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Today is a big day at Jumpstart Foundry. We are excited to announce the 2013 cohort of companies accepted into our fourteen-week, start-up accelerator program.  The ten companies from across the country were selected through a rigorous, three-stage application process from more than 125 applicants.  This year’s cohort includes established companies with existing revenue and promising teams…
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Back in March we announced our partnership with Silicon Valley startup “ecobator”, nextGSV. You may recall that we plan to rotate our program graduates through 12-week residencies at nestGSV’s Silicon Valley campus. We’ll cover expenses for office and living space, while our startup teams will focus on raising capital and growing their strategic relationships, aided…
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UPDATE: Applications now closed.  Do you have an innovative idea to help consumers improve their healthcare decisions? If so, turn your concept into a reality by partnering with MedSolutions and Jumpstart Foundry to take on an exciting market opportunity in our Innovation Challenge.  We are accepting applications now until April 12th, 2013. The selected applicant will…
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We are excited to announce our partnership with Silicon Valley startup ‘ecobator’ nestGSV. We plan to rotate our program graduates through 12-week residencies at nestGSV’s Silicon Valley campus. JSF will cover expenses for office and living space, while our startup teams will focus on raising capital and growing their strategic relationships, aided by facilitation and introductions by…
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Did you see the article in the Nashville Business Journal? Jumpstart Foundry alumni have received more than $8 million since 2010.  Alumni standouts include Splitsecnd which recently launched its “plug-in crash detection device that calls for help to protect your family on the road,” Evermind with its consumer-directed “Ambient Assisted Living System,” and NextGxDx’s “comprehensive…
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Jumpstart Foundry is excited to announce our second Founder Speed Dating event on February 19th from 5 – 7 PM at the Entrepreneur Center.  Join us for this rapid, speed dating style networking event. You will spend a few minutes with each person in attendance to find a match. We hope you will come away with…
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Being invited to the take part in the Midem Conference‘s Midemlab competition is a big honor for music industry startups. Winning your category is obviously an even bigger honor, which Jumpstart alum Jamplify can now claim.  Read the full story at SouthernAlpha. 

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE–(January 25, 2013) – Jumpstart Foundry announced today a key addition to its executive leadership team with the hiring of David Ledgerwood as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Ledgerwood traveled to Nashville in late 2006 during a location search for his first full time startup. He immediately saw the potential of Nashville’s entrepreneurial scene, which…
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My how time flies! It seems like just yesterday when we were bidding farewell to the 2012 Jumpstart Foundry cohort after another successful Investor Day. Today is the day that we begin accepting early applications for the 2013 Jumpstart Foundry program.  Last year over one hundred technology oriented businesses from twenty-seven different cities and eight…
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…Nashville’s entrepreneurial community has grown significantly in the last two years with the inception of the Entrepreneur Center and Jumpstart Foundry, both on the startup side and investment side, but the city is still short on early stage investors, according to Michael Burcham, CEO of the center. Read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2012/12/18/allos-ventures-seeks-to-invest-in.html

The Jumpstart Foundry class of 2012 graduated Thursday, ending their 14-week entrepreneurial boot camp with a pitch to investors. Business cards were under chairs, on chairs and exchanging hands, all in hopes of putting money behind the new ideas. Read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2012/08/jumpstart-entrepreneurs-seek-out.html?page=all

Jumpstart Foundry’s Investor Day – held Thursday at Houston Station in Nashville – was for the third year in a row a sellout, as many of the city’s entrepreneurially – minded investors gathered in the same room with a group of local entrepreneurs seeking cash. And if magic didn’t happen and angel funding dollars weren’t…
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The Don’t Miss Investor Event of The Year – Jumpstart Foundry Investor Day Nashville based technology business accelerator, Jumpstart Foundry (JSF), announces its annual Investor Day event. On August 23, 2012, the 2012 cohort will pitch approximately 500 investors, media and friends. Do not miss this! Now in its third year, Nashville’s Jumpstart Foundry has…
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JUMPSTART FOUNDRY ANNOUNCES 2012 COHORT Nashville, Tenn. (May 3, 2012) – Nashville-based tech business accelerator, Jumpstart Foundry, has announced ten selected applicants to build companies in their comprehensive business accelerator program at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center this summer. “The selection was especially difficult this year because of the vast number of high quality applicants. It…
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There is nothing worse than having a brilliant idea for a business, but not having the partner to launch it with. There are developers who know how to code something amazing, but don’t have the co-founder to help market the product. There are business-minded entrepreneurs who have the idea, but need a co-founder to help…
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JUMPSTART FOUNDRY GEARING-UP FOR 2012  Nashville, Tenn. (January 31, 2012) – Nashville-based tech business accelerator Jumpstart Foundry has opened its application process and is now accepting applications from entrepreneurs interested in participating in the JSF 2012 program.  The application form may be found on the JSF website:  http://jumpstartfoundry.com. Competition for last year’s class was robust,…
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2011 Foundry Class Drawn From Nearly 100 Applicants From Across U.S, Globe Nashville, Tenn. (May 5, 2011) – Nashville-based tech business accelerator Jumpstart Foundry has announced the six fledgling companies that will take part in JSF’s 14-week, mentor-driven accelerator program for 2011. Competition for inclusion in JSF’s inaugural class was robust, as nearly 100 tech-oriented businesses…
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Invitation-Only Global Network Of Startup Accelerators Launches Today

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