JumpStart Inc. | Entrepreneur Resources & Ecosystem Support

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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

Nov. 13

Facebook Fundamentals

Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help you use the world's most popular…

Wednesday

Nov. 13

How to Start & Sustain a Business

This FREE three-session workshop is designed to teach entrepreneurs how to start and sustain a…

Thursday

Nov. 14

Diving Deeper: Exploring the Foundation Directory

To win grants, you need the most up-to-date, complete information you can get about grantmakers…

Friday

Nov. 15

Using Big Data to Better Communicate

Tim Calkins, Clinical Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management - introduces…

Saturday

Nov. 16

Taste On the Lake

We're heating downtown Cleveland up with an adult night out. Each Ticket includes a taste…

Monday

Nov. 18

Financial Planning for Entrepreneurs & Business Owners

All business owners are unique. This requires tailored financial advice to understand where you are…

Tuesday

Nov. 19

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Cleveland

Cleveland held it's very first Women's Entrepreneurship Day in November 2018. The worldwide movement will…

Tuesday

Nov. 19

Seventh Annual Pitch Night

The library's seventh annual “Pitch Night” competition returns during Hudson's Global Entrepreneurship Week this fall.…

Tuesday

Nov. 19

StartInCLE Founder Fest 2019

BRING TOGETHER NORTHEAST OHIO’S STARTUPS Northeast Ohio has tons of startups and entrepreneurs, but rarely…

Wednesday

Nov. 20

Business Negotiations Workshop for Entrepreneurs

Business Negotiations Workshop for Entrepreneurs The University of Akron Research Foundation Wed. November 20th,…

Wednesday

Nov. 20

PATENTLY GOOD IDEAS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FOR ENTREPRENEURS

All businesses have intellectual property in one form or another. Protecting that IP is important,…

Wednesday

Nov. 20

Roundtable Discussion on Entrepreneurship in Venezuela

This year, CWRU Professor Michael Goldberg recruited a special cohort of Venezuelans to participate in…

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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.

Dyad Medical

Dyad Medical, Inc. is developing an automated, intelligent medical image analytics platform for research on devices and therapeutics, and decision support system in surgical procedures. Dyad’s machine-learning algorithms are intended…

GenomOncology

Battling cancer, one genome at a time. An emerging player in the field of genomics, GenomOncology’s proprietary software and analytical tools can rapidly and interactively analyze and interpret sequenced genomic…

Wellness Evolution

Wellness Evolution is a comprehensive wellness services, products, content and consulting firm that optimizes client health using an integrative approach to the prevention, management and reversal of chronic illnesses. Wellness…

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…

Social Technologies

Social Technologies is an exciting new mobile platform that brings you together with the people that matter most in your life. They do so by providing simple solutions to inconvenient…

Our Favorite Things Boutique

Decades ago, Lisa McGuthry’s grandmother’s entrepreneurial spirit shined bright in the old Cleveland Stadium, where she sold peanuts at baseball and football games and grew her operation by employing many…

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…

ABS Materials, Inc.

ABS Materials offers a line of molecularly engineered organosilica materials that have the unique property of being able to "catch and release" chemicals. The unique properties of this sorbent material…

Rec2Connect

Rec2Connect provides recreation and aquatic therapy, community integration and consultation services for individuals ages 1 and up for those with special needs. Rec2Connect is a client of JumpStart’s Burton D.…

Disease Diagnostic Group

Disease Diagnostic Group is a for-profit social venture firm that offers a low-cost, portable malaria diagnostic device to the WHO’s purchasing agencies (The Global Fund and The World Bank). Current…

LogiSync

LogiSync provides leading original equipment manufacturers (OEM) with embedded hardware and software solutions that enable equipment and devices to be remotely monitored and controlled using industry-standard networks. Because the company…

Dronewerx

Dronewerx offers highly-advanced, commercial-grade unmanned aircraft systems specifically designed for the first-responder and public safety markets. The company manufactures and integrates complete systems, including the aircraft, onboard electronics, control software,…

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