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Cleveland venture capital & startups
Cleveland healthcare innovation — Cleveland Diagnostics, Centerline, AxoNeural, JumpStart, ARCH thesis capital.
Cleveland’s venture map is Clinic-linked healthcare innovation: IsoPSA diagnostics, Centerline’s IOPS navigation, AxoNeural therapeutics, JumpStart formation capital, and national biotech builders like ARCH (Chicago HQ) for later syndicates.
Aliases: cleveland, akron. BioEnterprise is historical ecosystem branding — JumpStart is the live capital/services page here.
Venture firms in Cleveland
Matched from fund headquarters in our directory (alias-based). Dual-HQ firms may appear in more than one city.
| Firm | HQ (directory) | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| JumpStart | Cleveland, OH | Pre-Seed, Seed |
| ARCH Venture Partners | Chicago, IL | Seed, Series A |
| F-Prime Capital | Cambridge, MA | Series A, Series B+ |
| Define Ventures | San Francisco, CA | Series A |
| Andreessen Horowitz | Menlo Park, CA | Series A, Series B+ |
| General Catalyst | Cambridge, MA | Series A, Series B+ |
Startups we cover in Cleveland
Matched from startup hq fields. Many profiles still lack HQ — curated lists
in editorial notes fill gaps when verified.
| Startup | One-liner | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Diagnostics | Cancer diagnostics company commercializing IsoPSA and the IsoClear protein-structure platform. | Cleveland, OH |
| Centerline Biomedical | Cleveland Clinic spinout of IOPS — non-X-ray 3D endovascular surgical navigation. | Cleveland, OH |
| AxoNeural Therapeutics | Cleveland Clinic spinout developing nanoparticle-delivered therapeutics for neurodegenerative injury. | Cleveland, OH |
| Sonic Fire Tech | Infrasound / acoustic fire suppression that aims to extinguish flames in seconds without water or chemical residue. | Cleveland / Ohio |
Coverage gaps
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BioEnterprise / health corridor orgs
Ecosystem layer overlapping JumpStart — document externally until distinct fund JSON exists
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Additional Clinic spinouts
Expand beyond Centerline/AxoNeural as profiles harden
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