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title: Marcus Whitney raises $18.7 million for new Jumpstart Nova venture fund
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02/04/2021
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#### Marcus Whitney raises $18.7 million for new Jumpstart Nova venture fund
Last summer, entrepreneur Marcus Whitney wrote an open letter to Nashville’s health care industry, noting that despite producing more wealth than any other sector in Nashville, Black people have largely been excluded from health care’s wealth generation — Whitney's new fund aims to change that.
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