Bootstrap Ventures

Bootstrap Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Solana Beach, California, founded in 2012 by Jean Balgrosky. The firm draws on more than 40 years of combined team experience in healthcare and technology, bridging the gap between angel investors and traditional VCs. Bootstrap invests $100,000 to $5 million — with a sweet spot around $1.5 million — primarily at seed through Series B, targeting early-stage companies whose products will have meaningful effect on healthcare outcomes or enterprise operations. The firm leads rounds and has made 35 investments. The portfolio has produced one IPO and seven acquisitions, including MD Revolution, Rhombus Energy Solutions, and Immunicon. Active portfolio companies include CirrusMD (virtual care), Scientist.com (research marketplace), Elation Health (clinical EHR), Perceivant, Indigo BioAutomation, and Sinaptica Therapeutics (therapeutic devices, most recent investment in May 2024). The top verticals are enterprise applications, with 15 investments, and healthtech, with 12. Founder and General Partner Jean Balgrosky serves as a board member and operating partner across multiple portfolio companies — functioning as interim CIO in several cases — rather than as a purely passive investor. The entire partner team maintains active governance roles, with the firm's model based on the conviction that early-stage healthcare and technology companies most often fail due to execution gaps, not capital shortfalls.