Kickstart Fund is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Salt Lake City, UT. Kickstart’s mission is to fuel the best companies in Utah and the Mountain West by providing smart capital, a connected community, and expert guidance. Since raising its first fund in 2008, Kickstart has invested in more than 100 companies.

Kickstart

Service Provider Capital is a venture capital fund that co-invests in series A deals led by institutional venture funds. It was founded in 2014 and is based in Golden, Colorado.

Service Provider Capital

Alumni Ventures Group provides high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors who previously haven't had access to VC. It helps accredited alums from top entrepreneurial schools invest together in the ventures of fellow alums. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor with expertise in the space. AVG also offers focused funds that allow any accredited investor access to a venture portfolio, diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. Beth Obermiller, Michael Madden, and Mike Collins co-founded the firm in Manchester, New Hampshire in 2013.

Alumni Ventures

SpringTime Ventures seeds high-growth startups in healthcare, fintech & insurtech, and logistics & supply chain. We look for founders with domain expertise, forging a path with a truly transformative technology. We only invest in software-based businesses in the USA. We bring a people-focused approach, work quickly, and reach conviction independently. Our initial check size is $600k. You can learn more about us and our approach.

SpringTime Ventures

Lanoha Ventures is a single-family investment company that focuses on early-stage equity investing. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Lanoha Ventures

Castor Ventures is an investment firm. Castor Ventures invests in a broad range of venture-backed companies to build diversified venture portfolios invested alongside established venture firms.

Castor Ventures

Purple Arch Ventures is a community of accredited Northwestern alums who pool money into a VC fund to invest

Purple Arch Ventures

IBOS ventures active incubation, investing, and portfolio management in tech-enabled businesses and underrepresented founders to positively impact society.

IBOS ventures

Dioko Ventures targets early stage investment opportunities with a focus on healthcare services and information technology meeting the following criteria: Healthcare and technology startups led by strong management teams with sector specific expertise,Ventures at an early stage enabling the fund to obtain meaningful ownership and serve on the board of directors to help the company as they scale,Business investment opportunities that are driving change in healthcare and helping current institutions adapt to a world in which they must be better, faster, and cheaper Technologies that are largely outside the scope of healthcare EMR solutions

Dioko Ventures

Crawley Ventures is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crawley Petroleum, formed to make non-petroleum investments including direct investments in private companies and investments in venture funds and hedge funds. Crawley Ventures invests in seed, early, and expansion stage companies seeking capital to fund opportunities with significant growth potential. Portfolio companies are in a broad range of industries including high tech optics, financial services, software, manufacturing and wireless technologies.  We have an old-school philosophy of being investors and partners in our portfolio companies. We look for opportunities with superior management and great potential that would benefit from our operating experience.  Since we invest our own capital, we have a great deal of flexibility in structuring and Plant sprouting from the ground.supporting our investments and are not limited by adhering to narrowly defined types of investments. Our time frame is flexible. If we see a company achieve significant milestones and continue to demonstrate a strong business concept, we will continue to support the company.

Crawley Ventures

Notley is a catalyst for social innovation with a mission to scale and support businesses, nonprofits, individuals and programs making positive change. Since 2015, Notley has provided the creative space and resources necessary to make the most impact in local communities. Through the use of magnetic risk capital, Notley works to bridge the gap of collaboration between for-profits and nonprofits to solve problems quicker. Today, Notley challenges the status quo with new models never before thought possible in communities across the nation, including Austin, Columbus, Denver and San Antonio.

Notley

Preview Ventures is an investment company. The company invests in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage enterprises.

Preview Ventures

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth equity investments. The company provides ongoing momentum that accelerates ideas, careers, and companies toward standout success.

General Catalyst

Endeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$500M+ AUM across four funds and has made 260+ investments to date in 35+ different markets. Today The Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 53 companies valued at $1B+. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia.

Endeavor Catalyst

F-Prime's roots are in one of America’s great entrepreneurial success stories. Fidelity Investments was founded in 1946 and grew from a single mutual fund into one of the largest asset management firms in the world, with over $2 trillion in assets under management. For the last forty years, this venture capital group has had the privilege of backing other great entrepreneurs as they built ground-breaking companies in technology and life sciences, including Atari, MCI, ROLM Corp., Alibaba, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, and Ultragenyx.  Today, F-Prime's funds are larger and more global, but its teams are still small and local. F-Prime stays true to its entrepreneurial roots. In the US and Europe, F-Prime Capital Partners is investing in healthcare (formerly Fidelity Biosciences) and in technology (formerly part of Devonshire Investors). In other geographies, its sister fund is called Eight Roads (formerly Fidelity Growth Partners), with investment teams in London, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Mumbai.   Together F-Prime brings a world of insight, domain expertise and relationships to support entrepreneurs. Without the pressure of fundraising from outside investors, F-Prime Capital Partners focuses all of its time finding and helping great entrepreneurs build important companies.

