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TECH STARTUPS
Accelerating the Region’s Top Tech Startups
Building a fully-fledged, financially-stable tech enterprise isn’t easy. Early-stage entrepreneurs often require funding to develop a viable product and gain momentum.
Investment alone does not ensure successful outcomes.
That’s why we help unlock the potential of earlystage tech startups with both venture capital and the services and connections they need to advance. Our advisors have helped hundreds of tech founders build scalable businesses by guiding them through the venture capital path. Our process helps founders eliminate errors, reduce risk and increase viability.
The Burton D. Morgan Mentoring Program matches tech founders with experienced mentors, who help guide critical decisionmaking in the fast-paced and competitive culture of entrepreneurship.
In addition to 1:1 advising, we offer deepdive workshops and accelerator programs to help entrepreneurs avoid pitfalls. We also make connections through networking and peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
1,050+
tech startups engaged by JumpStart and its partners in 2020
9,750+
Jobs created & retained by tech startups in 2020
The Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Third Frontier supports early-stage capital and technical services through matched grant funding programs.
venture Capital
JumpStart invests in high-potential, early-stage tech companies, deploying a stage appropriate continuum of capital to companies as they navigate the critical Seed, Pre-seed and Series A phases of development.
We invest in passionate founders, surrounding them with resources to accelerate their startups, making investments go further, faster.
JumpStart provides companies with access to critical resources in areas like operations, marketing, finance and talent recruitment. These resources become an extension of the founder’s team.
With more than 130 investments, we understand the unique challenges startups face and bring expertise to help entrepreneurs navigate growth.
Our fund performance is among the top quartile of pre-seed and seed funds nationwide.
venture capital by the numbers
current as of june 2021
$64M+
invested into 134 tech startups
diversity in portfolio leadership 35%* 13.5%
women-led companies women-founded companies
21.6%* 10%
Black or Latino-led companies** Black or Latino-founded companies***
$140M+
under management across four funds $2B+
in exit value generated by portfolio companies $1.4B+
*Executive leadership teams include Black, Latino or female representation **17.9% Black-led companies / 3.7% Latino-led companies, ***8.3% Black-founded companies / 1.7% Latino-founded companies
