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Launchpad Digital Health is the leading U.S. seed fund and mentor in digital health. We partner with entrepreneurs building companies to improve care, lower cost, and increase patient convenience. Launchpad Digital Health's next generation immersion includes: more capital, more time and more intensity for its companies and their founders. Located in San Francisco, it has 27 portfolio company investments to date. Launchpad Digital Health – Ground Zero extends this ecosystem to companies that, with more intensive time and effort over the one-month immersion program, can ready themselves for institutional seed level funding. More capital, more time, and more intensity: Each company accepted into the accelerator program receives: 1) more capital in the form of up to a $500,000 investment, 2) more time commitment in the form of a one year program, co-located with other Launchpad Digital Health startups, and 3) more intensity in the form of regular, ongoing engagement with Launchpad Digital Health’s founders, partners and mentors. We are looking for digital health companies ready to scale their businesses that are focused on: - Healthy living, wellness, patient compliance - Remote diagnostics and monitoring - Electronic health and wellness records - Data analytical tools and big data - Independent living support The founders of Launchpad Digital Health have funded and operated a myriad of companies throughout the healthcare and technology sectors, including digital health companies, for the past two decades.

We invest in the champions building iconic companies creating a world of shared prosperity. AffinitiVC is an emerging investment firm building a venture capital platform. The firm has three investment verticals: institutional and corporate venture advisory, primary fund of funds investments and direct co-investments.

At GreyMatter we believe that human beings have infinite potential and are capable of driving immense prosperity and progress in the world, but only if we can reduce human suffering and improve overall wellbeing. To advance this goal, we are backing the most talented founders in the earliest stages of their journeys in building category defining companies that tackle mental and behavioral health challenges. Our goal is to bring together entrepreneurs, academics, scientists, policy makers and capital partners to collectively drive innovation in our space. If you are passionate about changing mental health, we are excited to hear from you.

Founded by Melinda French Gates, Pivotal works to accelerate the pace of social progress for women and young people in the U.S. and around the world. Pivotal includes Pivotal Philanthropies, Pivotal Initiatives Fund, and Pivotal Ventures. Learn more at Pivotal.com.

Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, bio/healthcare, crypto, fintech and games spaces. a16z is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial company building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. The firm is led by general partners, many of whom are former founders/operators, CEOs, or CTOs of successful technology companies, and who have domain expertise ranging from biology to crypto to distributed systems to security to marketplaces to financial services. We aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, industry experts, and others in the technology ecosystem. We have built a network of experts including technical and executive talent; top media and marketing resources; Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies; as well as other technology decision makers, influencers, and key opinion leaders. a16z uses this network as part of our commitment to help our portfolio companies grow their business, so our operating teams provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building. https://a16z.com/portfolio/ https://a16z.com/podcasts/ https://a16z.com/videos/ http://a16z.com/subscribe See Disclosures: https://a16z.com/disclosures/

The Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health is a collaborative fund that provides timely resources to organizations that focus on the mental health and well-being of adolescents of color and/or LGBTQ+ adolescents in the United States—populations that face urgent needs during the pandemic but too often lack access to the care they need. The Fund is seeded by Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company created by Melinda French Gates to advance social progress in the United States; is advised by a renowned set of mental health experts with deep clinical and research expertise and a passion to support youth and communities; and is powered by Panorama, a global action tank committed to solving pressing global problems through strategic partnerships, collaborative funds, and scalable solutions.

Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech is the leading community and media business committed to expanding access to mental health and substance use services through technology and innovation. Our community is made up of health plans, employers, health systems, behavioral health providers, startups, investors and policymakers to connect for the purposes of advancing access to behavioral healthcare for all. We solve the inertia of access to quality behavioral healthcare by convening all stakeholders to develop, adopt and improve behavioral health tech and innovation.