21/01/2022

Marcus Whitney, Jumpstart Nova: Investing in Black healthcare innovators

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ImpactAlpha, January 21 — For years, Marcus Whitney has been the only Black healthcare venture capital partner in Nashville, a city awash in healthcare VC funds.  Since 2015, Jumpstart Health Investors, where Whitney is head of strategy, has invested in more than 150 early-stage healthcare companies.

Whitney has long known there is a major venture capital allocation gap to Black healthcare founders that needed closing. His latest project, Jumpstart Nova, raised $55 million this week to invest exclusively in Black healthcare founders, including from healthcare heavyweights like Eli LillyHCA HealthcareCardinal HealthAtrium Health and Henry Ford Health System.

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