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Topic: JumpStart

OrthoData arrives in Ohio with a sensor device for spine surgeries & $1.1M in new investments

OrthoData arrives in Ohio with a sensor device for spine surgeries & $1.1M in new investments

March 28, 2013 3:07 pm by | 3 Comments

A medical device company with a new way to help surgeons gauge the success of spinal fusion surgeries has just arrived in Northeast Ohio, and investors in the area have ... Read more
Cardiology-focused startup improving FFR emerges in Cleveland with $250K investment

Cardiology-focused startup improving FFR emerges in Cleveland with $250K investment

January 9, 2013 6:13 pm by | 0 Comments

A new Cleveland-based startup is innovating on diagnostic technology in cardiology with the hope of getting into a $1 billion (and growing) market dominated by St. Jude Medical and Volcano ... Read more
Report: 6 in 10 venture capital dollars invested in Northeast Ohio go to the healthcare industry

Report: 6 in 10 venture capital dollars invested in Northeast Ohio go to the healthcare industry

September 18, 2012 1:24 pm by | 0 Comments

Despite the recession, venture capital investing in Northeast Ohio showed significant growth from 2007 to 2011 over the previous five years.A big-picture look at venture capital deals in the region ... Read more
Brain cooling emergency device gets $250K JumpStart investment

Brain cooling emergency device gets $250K JumpStart investment

April 4, 2012 9:05 am by | 0 Comments

Therapeutic hypothermia medical device company Life Core Technologies has received a $250,000 investment from state-backed economic development group JumpStart.The funding is part of an anticipated $3 million series A investment ... Read more
JumpStart’s unpublicized (kind of) exit: MAX Endoscopy

JumpStart’s unpublicized (kind of) exit: MAX Endoscopy

March 8, 2012 9:35 am by | 1 Comments

It’s well-known among local investors that Cleveland-area economic development group JumpStart has achieved one exit (DIY Real Estate Solutions) since it began investing in Northeast Ohio startups in 2004.But what’s ... Read more
Muscular dystrophy therapy biotech wins $250K JumpStart investment

Muscular dystrophy therapy biotech wins $250K JumpStart investment

February 14, 2012 9:00 am by | 1 Comments

A clinical-stage biotechnology startup that’s developing a therapy for neuromuscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy has received a $250,000 investment from nonprofit economic development group JumpStart.Cleveland-based Milo Biotechnology’s drug candidate ... Read more
Microloan fund launched to support Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs

Microloan fund launched to support Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs

September 2, 2011 9:18 am by | 0 Comments

A new $250,000 microloan fund has been launched to help Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs in need of a small and quick cash infusion.The Appleseed Micro-Loan program is designed to provide loans ... Read more
Euclid Ventures: A fund that wasn’t (but someday might be)

Euclid Ventures: A fund that wasn’t (but someday might be)

May 27, 2011 10:50 am by | 0 Comments

Plans for a new, small, state-backed investment fund that would’ve been operated by Cleveland-based venture development group JumpStart were shot down earlier this year by the state’s Third Frontier program.But ... Read more
CoverMyMeds raises $1M for prior authorization technology

CoverMyMeds raises $1M for prior authorization technology

May 20, 2011 12:29 pm by | 3 Comments

Health IT firm CoverMyMeds has raised $1 million to continue developing its prior authorization technology.The fundraising has come over the course of about a year, with the largest investors being ... Read more
A few fireworks, a lot of supporters at JumpStart community meeting

A few fireworks, a lot of supporters at JumpStart community meeting

March 21, 2011 10:46 pm by | 7 Comments

“This machine kills fascists!”That blaring howl, made by entrepreneur Marc Canter while brandishing a laptop high over his head, was certainly the highlight from a sheer entertainment standpoint of a ... Read more
JumpStart becomes target of criticism from local entrepreneurs

JumpStart becomes target of criticism from local entrepreneurs

March 7, 2011 5:44 pm by | 29 Comments

Just a few weeks after it enjoyed hearty praise from President Obama, Cleveland economic development group JumpStart has been on the receiving end of some harsh criticism from three local ... Read more
Fake Twitter accounts officially lame; they’re targeting investors

Fake Twitter accounts officially lame; they’re targeting investors

March 3, 2011 12:49 pm by | 1 Comments

The well-documented phenomenon of fake Twitter accounts have been used to skewer the rich and famous from politics to business to sports to Hollywood. But you know the fake Twitter ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic, JumpStart invest $500k in wound therapy startup

Cleveland Clinic, JumpStart invest $500k in wound therapy startup

February 7, 2011 3:07 pm by | 2 Comments

SironRX hopes to raise $2.5 million, which it would use to fund a Phase 2 clinical trial of its wound-healing technology. ... Read more
Is the Midwest the nation’s hottest venture capital market?

Is the Midwest the nation’s hottest venture capital market?

January 3, 2011 2:59 pm by | 1 Comments

Investing in health is one of the reasons some are predicting the Midwest will be one of 2011's hottest growth markets for venture capital investing. Through the first three quarters ... Read more
JumpStart to help Minn. startups with community advisors program

JumpStart to help Minn. startups with community advisors program

November 16, 2010 11:31 am by | 1 Comments

Twin Cities entrepreneurs may soon have a new -- or at least improved -- resource for mentoring and seed funding, thanks to a federal grant to Cleveland economic development group ... Read more