The foundation prioritizes activities and opportunities according to market demand and social impact. With an overwhelming desire to increase the number  of children that have access to quality education, we aim to be both collaborative and catalytic in the education sector.   GMC also seeks to identify social enterprise opportunities for explorative research and development. We employ our established understanding of the dynamics of emerging market environments to co-create programs and deploy early stage equity investments focused on improving the lives of underserved populations. We work closely with our investees and external partners to research and support new concepts and business models that will create positive social impact for these target communities.

Gray Matters Capital

Expa is a startup studio and venture fund designed for entrepreneurs to create and launch new companies. Started in 2013 by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp, Expa is a team of experienced founders and entrepreneurs dedicated to identifying the next big idea and partnering with the future generation of leaders to build great companies. Our partners have founded or led some of the most valuable and well-known companies including Uber, Twitter, LinkedIn, FourSquare, StumbleUpon, AddThis, MetroLyrics, and Envoy.  Expa has raised $350 million from a number of investors including Expa Founder/CEO Garrett Camp and other LPs.

Expa

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital to date.  The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.

Gaingels

At 17Sigma we support disruptive and innovative Latin American entrepreneurs in their early stages to push forward the next generation of regional leaders and companies. Founded to collaborate with teams, backing ideas that have the potential to disrupt the status-quo and build a stronger, better, and fairer future. 17Sigma will primarily focus on embryonic startups looking to raise Pre-seed and Seed rounds. We are firm believers in the potential of Latin America to achieve 17Sigma results, understood as extremely rare and statistically unlikely events. We are here to bet on that magic!

17Sigma

Rodina is an investment firm focused on real estate, technology, hotels and resorts, and infrastructure investments is a holding company of Andres Chico.

Rodina Capital

Collaborative Fund is an investment fund that provides funding to companies based on creativity and collaborative consumption. The fund centers around two macro themes which drives business innovation in the coming years: the growth of the creative class and the concept of collaborative consumption. Craig Shapiro founded it in New York in 2010.

Collaborative Fund

GreyMatter is a venture capital firm created to support bold founders building the future of mental health and emotional wellness. We believe innovative approaches to mental wellbeing have the power to not only reshape healthcare, but to touch every part of our lives, improving the way we live, work, learn, relate to one another.

GreyMatter

Wisdom Ventures is seed venture fund in San Francisco, investing globally in compassion and wellness start-ups;  leveraging a partner team with extensive networks and proven track record as investors, experts and leaders.

Wisdom Ventures

OYE is a wellness app that uses mind-body practices, a daily emotional check-in tool, personalized goal setting, and mindful notifications to transform emotions into creative actions.

OYE is a mental health support app that provides daily feelings check-ins and multilingual wellness practices and exercises. Additionally, the platform provides guided training for individuals to understand their emotions better. The app was co-founded by Colombian singer J Balvin, who also acts in a spokesperson and executive role. The app supports both English and Spanish speakers, with the company targeting Latinos in the Americas as their primary market post-launch.

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

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J Balvin Launches Oye, a Creative Wellness App for Gen Z

OYE is a mental health support app that provides daily feelings check-ins and multilingual wellness practices and exercises. Additionally, the platform provides guided training for individuals to understand their emotions better. The app was co-founded by Colombian singer J Balvin, who also acts in a spokesperson and executive role. The app supports both English and Spanish speakers, with the company targeting Latinos in the Americas as their primary market post-launch.As of September 2022, the company announced plans to operate on a D2C basis and will utilize a subscription model, charging users USD 4.99 per month. Key customers and partnershipsIn September 2022, the company claimed to have secured partnerships with Apple and Google to optimize its app for their respective platforms.

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.

Boulder Care

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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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7 Cups

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.

wayForward

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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