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Closing the Gap in Health Care Funding
When funding flooded into the health care space in 2020 in a pandemic-induced frenzy, Black-founded startups saw less than...
Reimagining Opportunity and Innovation In Digital Health
RockHealth.org launches publication Reimagining Opportunity and Innovation in Digital Health covering opportunity to...
There is No Innovation Without Failure ASAE
2022 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition keynoter Marcus Whitney shared with Associations Now leaders to embrace failure...
Humanity Health joins Jumpstart Nova portfolio
Humanity Health, the premier career acceleration and talent sourcing platform for underrepresented leaders in healthcare...
Marcus Whitney selected as Aspen Global Leadership Network Health Innovators Fellow Aspen Institute
Marcus Whitney is honored to be selected as a Fellow in the Aspen Global Leadership Network’s 2022 Health Innovators...
Marcus Whitney joins Board of Directors at the HFMA Yahoo Finance
Marcus Whitney joins Board of Directors at the Healthcare Financial Management Association for three year term. HFMA With...
Kathryne Cooper speaks at 2022 Aspen Ideas Fest Aspen Ideas Festival
Partner at Jumpstart Nova, Kathryne Cooper, speaks at 2022 Aspen Ideas Fest on ‘the Future of Digital Health’ panel...
Jumpstart Nova welcomes Intus Care to the portfolio
Jumpstart Nova welcomes Intus Care to the portfolio. Intus Care is a data-driven predictive analytics platform designed for...
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s Mission Focus Series Tennessee State Capitol
Marcus Whitney joined Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett as part of their Mission Focus series. Hargett shared “I...
AHA Leadership Podcast highlights health equity and innovation in conversation with Marcus Whitney American Hospital Association’s Leadership Dialogue Podcast
AHA Board Chair Wright L. Lassiter III in conversation with Marcus Whitney on leadership, innovation, and health equity as...
How Marcus Whitney is changing the face of health care Forbes
Marcus Whitney is changing the face of health care. Over the past two decades, Whitney has been a force in Nashville,...
Jumpstart Nova becomes first venture fund to invest solely in Black healthcare companies Afro News
The newest venture fund on the block that’s ready to invest is Jumpstart Nova. However, this fund is entirely unique from...
Black-led VC fund aims to level the playing field for minority health-tech startups CNBC’s Nightly News with Shepard Smith
CNBC’s Shepard Smith covers the launch of Jumpstart Nova on Nightly News and the opportunities and challenges of Black-led...
Nashville VC fund invests in health startups led by Black entrepreneurs NPR’s Marketplace
VC fund led by Marcus Whitney stands out in Nashville’s huge health care sector as an investor in black led startups. The...
Vanderbilt is founding partner in venture fund designed to invest in Black-founded and -led healthcare companies Vanderbilt University
Nashville’s Vanderbilt University announces commitment to Jumpstart Nova as a founding partner. “Jumpstart Nova’s ethos...