Backpack Healthcare
Series A in 2024
Backpack Healthcare is a digital pediatric mental health company that focuses on improving behavioral and mental health in children. It has developed an online mental healthcare platform that provides on-demand cognitive talk therapy and medication management services. The platform connects children and their families with licensed and experienced counselors who can diagnose mental health issues and prescribe medication when necessary. This approach enables timely and accessible care for children, addressing their unique mental health needs effectively.
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. This comprehensive approach is facilitated by a coordinated team of experienced psychiatrists, therapists, and coaches, ensuring that children and teenagers receive effective and accessible care. InStride Health aims to engage young patients and their families in their treatment, making mental health support both affordable and effective.
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.
Caraway is a digital healthcare company focused on providing integrated mental, reproductive, and physical healthcare services specifically for college women. Designed with input from students, Caraway delivers a personalized and equitable care solution that addresses the unique needs and concerns of women during a crucial developmental period. The platform emphasizes accessible and compassionate healthcare, recognizing the growing demand for mental health resources and the persistent inequities in women's health. By offering trusted and holistic care, Caraway empowers college students to effectively manage their health in a complex and often challenging healthcare landscape.
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. This comprehensive approach is facilitated by a coordinated team of experienced psychiatrists, therapists, and coaches, ensuring that children and teenagers receive effective and accessible care. InStride Health aims to engage young patients and their families in their treatment, making mental health support both affordable and effective.
Caraway
Seed Round in 2022
Caraway is a digital healthcare company focused on providing integrated mental, reproductive, and physical healthcare services specifically for college women. Designed with input from students, Caraway delivers a personalized and equitable care solution that addresses the unique needs and concerns of women during a crucial developmental period. The platform emphasizes accessible and compassionate healthcare, recognizing the growing demand for mental health resources and the persistent inequities in women's health. By offering trusted and holistic care, Caraway empowers college students to effectively manage their health in a complex and often challenging healthcare landscape.
Backpack Healthcare
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Backpack Healthcare is a digital pediatric mental health company that focuses on improving behavioral and mental health in children. It has developed an online mental healthcare platform that provides on-demand cognitive talk therapy and medication management services. The platform connects children and their families with licensed and experienced counselors who can diagnose mental health issues and prescribe medication when necessary. This approach enables timely and accessible care for children, addressing their unique mental health needs effectively.
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 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 and understanding space for patients, focusing on serving the BIPOC community and other minority groups.