The company was founded in January 1997 by Mark Publicover, his wife, Valerie, and then board chairman Byron Lewis Bertsch{{cite web| url = http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Bertsch-Byron-L/5028762| title = Byron L. Bertsch, Inventor, San Jose, CA| publisher = PatentBuddy| quote = Jun 19, 1998 Earliest Filing ... JUMPSPORT, INC. In 2000, JumpSport received funding from the
Band of Angels.{{cite press release| url = http://www.jumpsport.com/pr_sept19_2k In 2007, JumpSport's 15 employee business had $13 million in sales and represented less than 1% of the market for safety net enclosures.{{cite web | url = https://money.cnn.com/2008/04/23/smbusiness/whos_stealing_idea_safe.fsb JumpSport expanded their line to include fitness trampolines in 2008.{{cite web ==See also==