Founded by Jean Balgrosky, HIT lecturer at UCLA and with 20 years of CIO experience in the healthcare industry, Bootstrap's mission is to invest in and mentor start-up IT businesseses. Bootstrap Incubation is a venture capital firm of successful, specialized entrepreneurs dedicated to helping other entrepreneurs grow their businesses. From consulting services to enterprise software, the portfolio companies of Boostrap Incubation strive to help businesses reach their full potential. Bootstrap provides financing that fills the gap between commercial banks and the venture capital and private equity community with a focus on industries that are heavily investing in IT.