Hopelab

Hopelab is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the health and quality of life for young people facing chronic illnesses. By collaborating closely with these individuals, Hopelab gathers critical insights that inform the development of innovative solutions tailored to their needs. The organization emphasizes rigorous scientific research to evaluate the effectiveness of its interventions, employing formative research and outcome studies. Hopelab focuses on addressing significant unmet health needs among young people, particularly in areas such as cancer, obesity, sickle cell disease, autism, and major depressive disorder. Through its commitment to research and community engagement, Hopelab aims to create impactful health solutions for this vulnerable population.

Margaret Laws

President and CEO

16 past transactions

Backpack Healthcare

Series A in 2024
Backpack Healthcare is a digital mental health company that focuses on youth, family behavioral, and mental healthcare.

InStride Health

Series B in 2024
InStride Health is an outpatient care platform focused on delivering evidence-based treatment for pediatric anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The company offers a tailored virtual care journey that includes individual and group therapy, coaching, and medication management, all facilitated by a coordinated team of psychiatrists, therapists, and coaches. This approach ensures that children and teenagers receive effective, accessible, and affordable care, keeping them engaged throughout the treatment process. By prioritizing evidence-based practices, InStride Health aims to enhance the mental well-being of young patients and their families.

Vytyl Health Management

Series A in 2024
Vita Health operates an online mental health care platform focused on providing high-quality treatment for adolescents and transitional age youth. The platform enables patients to receive quick and accessible care from licensed therapists through telehealth services. It addresses various mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation, ensuring that young individuals can conveniently access the support they need from the comfort of their homes.

Lex

Seed Round in 2023
Lex is a mobile application that provides a text-based social platform specifically designed for womxn, transgender, genderqueer, two spirit, and non-binary individuals seeking to form meaningful connections. Founded in 2019 and based in New York, the app allows users to create profiles, post pictures, and engage in group chats, fostering communities and facilitating the search for friends and romantic partners. By focusing on underrepresented demographics, Lex aims to create a safe and inclusive space for users to connect and build relationships.

Caraway

Series A in 2023
Caraway is a digital healthcare company for college women+ that provides integrated mental, reproductive and physical healthcare services. Built with students for students, Caraway arms women+ with the first personalized, equitable and digitally-accessible care solution that prioritizes their needs and concerns. With an unprecedented need for mental health resources and new barriers and persistent inequities in women’s+ health, Caraway provides access to trusted, holistic, and compassionate healthcare so women+ can get the care they need when they need it.

Hazel Health

Series C in 2022
Hazel Health, Inc. is a healthcare company focused on enhancing access to healthcare services for K-12 students. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the company provides a telehealth platform that allows students to consult with healthcare professionals through live video, whether they are at school or at home. By partnering with schools and school nurses, Hazel Health aims to improve the health and well-being of students, ensuring they remain healthy and prepared to learn. The platform addresses a variety of physical and behavioral health conditions, enabling doctors to prescribe over-the-counter medications at school with parental consent or call in prescriptions as needed. Hazel Health was previously known as HippoMD, Inc. before rebranding in September 2017.

Brave Health

Series C in 2022
Brave Health operates a virtual clinic that provides telehealth services focused on mental health and addiction treatment. Established in 2017 in Miami, Florida, the company specializes in behavioral health, offering a range of services including counseling, therapy, psychiatry, and medication management, which encompasses medication-assisted treatment. This telehealth approach allows patients to receive comprehensive care for various conditions related to mental health and substance use disorders, facilitating greater access to necessary treatment.

InStride Health

Venture Round in 2022
InStride Health is an outpatient care platform focused on delivering evidence-based treatment for pediatric anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The company offers a tailored virtual care journey that includes individual and group therapy, coaching, and medication management, all facilitated by a coordinated team of psychiatrists, therapists, and coaches. This approach ensures that children and teenagers receive effective, accessible, and affordable care, keeping them engaged throughout the treatment process. By prioritizing evidence-based practices, InStride Health aims to enhance the mental well-being of young patients and their families.

Violet

Seed Round in 2022
Violet is a platform that helps the healthcare industry deliver more inclusive services. It enables identity-centered care for everyone.

Caraway

Seed Round in 2022
Caraway is a digital healthcare company for college women+ that provides integrated mental, reproductive and physical healthcare services. Built with students for students, Caraway arms women+ with the first personalized, equitable and digitally-accessible care solution that prioritizes their needs and concerns. With an unprecedented need for mental health resources and new barriers and persistent inequities in women’s+ health, Caraway provides access to trusted, holistic, and compassionate healthcare so women+ can get the care they need when they need it.

MindRight Health

Seed Round in 2022
MindRight Health, Inc., founded in 2019 and based in Newark, New Jersey, offers mental health coaching through text messaging to support communities in overcoming trauma. The company aims to enhance health equity by providing accessible and inclusive mental health care, particularly for communities of color and low-income families. MindRight partners with healthcare payers and providers to deliver culturally-responsive coaching, ensuring that members receive support seven days a week throughout the year. By matching users with specific coaches based on their profiles, MindRight creates a continuum of nonclinical support tailored to youth who may avoid traditional clinical services due to stigma and accessibility issues. Additionally, the company supplies partners with real-time data on mental health needs within the community, helping to anticipate and prevent potential mental health crises.

Backpack Healthcare

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Backpack Healthcare is a digital mental health company that focuses on youth, family behavioral, and mental healthcare.

Hazel Health

Series C in 2021
Hazel Health, Inc. is a healthcare company focused on enhancing access to healthcare services for K-12 students. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the company provides a telehealth platform that allows students to consult with healthcare professionals through live video, whether they are at school or at home. By partnering with schools and school nurses, Hazel Health aims to improve the health and well-being of students, ensuring they remain healthy and prepared to learn. The platform addresses a variety of physical and behavioral health conditions, enabling doctors to prescribe over-the-counter medications at school with parental consent or call in prescriptions as needed. Hazel Health was previously known as HippoMD, Inc. before rebranding in September 2017.

Equip Health

Series A in 2021
Equip is a virtual program helping families recover from eating disorders at home with comprehensive, gold-standard care created by experts in the field and people in recovery. Equip’s five-person care teams include dieticians, physicians, therapists, and mentors who deliver wrap-around support to provide families progress and lasting recovery. Kristina Saffran and Erin Parks co-founded the company in San Diego, California in 2019.

Hurdle

Seed Round in 2021
Hurdle Health, Inc., established in 2020 and based in Washington, D.C., specializes in culturally intentional mental health services. The company operates a digital platform that connects diverse individuals, couples, and families with appropriate therapists, offering a suite of teletherapy services and self-mastery tools. Hurdle's approach is tailored to meet the unique needs of underserved populations, providing culturally responsive care for a wide range of stressors. The platform aims to create a safe, understanding space for patients, focusing on cultural humility and evidence-based care, with a particular emphasis on serving the BIPOC community and other minority groups.

Zamzee - A Welltok Company

Seed Round in 2010
Zamzee is a meter that measures activity and a website that makes moving fun. On zamzee.com you can track your physical activity, take challenges, level up, and earn rewards – all for moving.
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