# Vic Gatto

> Vic Gatto is a convertible note investor at Jumpstart Health Investors backing Retail and Fashion. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Jumpstart Health Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jumpstart-health-investors)
- Location: Nashville, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicgatto
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/vic_gatto
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicgatto2

Vic Gatto is a convertible note investor at Jumpstart Health Investors in Nashville focused on Retail and Fashion. Vic Gatto, Partner, came to Solidus in 2007 from Massey Burch Capital Corporation where he was a partner for five years. Prior to Massey Burch, in 1993, he co-founded InfoTech a software company in Boston which grew from three to over 250 employees when sold in 1999. Among Vic's responsibilities are sourcing, analyzing, and structuring newinvestments as well as monitoring existing portfolio companies. Currently he is on the Board of seven of these: SouthComm, Check'd In, J2 Software, OnFocus Healthcare, Venture Incite, Change:Healthcare, and Tricycle. He also serves on the boards of The Nashville Technology Council and the Vanderbilt Healthcare Business Alumni Association. Vic earned a B.A. from Amherst College and an MBA from Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 100% |
| Fashion | 1 | 100% |
| Consumer | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Social Entrepreneurship | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| umano | umano is an experiential shopping platform, created to showcase a kid’s drawing as a work of art and connect consumers with the inspiring stories behind our unique products. Our social mission is to empower kids to unleash their creativity. | $100K | Convertible Note | Jun 17, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TechSquare Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techsquare-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VTF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vegastechfund) — 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 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcus-whitney |
| Brian Dougherty | Chief Operations Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-dougherty-3 |
| Doug Edwards | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-edwards-558d |
| Vic Gatto | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vic-gatto |

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## FAQ

### What does Vic Gatto invest in?

Vic Gatto invests primarily in Retail, Fashion and Consumer startups, most often at Convertible Note stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Vic Gatto last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vic Gatto closed in Jun 2015. Shizune tracks 1 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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