Marcus Whitney is a founding partner of Jumpstart Health Investors. See contact routes.
Marcus Whitney is a founding partner of Jumpstart Health Investors, the most active early-stage healthcare venture capital firm in America, where he leads the pre-seed fund Jumpstart Foundry and the dedicated fund Jumpstart Nova. He invests primarily in pre-seed to Series A healthcare companies across sectors including health IT, digital health, diagnostic devices, and consumer health products, with check sizes ranging from $150,000 for pre-seed to $250,000–$4 million for later stages. His distinctive thesis centers on addressing racial inequity in healthcare by exclusively investing in Black-founded and led startups through Jumpstart Nova, which has backed companies like DrugViu that improve health data inclusion for underrepresented populations.
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