helps employers measure and improve the employee experience, and then integrates workforce insights…

MET Innovations

MET Innovations is a unique company that develops cutting-edge, patentable and/or proprietary processes and technologies by repurposing non-hazardous hydrocarbon industry discard and/or by-product materials. The company is currently positioned to…

CoCreative

CoCreative is a branding and marketing agency specializing in serving nonprofits and government entities. The agency offers brand strategy/identity, photography and social media management services as well as hourly rental…

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