JumpStart Invests in Checkpoint Surgical(nths leading up to a full commercial lau...),Health

This is JumpStart Ventures' 54th investment in its 41st company. Other healthcare companies in JumpStart Ventures' portfolio include AnalizaDx, CardioInsight Technologies, CerviLenz, Freedom Meditech, Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals, Juventas Therapeutics, Neuros Medical, Synapse Biomedical, Tursiop Technologies, and VasoLux MicroSystems.

About Checkpoint Surgical LLC

The mission of Checkpoint Surgical (www.checkpointsurgical.com) is to provide physicians with medical devices to locate, evaluate and protect nerves and muscles in surgical procedures for better patient outcomes. The Company's flagship product, the CHECKPOINT® Stimulator/Locator is a single-use, hand-held stimulator with a broad range of stimulation parameters that are fully controllable by the surgeon. The CHECKPOINT® Stimulator/Locator was designed by a world class team of orthopaedic surgeons and biomedical engineers working together to provide surgeons with a simple, safe, versatile tool to help locate, identify and evaluate nerves in the surgical site and make surgical decisions with confidence. Beyond this initial product, the Checkpoint surgical team is dedicated to continue to develop new and innovative first in class devices to help surgeons achieve better patient outcomes.

About JumpStart Inc.

JumpStart (www.jumpstartinc.org) is a nationally recognized venture development organization that accelerates the progress of high potential, early-stage businesses and includes a special focus on diverse entrepreneurs working in the highest growth industries. Through the depth of its entrepreneurial team and the breadth of its high value resources, JumpStart improves client success in achieving significant milestones, including raising the follow-on capital necessary to create wealth. JumpStart strives to create a more prosperous future for Northeast Ohio. As part of its
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