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#fams #tech_for_good #female_founders FAMS Parenting App mentioned by PropellerTech among 10 amazing tech-for-good startups, founded by female founders. For me, raising children it's about crafting reality straight up. The words we drop, the ideas we vibe - it's all like planting seeds in their minds. It’s up to us what exactly to seed. Well in fact so easy to accidentally lay down the sickest ideas. But also today’s our shot to sow some seriously classy dope concepts that'll shape tomorrow's vibe. Yeah, this opportunity, easy to overlook, btw also we can make it legendary. That's what's on our minds at our FamsTeam. And it's pretty damn cool to see Fams in exactly that top 10. https://lnkd.in/d9DXbYGp

It is with great pleasure that I share the application for the 2025 One Mind Accelerator, running Spring 2025. Applications are LIVE starting today until October 31st. This will be our third go at this and to date we have worked with 21 companies that have raised $200M+ from A16z, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Thiel Capital and many more while reaching over 500K people living with mental illness. Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/gDyKVykB Here is a link to our recent Q&A Session with our OMA Alumni: https://shorturl.at/Xqg1Y We have put in a ton of work to build the most specialized and valuable network and programming a mental health startup could ask for. Decision-makers at Payers, Providers, Employers, top VCs, government and nonprofit organizations, leading research institutions and founders with exits and IPOs all await the next class of OMA companies. Since our last cohort we’ve launched: -The OMA Alumni Program, offering year-round programming, office hours and support with fundraising, business development and team building   -The OMA Talent Platform, connecting our portfolio companies with the highly specialized talent they need to scale their teams and companies -The OMA Payer Advisory Council with leadership from Optum, Aetna, United, Headway, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Horizon -The OMA Provider Council with leadership from Kaiser Permanente, Mass General and more TBA -The OMA Industry Council with leadership from top pharma, biotech and clinical device companies, members to be announced shortly -The One Mind Lived Experience Council with members of the lived experience community across Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar Disorder, Treatment Resistant Depression and Eating Disorders (with more to be added soon)

Even in Silicon Valley, where it seems the sun never sets on innovation, there's one thing we can all agree on: VC deals never hit the snooze button. One of the startups that received funding yesterday aims to make it easier for those who need to count sheep. - Shepherd, an insurance tech platform for commercial construction, raised $13.5 million in Series A funding. - Stellar Sleep, a sleep therapy app for chronic insomnia, raised $6 million in seed funding. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ With the rise of mindfulness since covid, we may start to see more startups in the mental health/sleep health space this year. Don't get caught napping this year. Stay alert with our weekly newsletter.

FemWealth Issue 174 highlights 💌 In the Spotlight 💸 Founded and led by Mical Jeanlys-White, WealthMore is an investment platform that requires only a $5,000 minimum to connect customers with adviser-led portfolios, licensed wealth advisers, and financial planning services. The US company officially launched recently. It also announced an oversubscribed Pre-Seed round of at least $1M led by Emmeline Ventures in April 2024.  Startup News: - Co-founded by Jiani Zeng, Butlr, a US sensor platform that makes people-detecting sensors to anonymously measure space and movement inside buildings, secured $38M in Series B - Co-founded by Grace Wang, OpusClip, a US AI video clip editing tool, raised $30M - Founded and led by Jennifer Henderson, Tilt, a US leave management platform, raised a $15M Series B  - Co-founded by Sara Sargent, Solace, a US digital health platform that partners with payers to support their members and employees across the entire spectrum of the healthcare journey, raised $14M in Series A - Co-founded by Rachel Chu, Solayer Labs, a Solana restaking protocol, raised $12M in Seed - Co-founded by Maya Gurevich, Gameplay Galaxy, a web3 gaming company, raised an $11.2M Seed extension - Co-founded and led by Kristine Bangstad Fredriksen, Ocean Oasis , a Norwegian company that aims to reduce water scarcity by developing a new and sustainable way to produce fresh water, utilizing ocean energy, received a €6M grant  - Co-founded by Vidhi Kumar, Cardboard, a Norwegian SaaS management platform that helps companies maximize the value of their software investments, announced a €1.9M Seed  - Founded by Helene Lassen Nørlem and Melissa Würtz Azari, Tiimo, a Danish planning and learning app designed by and for neurodivergent individuals, raised a $1.6M round - Co-founded by Lydia Mapstone, PhD, Dr. Sioned Fôn Jones, and Tara O'Driscoll, PhD, BoobyBiome, a UK biotech developing breast milk-derived bacterial products for babies without access to breast milk, secured a £1.6M grant - Led by Susan Hill, Mestag Therapeutics, a UK biotech that develops new treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases, received a £1.5M grant VC News: - Sonia Sahney Nagar - a longtime partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital, launched SNAK Venture Partners with a $50M debut fund to back digital marketplaces - Founded and led by Rupa Ganatra Popat, Arāya Ventures held a $10.6M first close on a new Pre-seed and Seed fund to invest in health tech, fintech, climate, commerce, and work Read & subscribe: https://lnkd.in/eqVbjtsx

