Streamlined Ventures is a seed-stage investment firm investing in companies transforming verticle markets through Data Science, APIs, Blockchain/Web3, AI, and Software Automation.

Streamlined Ventures

Everywhere Ventures (The Fund) is a first-of-its-kind early-stage venture fund created ​by founders for founders​ to support the next generation of entrepreneurs. Everywhere Ventures is a community-powered venture investing platform that integrates the capital, expertise, and mentoring of experienced founders and operators across ten micro funds. The Fund's $50M+ under management comes almost exclusively from the over 500 founders and operators who are its limited partners. Everywhere Ventures operates from the belief that those who have actually built successful companies are best suited to advise and support early-stage startups. Everywhere Ventures invests in pre-seed deals globally usually in the first financing round the company raises. Emphasis is placed on purpose-driven teams across money, health and work verticals.

Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)

Link Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early stage direct-to-consumer companies.

Link Ventures

BossaNova is the number one Brazilian Micro Venture Capital. We are the most active investor in the pre-seed stage in Latin America with more than 1200 investments in over 1000 Startups. We also invest in global companies, directly or through co-investment syndicates on AngelList.

Bossanova Investimentos

Private investment firm which mainly focuses on early-stage VC opportunities

Alecla7

Care.com connects families with caregivers. It’s a simple concept that’s complicated to execute well, and Care.com strives to do it better than anyone. Whether it’s via our online platform (the world’s largest) or through our corporate clients, we focus on matching families with caregivers uniquely suited to their children, senior loved ones, pets, and homes. Our services and tools meet families where they are and adapt to their changing needs.

Care

For Asian companies seeking international growth, Tiger provides an alternative to domestic markets for your capital needs. By engaging Tiger, you gain access to the most internationally minded investors in the world in London.  Our multinational team of experienced and respected professionals will help you achieve your capital raising goals in a timely manner and with cost savings. You benefit from our collective expertise in international business, law and corporate finance combined with our knowledge of the listing process and our relationships with the London exchanges plus gain immediate access to select professional advisers equipped to handle your unique needs as an international business from Far East Asia.

Tiger Fund

RXBAR manufactures and distributes fruit and nut energy bars that are rich in protein. Made with eight or less ingredients, including egg whites and nuts, the bars come apple, blueberry, coconut cacao, and coffee cacao.  RXBAR was founded in January 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

RXBAR

Frenchfounders has been meeting the challenges of French speakers since 2014, offering solutions ranging from business intermediation, investment to career coaching. Frenchfounders is active on 4 continents, 15 cities and over 450 events per year. By positioning itself as the physical and digital meeting point for a community of over 7,000 Founders, including 4,000 Club members, Frenchfounders brings together the international community of French speakers in two ways: individuals and companies. FrenchFounders was founded by Vincent Deruelle and Benoit Buridant in 2014 and is headquartered in New York.

Frenchfounders

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

Gravity Blanket is a weighted blanket engineered to naturally reduce stress and increase relaxation.

Gravity Blanket

Trousdale Ventures, LLC is a privately-held investment firm with a portfolio that focuses on forward thinking companies that empower consumers by improving their health, happiness and productivity. Investments encompass the Better-For-You space, with adjacent investments in technology & productivity, health & wellness, mobility & hospitality and sustainability.

Trousdale Ventures

Unicorn Ventures makes it easy for entrepreneurs to accelerate their startups in order to position themselves for angel or venture capital. Currently, most accelerators are dedicated to ideation and MVP development. This leaves entrepreneurs with a skill gap between themselves and what it actually takes to obtain angel or venture capital. By eliminating the skill gap, Unicorn Ventures creates a place where entrepreneurs can validate their startups and gain traction.   It's unique because the accelerator is entirely dedicated to building startup capabilities like MVP creation, copywriting, marketing deliverable creation, customer development rather than startup support skills that can be outsourced freelancers. It's special because entrepreneurs gain the validation and traction that angel investors and venture capitalists use to make their investment decisions.   The big benefit is that it helps entrepreneurs define a path to validation and traction rather than simply spending time on low ROI activities. This helps them avoid approaching angel investors and venture capitalists before the startup is ready. Unicorn Ventures makes it easy for entrepreneurs to accelerate their startups in order to position themselves for angel or venture capital. Entrepreneurs can enroll in the accelerator and immediately start putting theory to practice by validating their business model and gaining traction. Enroll in the accelerator now at www.UnicornVentures.org

Unicorn Ventures

SALT Fund

Minded

Minded is an online psychiatry practice for women.

<div><p>New York-based Minded is a subscription-based D2C telepsychiatry platform that connects individuals with board-certified psychiatrists and nurse practitioners to prescribe both controlled and non-controlled medication for treating anxiety, depression, or insomnia. Minded verifies patients’ prescription histories and uses proprietary identity verification software that cross-references personal details to prevent fraudulent prescriptions. </p></div>

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

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    New York-based Minded is a subscription-based D2C telepsychiatry platform that connects individuals with board-certified psychiatrists and nurse practitioners to prescribe both controlled and non-controlled medication for treating anxiety, depression, or insomnia. Minded verifies patients’ prescription histories and uses proprietary identity verification software that cross-references personal details to prevent fraudulent prescriptions. 
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    The company charges a monthly subscription fee of USD 40 per month, which covers online appointments, unlimited video visits, and 24/7 messaging, with its care team as well as medication prescriptions, refills, and delivery. A member’s treatment plan is based on a free online assessment and initial consultation with a psychiatrist. 
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    Founded in 2020, Minded operated in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Illinois as of October 2021. The company raised USD 25 million in a seed funding round in February 2022 to expand its geographic footprint across the US as well as to increase the type of therapeutics it can dispense such as treatments for attention and mood. Additionally, it plans to enter into the pharmacogenetic space and provide treatment for drug-resistant depression.
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    Boulder Care is a telepsychiatry platform that connects patients who are opioid-addicted users to addiction specialists, care coordinators, and peer coaches. Patients can get personalized plans via video and text messaging and the app is intended to be used in conjunction with prescription medicines and lab tests.
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    In June 2022, the company raised USD 36 million in a Series B funding round. The funds were earmarked to triple the size of the company’s medical care team, expand its geographical footprint, and increase its value-based care treatment options through partnerships with health plans.
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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).
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    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

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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%.
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    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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wayForward

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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.
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    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 on top of vital tracking information—such as heart rate data.
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    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.
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    In September 2022, Meru Health and clinical trial platform Curebase 
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     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. 
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    In May 2022, the company secured a USD 2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to measure the effectiveness of its 12-week program for treating primary care patients. The study will follow 300 patients across the US with symptoms of major depression for a period of three years.
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Meru Health

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

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

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