Marcus Whitney
Managing Partner at Jumpstart Nova
Nashville Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and Managing Partner
2020 - Current
We back incredible healthcare founders. Jumpstart Nova investors and strategic healthcare partners include: Eli Lilly and Company, HCA Healthcare, Cardinal Health, Atrium Health, Henry Ford Health System, LHC Group, Meharry Medical College and American Hospital Association.
Jumpstart invests in seed and Series A healthcare companies.
Co-Founder and Head of Strategy
2014
Jumpstart Health Investors manages early-stage, strategic healthcare venture funds tailored to each type of investor and risk profile. Current funds on the platform are Jumpstart Foundry, Jumpstart Capital and Jumpstart Nova.
Jumpstart Health Investors offers a family of funds with various opportunities for each type of investor and risk profile.
Co-Host
2023
Health:Further is a health care company.
Health Innovators Fellow | Aspen Institute
2022
The Aspen Health Innovators Fellowship is a growing community of entrepreneurial, values-driven leaders committed to reimagining U.S. health care. The Fellowship brings together a diverse group of high-performing healthcare professionals from industry, government, startups, nonprofits, and health systems. These leaders learn from each other, reflect on their values and priorities, and reach across health care’s silos to develop and drive forward new solutions. http://aspeninstitute.org/hif
Aspen-HP Digital Equity Accelerator is an accelerator that fuels innovation by investing in not-for-profit organizations and NGOs.
Board Member
2021
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Celtic Bank provides financing for small businesses. We help business owners with working capital, expansion, acquisition, construction, equipment financing, real estate purchases, refinances, and more.
Celtic Bank provides residential mortgages, construction loans, SBA and USDA loans, SBA 7(a) loans, and secured business loans.
Co-Founder and Minority Owner
2016
Nashville's Major League Soccer team.
Nashville Soccer Club is a sports company that offers professional soccer sports club.
Advisory Board Member
2022
NYMBUS is a provider of banking technology solutions for financial institutions to innovate and grow.
Raised $199,421,264.00 from Gesa Credit Union.
Founding Partner
2010 - 2020
Pre-seed healthcare innovation fund with one simple mission: Make Something Better®.
CEO and Founder
2015 - 2020
Once Nashville’s largest healthcare innovation conference, today Health:Further is a weekly podcast from Jumpstart Health Investors offering conversations about the future of health that you won’t find anywhere else.
Health:Further is a health care company.
Co-Founder
2013 - 2017
Co-Founded the company with Daniel Hightower, Jeff Snyder and Devin Carty. Acquired by Trilliant Health in 2017.