Wellington Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technology and life sciences companies, focusing on Digital Media, Software, Electronics & Photonics, Resource Efficiency, and Biotech/Life Sciences. It is committed to providing outstanding entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to fund their strategies. We typically lead financing rounds ranging from € 0.5 million to € 20 million. Depending on the maturity of the company, its own commitment can go as high as € 15 million. Wellington was established in 1998 and has offices in Munich, London, and Zurich.

Wellington Partners

Ancora Finance Group is an international management consulting firm that offers unparalleled leadership, strategic, and operational advice. Their focus on financial services is deeply rooted in the DNA of their company as it comes from their people.  They are based in London and Singapore, providing unparalleled leadership, strategic and operational solutions for the financial services industry. Their experience, expertise, and approach combine consulting and knowledge transfer.

Ancora Finance Group

Creas is an online platform that offers web design, graphic design, and software  solutions for its users.  Its current chain of services includes: web design, graphic design, software, e-commerce site, advertising photo, google ad, facebook ad, SEO solutions, server services, virtual power plants, banner design, and printing solutions. Creas also conducts an after sales special training session for its customers.  Creas was launched in 2004.

Creas

AA Sons focuses on raising venture capital for ambitious, fast-growing companies with a desire to 'make the world a better place' in retail, mobility, healthcare, care, fintech and broader tech sectors.

AA Sons

MTIP is a leading Swiss-based growth equity firm investing in European healthtech companies. We leverage our deep sector expertise to help the founders scale up successful and sustainable digital health businesses. At MTIP, we are driven by the mission to empower healthtech innovation with the potential to impact and improve millions of lives.

MTIP AG

Alma Mundi Ventures is a venture capital firm that funds primarily technology-based companies with B2B and B2B2C business models. The firms' third fund is an InsurTech Venture Fund with a European focus, backed by leading European international insurance companies and Mutuality Funds, investing between 1M and 7M in Series A, B, and C of leading European insurance startups. AMV is headquartered in Madrid but with an operational presence in Barcelona, London and Seattle.

Alma Mundi Ventures

Asabys Partners is a venture capital firm that invests across the board in human healthcare. The company is active in the health-tech and biopharma industries and aims to invest in Spain and abroad in innovative and transformative technologies. Asabys Partners are motivated by the idea of pushing the boundaries of science and medicine. This is done through the sourcing and financing of the most disruptive technologies, and through the collaboration with the best internal and external talents of our industry.

Asabys Partners

Akilia Partners is an investment firm that focuses on private markets direct investments.

Akilia Partners

Creas is the pioneering impact fund manager in Spain. We integrate capital, purpose and talent and place them at the service of transformative impact companies in Europe seeking to make a difference by empowerment through education, regeneration through promotion of circular production and addressing climate change and caring by improving the quality of life of vulnerable groups.

Koa Health

Koa Health is digital wellbeing and therapeutics solutions combine the latest clinical research and breakthrough technologies. It delivers mental health support that is accessible, personalized, and effective across a range of conditions. The company's other products include Mindset, offered through providers as a way to facilitate private chat-based mental health support. They create digital tools and resources for mental health that encompass prevention, prediction, and treatment. It offers a library of evidence-based activities for tackling stress, sleeping better, aiding relaxation and positive thinking, and boosting self-confidence.

Koa Health is a digital mental healthcare provider that offers personalized, evidence-based solutions for mental health needs. The company develops a range of digital tools and resources for the prevention, prediction, and treatment of mental health issues. The company's flagship product, Koa Foundations, is a mental wellbeing app designed for workplace use. It provides a library of evidence-based activities to improve user well-being, including tools for managing stress, improving sleep, aiding relaxation, promoting positive thinking, and boosting self-confidence. In clinical trials, Koa Foundations demonstrated significant benefits for users in just two to four weeks, including a 23% improvement in feelings of anxiety and a 33% improvement in sleep quality.

New technologies are opening up mental health services to previously overbooked and underserved populations.

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Personify Health began offering Koa Health Foundation's solutions via its platform

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Koa Health is a digital mental healthcare provider that offers personalized, evidence-based solutions for mental health needs. The company develops a range of digital tools and resources for the prevention, prediction, and treatment of mental health issues. The company's flagship product, Koa Foundations, is a mental wellbeing app designed for workplace use. It provides a library of evidence-based activities to improve user well-being, including tools for managing stress, improving sleep, aiding relaxation, promoting positive thinking, and boosting self-confidence. In clinical trials, Koa Foundations demonstrated significant benefits for users in just two to four weeks, including a 23% improvement in feelings of anxiety and a 33% improvement in sleep quality.In August 2024, Koa Health launched Koa Care 360, a unified mental health platform that provides preventive care, online therapy, and personalized solutions for employees. This platform aims to simplify access to mental healthcare and integrate with existing employer-provided benefits. Koa Health's solutions leverage various evidence-based programs such as cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology, mindfulness, and acceptance and commitment training to drive health outcomes and deliver long-lasting behavior change.Key customers and partnershipsAs of August 2024, Koa Health's products were available to more than 4 million users worldwide. In September 2023, Koa Health announced a partnership with SteadyMD to launch a comprehensive mental healthcare offering combining Koa's tech-enabled care model with SteadyMD's platform and clinician workforce.In May 2023, Koa Health partnered with International SOS to integrate Koa Foundations into International SOS' Workforce Resilience Subscription. Koa Health also collaborates with leading academic institutions, including Massachusetts General Hospital, University College London, and the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, to conduct research and develop clinically rigorous mental health tools.

