# Jumpstart Foundry

> Jumpstart Foundry is a VC fund in Nashville backing Health Care and Medical. See 136 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nashville, United States
- Total investments: 136
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/jumpstart-foundry
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jsfoundry
- Website: https://www.jsf.co
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jumpstartfoundry

Jumpstart Foundry is an investment firm that funds and supports early-stage healthcare companies. It is a healthcare innovation fund driven by a mission to make something better. JSF connects companies with strong industry stakeholders, consults them on strategic marketing plans and advises around talent and growth. Jumpstart Foundry was foundedin 2010 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Jumpstart Foundry. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Jumpstart Foundry. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/jumpstart-foundry?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 77 | 57% |
| Medical | 29 | 21% |
| Software | 27 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 19 | 14% |
| Wellness | 17 | 13% |

143 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 77 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 37 | 27% |
| Convertible Note | 13 | 10% |
| Angel | 2 | 1% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 1% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 120 | 88% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eller Mallchok | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eller-mallchok |
| Rachel Hengesh | Brand Marketing Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rachel-hengesh |
| Shawn Glinter | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-glinter |
| Tori Hughes | Partnerships & Programming Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tori-hughes |
| Townes Duncan | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/townes-duncan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kin Therapy | Kin is creating the infrastructure for youth mental health—an AI-powered, payer-aligned IOP redefining care for teens. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Boom AI | Boom is an AI-powered mental health platform specifically designed for college students to improve well-being and academic success. The platform provides tailored resources through daily polls, a mental health quiz, AI-driven journaling, and a mood tracker, delivering insights that help students navigate stress and mental health challenges. Boompartners with universities to offer students personalized micro-content and tools that foster emotional resilience. With its innovative approach, Boom supports both students and institutions in improving mental health outcomes while maintaining user privacy and engagement. | $150K | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2025 |  |
| Advanced Biosimulation Technologies | Digital Twin technology for healthcare and pharma | $100K | Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| UpTrials | UpTrials is an online talent marketplace for clinical research, to address understaffing among clinical trial teams that causes over 80% of trials to start late, take longer or terminate. Our platform algorithmically matches clinical trial employers (sites, CROs and sponsors) with prescreened talent, for full-time, part-time and contract roles. Wehave a functional product, paying customers, and over 1,000+ job seekers actively using our platform. We are actively fundraising. Contact us today, if you are a potential customer or investor! | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2024 |  |
| American Medical Wallet | AMW offers mobile app that hold credentials necessary for any number of hospitals, clinics, states, insurance organizations. | $150K | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| TheraMotive | The future of Physical Therapy: AI and VR-powered mobile clinics designed to adapt, evolve & move with you to shatter barriers to care, everywhere. | $191.8K | Pre-Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| UpTrials | UpTrials is an online talent marketplace for clinical research, to address understaffing among clinical trial teams that causes over 80% of trials to start late, take longer or terminate. Our platform algorithmically matches clinical trial employers (sites, CROs and sponsors) with prescreened talent, for full-time, part-time and contract roles. Wehave a functional product, paying customers, and over 1,000+ job seekers actively using our platform. We are actively fundraising. Contact us today, if you are a potential customer or investor! | $285K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2023 |  |
| Revitalize Energy | Revitalize Energy is a consumer energy company that helps fight tired eyes and provides a moisturizing effect with the energy needed. Revitalize provides energy instantly on contact to keep moving and improving. With just 1-2 drops in each eye, they feel refreshed and ready to go. | $150K | Seed | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Hopdoc | Hopdoc is a platform that helps doctors to communicate with their patients. Hopdoc was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Tennessee, United States. | $150K | Pre-Seed | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Welfie | Welfie provides health data assessments, insights, and resources to help people who care for kids make better health decisions. It is a school health platform helping k-12 schools deal with the health issues of their time. | $150K | Seed | Jun 05, 2023 |  |

10 of 136 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund, 56 deals together
- [Solidus Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/solidus-company) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Innova Memphis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innova-memphis) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [StartUp Health](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-health) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Jumpstart Foundry invest in?

Jumpstart Foundry invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 136 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 Foundry?

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### Who are the partners at Jumpstart Foundry?

The team at Jumpstart Foundry includes Eller Mallchok (Managing Director), Rachel Hengesh (Brand Marketing Manager) and Shawn Glinter (Mentor), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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