Is there a need for a primary care focused health-tech accelerator or venture studio? 🤔 Ease launched our first fellowship (at the time called DocSpace Startup School) in 2020 to help doctors and clinicians start a private practice. We relaunched the fellowship in 2022 as a mini-accelerator to include our new care delivery infrastructure + embedded entity incorporations, banking, and payments. The fellowship was a massive success for us where we helped hundreds of doctors and clinicians regain their practice independence. However, as we dive deeper into medicine (primary care, VBC, DPC), we think there is an opportunity to expand Ease Fellowship into a primary care + specialty focused MSO accelerator to help build the next generation of PCP founded primary care startups. So I'll ask the question again, is there a need for a primary care focused health-tech accelerator or venture studio? cc Shawn Martin ---- Hi, I'm Dr. Mario Amaro, Founder and CEO Ease, and I talk about all things starting, running, and growing a private practice with AI. Follow me, if you are planning to start one or are currently figuring out creative ways to grow one. #PrivatePractice #SelfEmployment #HealthcareOnLinkedin #HeyEase #IndependentTogether #Fintech #Infrastructure #AIinHealthcare #CareDelivery #PrimaryCare

I've been working with Anna Bao the last couple months on a project I'm excited to share: 💰 Resources For Education Founders 🦁 Studios, 🐯 Accelerators and 🐻 More, Oh My! A database that contains funders and opportunities especially for #edtech, #education and workforce development founders, ranging from: - edtech venture studios - philanthropy - school studios (ways for teachers and others to launch micros, charters, pods online and offline) - incubators, accelerators, fellowships - and more Also we integrated with the original database of funders they compiled via Project FoundED, so a big thank you to Sandro Olivieri, Amy Vaccari Mandrier and Habib Bangura (when we set out to compile this, we didn't realize your database existed). Our big additions include 🎬 venture studios and 🔬 R&D. Now, as a next step, we'd like to add competitions cc Ben Kornell and Alex Sarlin. This also builds off our work for edtech insiders on ed venture studios earlier this year! https://lnkd.in/eRr_-Kad For all things microschool: - I have a prior post (https://lnkd.in/exUyfE33) - Lizette Valles, M.Ed. shared an amazing resource as well when we connected (https://lnkd.in/eHn2Vj6z) - For OpenEd resources, Isaac Morehouse https://lnkd.in/eHnSGaHW - Manisha Snoyer for homeschooling: https://www.modulo.app/ - Thanks to engagement and support from Brian Howe. If anything is missing or requires updating, let us know! #edtech #funding #investors #venturestudios

Silicon Valley felt a different kind of surge yesterday. A seismic $100 million funding round rippled through the tech sector, not for the latest AI project or revolutionary app, but for a startup tackling a far more profound challenge: mental health. The mental health tech space is witnessing a surge in investment and innovation, with startups developing a diverse range of solutions to address the ever-growing mental health crisis. From AI-powered therapy platforms to virtual reality applications for managing stress and anxiety, the field is brimming with possibilities. Notable Deals: • Lykos Therapeutics (formerly MAPS PBC), secured a $100 million Series A funding to advance its goal of revolutionizing mental health care. • Echo Labs successfully raised $7.7 million in a Seed round for developing groundbreaking artificial intelligence technology aimed at achieving human-level transcription capabilities. • Overmoon, an emerging vacation rental platform, has garnered $10 million in seed investment from notable firms including NFX, Khosla Ventures, Camber Creek, 1Sharpe Capital, Sunsar Capital Management, among others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Feed your brain Subscribe to our newsletter 👇

A timely round up on US Femtech (and female health) funding by Leah Hodgson published yesterday, following the $200m Series C/growth equity round raised by Flo Health Inc. There is a helpful link into further analysis on deal value v. deal count, and PitchBook also tracks the founding teams; female v. co-female/male. #femtech #femalecategory #femalehealth

If you could hear a drum roll, it’d be right here ➡️ 🥁 Today we announced the close of Ednition’s $3.5M seed round. The round is led by GSV Ventures, and includes some of the most respected names in edtech: including Reach Capital, Avalanche, Array Ventures, and an amazing group of angel investors. We can’t believe it was over three years ago that we set out to solve the most time-consuming and costly challenges for K-12 technology vendors: rostering and data interoperability. We now have millions of students on the RosterStream platform, and we have processed billions of student records. That means our partners have saved countless development hours and dollars, freeing their product and engineering teams to build tools that make a direct impact in the classroom. That’s why we are all here, isn’t it? Read our full announcement to learn more about what this investment means for our edtech partners and what’s next for Ednition: https://lnkd.in/g-6bcq8h Thanks for your support through the years and joining us for an awesome and better-connected future! #Ednition #Edtech #Innovation #FinancingRound #ASUGSV #TransformingEdtech #AI #Investment #TechStartup #LearningTechnology #EducationTechnology

I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Julian Nikolchev. Julian empowered me to explore new areas of high clinical need where robotics could potentially improve patient outcomes. One of the most valuable lessons Julian imparted to me was the importance of patience in finding the right opportunities. During moments of discouragement, he would remind me that it takes time to discover the next opportunity. I will cherish the times when he would stop me in the corridor to share new insights after I pitched new ideas or provided updates and he had given it further thought. Julian exemplified qualities that I aspire to embody as a leader - compassion, balance, non-judgment, trustworthiness, curiosity, and exceptional competence and experience in the MedTech field. I will always carry his inspiration with me as I continue to grow as a leader in the MedTech field.