# Marcus Whitney

> Marcus Whitney is a seed investor at Jumpstart Health Investors backing Sports. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Jumpstart Health Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jumpstart-health-investors)
- Location: Nashville, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marcuswhitney
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/marcuswhitney
- Website: https://x.com/marcuswhitney
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/marcuswhitney

Marcus Whitney is a seed investor at Jumpstart Health Investors in Nashville focused on Sports and Fitness. Marcus Whitney is the Co-Founder and Head of Strategy of Jumpstart Health Investors. He previously worked at Jumpstart Foundry as a Founding Partner. Marcus Whitney attended the University of Virginia.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 20% |
| Fitness | 1 | 20% |
| Consumer | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Intus Care | Intus Care is a healthcare analytics platform that synthesizes financial, clinical, and administrative data to identify, correlate, and visualize trends in long-term care facilities. | $3.1M | Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| Cellevolve | Cellevolve Bio is a development and commercialization company focused on cell therapies. | $6M | Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| Cellevolve | Cellevolve Bio is a development and commercialization company focused on cell therapies. | $6M | Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| EyeGage | EyeGage is a technology company that, with its innovative intelligent mobile eye scan technology, is revolutionizing drug screening access. With substance abuse costing the US $600 billion per year and a large portion of substance abusers working full-time, the need for effective drug screening solutions is greater than ever. Its technology givesbusinesses a dependable and accurate way to stay ahead of substance-abuse-related accidents, ultimately saving time, money, and lives. EyeGage is committed to making a positive impact on society by reducing the negative effects of substance abuse on families and communities. EyeGage is setting the standard for workplace drug screening with its advanced mobile eye scan technology. | $260K | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Recoup Fitness | Recoup Fitness provides innovative muscle recovery products trusted by professional athletes and used by everyone. Its goal is to become the leading name in muscle recovery and injury treatment and prevention.For Recoup Fitness, current products on the market lack innovation and can be out of reach financially for many consumers. It believes thatthrough its "game-changing" innovation people can finally make the highest quality tools accessible to everyone at an affordable price.Recoup Fitness was established in 2015 and is based in Denver, Colorado. | $185K | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2016 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hibiscus BioVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hibiscus-bioventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Resilience](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resilience-e701) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [THE CATALYTIC IMPACT FOUNDATION (CIF)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-catalytic-impact-foundation-cif) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Brown Angel Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brown-angel-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Collab Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collab-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Concrete Rose Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concrete-rose-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Jumpstart Health Investors

VC Fund

Jumpstart Health Investors offers a family of funds with various opportunities to each type of investor and risk profile.

4 contacts available at Jumpstart Health Investors.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marcus Whitney | Founding Partner | — |
| Brian Dougherty | Chief Operations Officer | — |
| Doug Edwards | Chief Executive Officer | — |
| Vic Gatto | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vic-gatto |

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## FAQ

### What does Marcus Whitney invest in?

Marcus Whitney invests primarily in Sports, Fitness and Consumer startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Marcus Whitney?

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### When did Marcus Whitney last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marcus Whitney closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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