KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program, Powered By JumpStart, Awards $100K To Cincinnati Chamber Minority Business Accelerator
Grant From the KeyBank Center for Technology, Innovation and Inclusive Growth will Fund New Program to Help 50 Minority Businesses Grow and Hire Over the Next Five Years On Friday, the KeyBank Business Boost & Build program, powered by JumpStart, awarded $100K in funding to the Cincinnati Chamber Minority Business Accelerator (Accelerator) through the KeyBank
CompanionLabs Takes Off In 2017, Wraps Year With New Product Launch & Seed Funding To Accelerate Rapid Growth
9-Month-Old Akron Software Company Rolls Out Predictive Budget Recommendations to Users Globally and Announces $500k in Seed Funding from JumpStart Inc. and Others On the second floor of an unassuming office building in Akron, Ohio—above an East of Chicago Pizza and an Einstein Bros. Bagels—a team of advertising, software and data science veterans spent 2017
Cleveland Clinic and JumpStart Partner To Bring Plug and Play Accelerator To The Global Center for Health Innovation
Initiative Will Attract HealthTech Startups and Corporations from Across the Globe to Northeast Ohio Cleveland Clinic and JumpStart Inc. have announced a three-year partnership with Silicon Valley’s renowned Plug and Play to create an Accelerator focused on biotech and digital health innovation in downtown Cleveland’s Global Center for Health Innovation. Announced during Cleveland Clinic’s 2017
Vlipsy Raises $1.3M in Seed Funding, Graduates Techstars Atlanta Accelerator
Ohio Startup Enhances GIFs by Adding Sound, Attracting Skype and Viber as Early Partners Fresh off graduation from Techstars Atlanta, Canton-based startup Vlipsy has announced $1.3 million in seed funding from multiple investors—including JumpStart Inc., North Coast Angel Fund, Impact Angel Fund, Flashstarts, Great Lakes Innovation and Development Enterprise (GLIDE) and Cox Enterprises—as well as
Cleveland Entrepreneur Brandyn Armstrong Wins $50K On Steve Harvey’s Funderdome With Portable Recording Solution, Studio Stick
Armstrong’s Company Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Complete Fundraising and Launch Product Fresh off a winning appearance on Steve Harvey’s Funderdome, Cleveland-based Studio Stick has announced a Kickstarter campaign to raise the final amount needed to launch its product—the world’s first portable recording studio for smartphones and tablets. Founded by 25-year-old Cleveland rapper Brandyn Armstrong, Studio Stick is a small, 20-inch container that opens
EmployStream Raises $1 Million In Funding
Investments from JumpStart, North Coast Angel Fund and Others Will Help Cleveland SaaS Company Ramp Up Product Development and Expand Sales and Marketing Efforts EmployStream, a SaaS company that helps high-volume employers streamline their new hire onboarding process, has raised $1 million in a funding round led by JumpStart Inc. and North Coast Angel Fund (NCAF). Each organization invested $250,000 in the Cleveland-based
KeyBank Foundation Makes Historic $24 Million, Four-Year Commitment To JumpStart
“KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program, powered by JumpStart” will transform neighborhoods by helping microenterprise, startups, scaleups and community members thrive in Ohio and upstate New York The KeyBank Foundation today announced it has awarded JumpStart Inc. a four-year, $24 million grant to fuel the “KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program, powered by JumpStart” in communities across Ohio and
NCT Ventures And Bridge Investments Join JumpStart In $1.8M Fundraising Round For Heureka Software
Today, Heureka Software announced the company has added new funding from Columbus-based NCT Ventures and Chicago’s Bridge Investments. Combined with previous funding from Cleveland Venture Development Organization JumpStart Inc. and other angels, this increases Heureka’s current fundraising round to $1.8 million. Based in Cleveland, Heureka offers enterprises the ability to increase their resilience to cyber threats, while dramatically reducing operating expenses associated
JumpStart Inc. Invests $250K In Monarch Teaching Technologies
Cleveland-based venture development organization, JumpStart Inc. has announced a $250,000 investment in Monarch Teaching Technologies, Inc., maker of the popular special education teaching software, VizZle®. The investment comes from a special carve-out of JumpStart’s $10 million Evergreen Fund, The Health-Tech Corridor Attraction Fund, which focuses specifically on investing in companies that relocate to Cleveland’s burgeoning
JumpStart Inc. Announces Investment in Talmetrix
Cleveland Organization Joins Forces with CincyTech to Support a SaaS Company Built by HR Leaders for HR Leaders, Linking the Employee Experience to Company Performance Cleveland-based venture development organization, JumpStart Inc. is announcing an investment in Talmetrix, a Cincinnati-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that turns HR metrics into actionable data to boost business results. Talmetrix helps
CoverMyMeds Signs Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by McKesson
This release first appeared on the CoverMyMeds blog on January 25, 2017. Today we announced that CoverMyMeds has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by McKesson Corporation, subject to customary closing conditions. Our plan with McKesson is one of the most important steps we’ve ever taken to maximize the impact we have on our
JumpStart Receives Economic Opportunity Award at Ohio’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration
Award Honors Cleveland Venture Development Organization for its Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion JumpStart Inc. was one of seven individuals and organizations recognized on Thursday, January 12, at the state’s 32nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration. The event, held at Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Columbus, was sponsored by the Ohio Dr.