Boulder Care is a telehealth provider that offers virtual addiction treatment for substance use disorders, primarily focusing on opioid and alcohol use disorders. The company provides medical care, medication management, peer recovery coaching, and case management services through a mobile app, allowing patients to connect with a multidisciplinary care team, including physicians, nurse practitioners, peer recovery specialists, and social services support. Boulder Care's treatment approach includes medication-assisted treatment (MAT), prescribing medications such as buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone) for opioid use disorder and naltrexone, acamprosate, and others for alcohol use disorder. The company also delivers naloxone doses to patients to help reverse opioid overdoses.The company has implemented value-based payment arrangements with insurers, tying its financial success to patient outcomes. As of May 2024, Boulder Care had served over 12,000 patients across multiple states, with a concentration in Washington, Oregon, and Ohio. The company reports retention rates of 70%–80% of patients remaining in treatment after six months, significantly above the national average. Boulder Care had also expanded its services to include treatment for adolescents as of January 2024.Key customers and partnershipsBoulder Care has established partnerships with numerous health plans and employers to provide access to its services, including Elevance Health, UnitedHealth Community Plan, and Centene.

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 7 Cups provides an emotional-support platform with a network of volunteer listeners. Users can anonymously access either one-on-one chats or group chats 24/7, free of charge for issues such as depression, anxiety, relationships and those related to the LGBTQ+ community. It also teaches users skills such as meditation to improve their lives. If users want additional support, the company also provides access to an online therapy platform with a network of 180 licensed therapists for a subscription plan of USD 150 per month. 7 Cups is available for users above 13 years of age (users between 13 and 17 years old engage with listeners who are specifically trained in teenage interactions).
 
 
 Volunteer peer listeners get free training and support as well as flexible scheduling. Once a user requests a chat, it will be directed to available listeners and if the user requests a specific listener, he will be connected as soon as the listener accepts the demand. The service is anonymous and the listener has no access to the details of the user unless the information is disclosed to the listener by the user in their conversations. As of January 2022, 7 Cups has facilitated more than 51 million conversations, served 25 million individuals, and had 300,000 trained listeners. The listeners serve in 180 countries in 140 languages.
 
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wayForward provides technology-supported behavioral health and emotional wellness services for employers planning to make services available to their employees. It uses a screening procedure designed by neuropsychologists to triage and help employee members get clinically relevant mental healthcare. The company provides a self-guided app, text-based coaching, video visits, telepsychiatry, and if required, in-person visits or an on-site counselor. wayForward leverages its evidence-based approach and artificial intelligence in delivering its services and claims that it has been able to reduce anxiety symptoms by 48% and depression symptoms by 59%.The company raised USD 2 million in a seed round in June 2020, which brought total funding to USD 4.5 million. DarioHealth, a chronic disease management platform based in Israel, signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of wayForward in May 2021 for a total consideration of USD 30 million. As of May 2021, the wayForward had approximately 20,000 members and was available in North America, Australia, and Europe.

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Coa is a mental health company that conducts online classes led by licensed therapists for mental health users. The classes focus on conditions such as stress, anxiety, confidence and relationships. The company raised USD 3 million in a seed round in October 2020 from investors led by Crosslink Capital.

Meru Health is an online platform that connects patients experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, burnout, and other mental health issues to licensed therapists. The company was founded by Kristian Ranta in 2016 after his older brother died from suicide after battling depression. The platform offers a 12-week program and personalized text-based coaching services and virtual workshops. Meru also provides access to progress reports and anonymous peer support groups as well as sleep, nutrition, and mindfulness advice. The program utilizes a wearable device that monitors heart rate variability and provides real-time feedback, allowing patients to visualize the connection between their mental and physical health.In March 2024, Meru Health introduced a 100% fees-at-risk pricing model for healthcare payers and employers, guaranteeing outcomes, access, and engagement. This value-based care approach aims to incentivize enrollment, quality care delivery, cost management, and medical cost savings.The company reported a 10x YoY growth in its customer base in 2020 and plans to serve 10 million users by 2027. The company also achieved 8x YoY growth in revenue in 2020 amid an increase in demand in mental health services brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.Key customers and partnershipsMeru Health partners with major health insurance providers, including Humana, Aetna, and Moda Health. In January 2022, the company joined Evernorth's national behavioral health provider network, making its services available to Cigna health plan customers accessing benefits through their employer or individual and family plans.Meru Health also works with employer groups to provide mental healthcare for employees. In September 2022, Meru Health and clinical trial platform Curebase <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/13230">announced a partnership </a>to carry out a three-year clinical trial to measure the effectiveness of Meru Health’s 12-week digital depression treatment targeting primary care patients. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Small Business Innovation Research program.

Meru Health

Online peer-to-peer platform and support system that connects mental health communities.

Mobile-based apps and FDA-approved software that incorporate evidenced-based cognitive behavioral therapy to prevent, treat, or manage mental and behavioral conditions in conjunction with or as a replacement for traditional medication.

Products for behavioral health and mental health tracking, measurement-based care, and real-time remote monitoring of patients.

Subscription or membership-based platforms and apps to connect therapists, psychiatrists or behavioral health coaches with patients.

Offers virtual offerings for mental health consultations

Mental healthcare services offer personalized care tailored to a user's needs and treatment progression

There are mental health providers offering services specifically to help LGBTQ+ or BIPOC individuals

Several mental health technology providers offer therapy services rendered by AI/ML technology

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