Jumpstart Capital — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)
Jumpstart Capital is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois investing in Healthcare, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 4 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Healthcare, Other, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Chicago, Illinois
Last verified: 2026-10-23
Seed, Series A
$500K – $2.0M
$500M
4+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Healthcare technology investor focused on software, data, and services that improve care delivery. Relevant for startups that reduce administrative burden and connect fragmented healthcare data.
How Jumpstart Capital invests
Jumpstart Capital is a vc firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Healthcare, Other, Developer Tools.
Jumpstart Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.
Jumpstart Capital has backed 4 companies in our records, including Casetabs, Intelligent Observation, Higi.
Partners & Team
Steve Kraus
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Jumpstart Capital Fund III
Jumpstart Capital Fund II
Jumpstart Capital Fund I
Portfolio Companies (4)
Other
Casetabs
Cloud software for ambulatory surgery centers and care coordination
Intelligent Observation
Healthcare monitoring / observation software
Higi
Patient engagement and digital health platform focused on health assessment and monitoring
SimplifyASC (then CyramedX Holding)
Software for ambulatory surgery centers; later rebranded as SimplifyASC
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Steve Kraus, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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