# Jumpstart Capital

> Jumpstart Capital is a VC fund in Nashville backing Health Care and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nashville, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Fund size: $9.6M
- Last fund: Nov 2017
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jscapital
- Website: https://www.jscap.co

Jumpstart Capital is a VC fund in Nashville focused on Health Care and Software. Jumpstart Capital is the capital arm of Briovation; a unique and creative platform focused on identifying, funding and supporting high growth, “big idea” innovative healthcare companies across the United States. Combined with their other portfolio companies: Jumpstart Foundry, Undisputed, Ohana Health, and Health:Further; They offer a powerfulplatform for venture investors looking for an unfair advantage in healthcare venture capital.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 5 | 50% |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Wellness | 3 | 30% |
| Medical | 2 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 20% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 70% |
| India | 2 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dave Vreeland | Managing Director | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-vreeland |
| David Vreeland | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-vreeland |
| Josh Schwartz | General Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ladder Health | Ladder Health offers virtual pediatric therapy and support for early childhood developmental delays, including speech and physical therapy. | $7M | Seed | Jun 23, 2026 | http://www.ladderhealth.co |
| Gratia Health | Gratia Health is an all-in-one incentive compensation platform that enables healthcare companies to attract, motivate, and retain its professionals. |  | Seed | Nov 15, 2023 | https://www.gratiahealth.com |
| Optimize Health | As an expert remote care company, we empower healthcare organizations to deliver proactive care that re-centers the patient-provider relationship. This approach improves patient outcomes and their quality of life. | $18M | Series B | Sep 30, 2023 | https://www.optimize.health/ |
| Higi | higi (rhymes with “jiggy”) makes tracking your health simple, fun and rewarding. higi Stations provide free screenings of your blood pressure, weight, pulse and body mass index.higi Stations are located across the United States for your convenience. Find your nearest Station at higi.com/locator.higi’s mission is to get consumers totake small but meaningful steps to create lasting health habits. Our innovative community-health and wellness platform gives consumers the power to collect and share their health and activity data with trusted partners or communities. These trusted partners can leverage this data from higi (after consumers’ explicitly opt-in) and higi’s tools to better engage with their customers on health and wellness in a simple, fun and rewarding manner. For more information, visit us at higi.com and follow us on Twitter @higi and Facebook.com/higiHQ. In addition, prospective partner developers can learn more about higi’s API by visiting developer.higi.com. | $30M | Series B | May 27, 2020 | https://higi.com/ |
| Simplify ASC | Simplify ASC develops a customizable, easy-to-use, and indispensable clinical and operational software for the ambulatory surgery center market. The enterprise platform offers cloud-based, fully-integrated clinical and business applications combined with advanced reporting and analysis tools to help all levels of the ASC organization to makebetter, more timely decisions. | $9.5M | Series A | Jul 16, 2019 | https://simplifyasc.com |
| EvidenceCare | EvidenceCare is a clinical decision support system (CDSS) driving real ROI. Founded in response to the professional experience of emergency physician Dr. Brian Fengler, the platform is integrated into a clinician’s EHR workflow, delivering customized, interactive, curated guidance directly into the care process. With EvidenceCare, hospitals,emergency departments, and urgent care centers enable clinicians to deliver evidence-based care with measurable outcomes. Through advanced CDSS technology, variance is reduced, and the appropriate criteria are documented during utilization and admission decisions. With government-mandated compliance measures and quality program initiatives achieved, healthcare organizations ensure that quality and safety improve, liability is reduced and operational efficiency is increased while capturing additional revenue.It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. | $8.8M | Series A | Jan 20, 2019 | http://www.evidence.care/ |
| Higi | higi (rhymes with “jiggy”) makes tracking your health simple, fun and rewarding. higi Stations provide free screenings of your blood pressure, weight, pulse and body mass index.higi Stations are located across the United States for your convenience. Find your nearest Station at higi.com/locator.higi’s mission is to get consumers totake small but meaningful steps to create lasting health habits. Our innovative community-health and wellness platform gives consumers the power to collect and share their health and activity data with trusted partners or communities. These trusted partners can leverage this data from higi (after consumers’ explicitly opt-in) and higi’s tools to better engage with their customers on health and wellness in a simple, fun and rewarding manner. For more information, visit us at higi.com and follow us on Twitter @higi and Facebook.com/higiHQ. In addition, prospective partner developers can learn more about higi’s API by visiting developer.higi.com. | $21.3M | Series C | Jul 10, 2018 | https://higi.com/ |
| Menud | Shop for a week's worth of groceries in 30 seconds. With the growth of online grocery looming, Menud solves the most difficult consumer-facing problem - a problem that is stymieing the expected rapid takeoff of grocery eCommerce. Simply put, Menud helps online shoppers build grocery baskets faster, easier, and more conveinetly. Thinkabout it this way: With the exception of online grocery, there is not a eCommerce user experience that requires a shopper to build a weekly 50-item cart in a single digital session. In under 30 seconds, Menud helps shoppers plan their week, review their basket, and schedule for deliver or pickup. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 01, 2017 | http://www.menud.co |
| Hansel.io | Hansel.io helps product managers reduce user drop-offs​ by creating alternate product flows through a no-code interface. It offers a no-code method for collecting a wide array of data, previously stuck in silos, to facilitate granular segmentation. Product managers can then use previously unavailable data points within a drag-and-drop interface toinstantly deploy experiments and differentiated product interactions.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. | $1.4M | Seed | Jan 11, 2017 | https://hansel.io/ |
| InnerChef | InnerChef is an Indian food tech company that offers a mobile app for online food discovery and delivery. It allows users to order their favorite dishes which can be delivered within 20 minutes. The company offers ready-to-eat meals, gourmets do-it-yourself recipe kits (InnerChef DIY gourmet), detox cleanses, and healthy eats (InnerChef+) as wellas decadent desserts (Indulge by InnerChef). InnerChef has beverages ranging from cold coffees to thick shakes to fruit juices, all freshly prepared. The company also operates Indulge, a hyperlocal dessert marketplace where home bakers and neighborhood bakeries can offer their products to customers. | $1.7M | Seed | Sep 24, 2015 | https://www.innerchef.com/ |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [25madison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/25madison) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [7wire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7wire-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Endiya Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endiya-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flare Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flare-capitalpartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [iLabs Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilabs-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Jumpstart Capital invest in?

Jumpstart Capital invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Jumpstart Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Jumpstart Capital?

The team at Jumpstart Capital includes Dave Vreeland (Managing Director), David Vreeland (Managing Director) and Josh Schwartz (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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