About Jumpstart Nova
Jumpstart Nova is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of Nashville, United States. As of Nov 2024, Jumpstart Nova has invested in 11 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to HealthTech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Intus Care A lot of funds co-invest with Jumpstart Nova, with names like Preface Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Jumpstart Nova has team of 2 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Series A & Seed
Jumpstart Nova's List of Top Investments
Jumpstart Nova has a portfolio of 11 companies. Their most notable investments are in Humanity Health and Meet Mae.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, HealthTech, Life Sciences and 4 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Jumpstart Nova:
1. Intus Care
AI-based software for identifying high-risk patients. It provides automatic patient risk grouping, and tracking that identifies patients at high risk for hospitalizations, and provides notifications of changes come inpatient health status by using this service to care teams. It has features for identifying risks, visualizing trends, and optimizing care as well.
Key facts about Intus Care
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Providence (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $31.4M
- Employee Count: 122 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Deerfield, Citi and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 16, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Alerje
Alerje is developing a food allergy management app. The online platform and app enable users to create food allergy profiles, share the profile, filter the recipes based on the profile, and also scan grocery items to detect allergens in the ingredients.
Key facts about Alerje
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Detroit (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $175K
- Employee Count: 6 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Venture for America, ID Ventures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jul 08, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Meet Mae
Key facts about Meet Mae
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $4.2M
- Employee Count: 153 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Impact Engine, MBX Capital and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 09, 2025, $*****
4. ViuHealth
Key facts about ViuHealth
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $7.6M
- Employee Count: 3 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Revolution, Right Side Capital Management and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 23, 2023, $*****
5. SoHookd
Online marketplace offering wellness rewards redeemable for fitness classes. The user can shop on the platform and receive rewards redeemable for wellness or fitness experiences. The platform enables the user to build healthy habits, and wellness communities and provides a personalized wellness experiences.
Key facts about SoHookd
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Washington, DC (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $3.9M
- Employee Count: 9 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Jumpstart Foundry, PS27 Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 30, 2025, $*****
Jumpstart Nova's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Jumpstart Nova has invested in 11 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 3 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Meet Mae and most recent follow-on round was in Intus Care.Jumpstart Nova's Investments by Stage
Jumpstart Nova has made 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.05M and 1 investment in Seed stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Jumpstart Nova's Investments by Sector
Jumpstart Nova has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Healthcare, Consumer, Enterprise Applications, HealthTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 8 Tech companies, 6 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Software companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Healthcare | 2 |
Consumer | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
HealthTech | 1 |
Vertical SaaS | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Jumpstart Nova's Investments by Geography
Jumpstart Nova has made most investments in United States (3).Jumpstart Nova's recent investments
Jumpstart Nova has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Jumpstart Nova:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 01, 2024 | United States | Series A | 3195 | [+1] | |
May 07, 2024 | United States | Seed | 2400 | [+8] | |
Jul 18, 2022 | United States | Series A | 5021 | ||
Apr 20, 2022 | United States | Series A | 2497 | [+7] |
Team profile of Jumpstart Nova
Jumpstart Nova has a team of 2 members located in United States. Jumpstart Nova's team sits on the board of 1 company.Co-investors of Jumpstart Nova
Over the past 4 years, 28 investors have co-invested in Jumpstart Nova's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Jumpstart Nova: Equal Opportunity Ventures, Third Culture Capital and 10 others have invested in rounds before Jumpstart Nova. There is 1 company where Equal Opportunity Ventures has invested before Jumpstart Nova and 1 company where Third Culture Capital has invested before Jumpstart Nova.
- Top Co-investors of Jumpstart Nova: 14 investors entered a company along with Jumpstart Nova. These include investors like Preface Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Jumpstart Nova: Deerfield (1 company) and Citi (1 company) are the investors which have invested in Jumpstart Nova's portfolio after their investments.
Recent News related to Jumpstart Nova
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IntusCare Increases Total Funding to Over $27M through Strategic Follow-On FinancingNews Direct•Jan 16, 2025•Intus Care, Deerfield, Citi, Jumpstart Nova and 5 others
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IntusCare Raises $11.5M to Expand Geriatric Care Solutions, Launches CareHub PlatformHIT Consultant•Jan 16, 2025•Intus Care, Deerfield, Citi, Jumpstart Nova
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Mae Health Closes Seed Funding RoundFinSMEs•May 07, 2024•Meet Mae, Jumpstart Nova, Astia, Impact Engine and 6 others
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Humanity Health Raises $6M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Jul 18, 2022•Humanity Health, Jumpstart Nova, Deerfield