F-Prime Capital

Drive Capital invests in innovative technology, healthcare, and consumer companies in the Midwest. The firm is looking for innovative entrepreneurs addressing big market opportunities. Its goal is to partner with entrepreneurs that have audacious goals and strive to build large sustainable companies. The firm seeks to invest in information technology, financial services, and mobile sectors. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Drive Capital

PremjiInvest is a multi-family office specializing in private equity and venture capital investments. It is a private equity fund owned by Azim Premji which manages his $1 billion personal portfolios. In 2011, Azim Premji invested around $15 million in Vinod Khosla's clean-tech fund.

PremjiInvest

Partners Group are a unique, global alternative asset manager with strong Swiss roots, proactively providing their international client base with innovative, customized solutions. With CHF 19.2 billion in private equity assets under management, a global team of over 130 private equity professionals in seven offices, and over 300 partnership investments led by over 200 general partners, Partners Group is one of the largest private equity asset managers worldwide.

Partners Group

Founded in 1996, FCA Venture Partners has a long history of investing in successful healthcare entrepreneurs. The firm is passionate about building sustainable businesses and providing strategic value to their portfolio companies. FCA invests $3-6M in fast growing healthcare companies making processes in the industry faster, better, and cheaper while improving the quality of care and the patient experience. With its location in Nashville, roots with Clayton Associates and the McWhorter Family, and deep involvement in the growth of the U.S. healthcare community, FCA Venture Partners is poised to take advantage of disruptive opportunities that help move healthcare forward.

FCA Venture Partners

Founders Circle Capital is a growth-stage investment firm that focuses on investing in people.

Founders Circle Capital

Zoma Capital invests in a wide range of market-based sustainable solutions addressing environmental and social challenge.  It invests in a broad range of market-based sustainable solutions advancing energy, water, and regional economic resiliency in Chile and Colorado. Its global investment portfolio spans multiple asset classes and sectors with an emphasis on addressing environmental and social challenges.

Zoma Capital

Quiet Capital is a technology investment firm.

Quiet Capital

Smash is a later-stage investment firm focused on high-growth consumer internet, software, and technology companies. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Smash Ventures

SonderMind

SonderMind is a digital health and telehealth company redesigning behavioral health to become more accessible, approachable, and utilized. They combine a variety of software tools, an integrated provider network, and services to generate the data and capability needed to serve consumers, employers, and health systems with high-quality behavioral healthcare. The company makes finding focused, supportive therapy easier for everyone. SonderMind enabling consumers to quickly find and access a trusted, well-matched therapist, while enabling therapists to focus on providing excellent patient care, not worrying about admin and billing issues. It connects people who need care with therapists who are in-network and suit their needs. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Sondermind is a telepsychiatry platform that facilitates access to treatment covered by insurance plans for users with mental health conditions. Customers can answer questions to get matched with a psychiatrist, set up an account, enter insurer and credit card details for copays, and schedule a video appointment to discuss their health concerns. The company also has a guaranteed pay program, which settles the practitioner fee within 24 hours of a patient visit.

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

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Sondermind is a telepsychiatry platform that facilitates access to treatment covered by insurance plans for users with mental health conditions. Customers can answer questions to get matched with a psychiatrist, set up an account, enter insurer and credit card details for copays, and schedule a video appointment to discuss their health concerns. The company also has a guaranteed pay program, which settles the practitioner fee within 24 hours of a patient visit.In November 2022, the company acquired Total Brain, a mental health monitoring and support platform, and integrated Total Brain’s offerings into its own to provide a more holistic offering. In March 2023, the company acquired Mindstrong's technology assets, including some of its tech team. Through the acquisition, SonderMind was able to offer more personalized care journeys to users, employ clinical note templates, and improve its measurement-based services.In July 2021, the company concluded a Series C funding round which valued the company at more than USD 1 billion to reach unicorn status.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsAs of September 2024, the company had more than 9,000 behavioral health professionals across 36 states who were in-network with several health plans to help customers, depending on their insurance plan. Some partnering insurers include Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, Anthem, and Cigna.

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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