Jumpstart rolls out first 17 portfolio investments

Jumpstart Foundry has unveiled the 17 companies into which it has invested in its first year as an innovation-based fund rather than as an accelerator. Among them are a number of Nashville-based ventures as well as several concepts coming from the San Francisco area. Here’s the list:

• affirmhealth – Led by CEO Mitch Evans, a former Jumpstart managing director who also spent a year at NC2 Media, affirmhealth aims to prevent prescription drug abuse through its integration and automation software that helps with substance monitoring