Gaingels

Founded in 2014, Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate dedicated to supporting the LGBT+ community. It invests globally in companies led by LGBT+ founders or C-suite executives at all stages of growth, focusing on inclusivity and positive social change.
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Marc Baum

Investor

David Beatty

Managing Partner

Jesse Curran

Principal

Paul Grossinger

Investor

Todd Havill

Research Operations and Principal, Investment

Surya Jayaweera

Angel Investor

Jennifer Jeronimo

CEO and General Partner

Jake Prigoff MD

General Partner

Peter Steinberg

General Partner

Alexandra Tanner

Investor

Lorenzo Thione

Managing Director

Past deals in Mental Health

OurRitual

Seed Round in 2024
OurRitual operates an online therapy platform that helps couples strengthen and grow their relationships by delivering personalized guidance from experienced clinicians. The platform provides therapy sessions along with supplementary digital materials such as quizzes, video lessons, and journaling prompts, enabling couples to communicate more effectively, resolve conflicts, and build lasting bonds.

Xylo Bio

Seed Round in 2024
Xylo Bio is a drug development company focused on next-generation psychedelic-inspired therapeutics for psychiatric and neurological disorders. Through a psychedelic therapeutic platform, it aims to develop non-hallucinogenic, rapid-acting medicines that can be widely available and provide improvements over current SSRI treatments. The company seeks to rewire neural circuits and restore brain function, enabling clinicians to optimize care and expand treatment options beyond traditional antidepressants.

Limbic

Series A in 2024
Founded in London in 2017, Limbic specializes in developing software solutions for mental health. They create AI-driven agents to assist in patient intake, triage, screening, and therapy, aiming to enhance the efficiency of healthcare providers and improve patient outcomes.

Shimmer

Seed Round in 2024
Shimmer provides a platform for 1:1 remote ADHD coaching. Our platform matches users to an ADHD coach who helps guide them towards identifying and meeting goals, maintaining a positive approach to change, and improving productivity while providing a source of accountability.

ReflexAI

Seed Round in 2023
ReflexAI empowers human support teams by providing scalable AI tools for advanced roleplay simulations and intelligent quality assurance, enhancing outcomes in every customer interaction.

Heading Health

Series A in 2023
Heading Health is a technology-driven platform enhancing access to affordable mental health care. It offers personalized treatment solutions, combining evidence-based therapeutics with advanced technologies like transcranial magnetic stimulation, telepsychiatry, and intramuscular ketamine.

Somethings

Seed Round in 2023
Somethings is a digital platform focused on mental well-being for young people. It connects teenagers with trained peer mentors to provide mental health support, helping them manage stress, anxiety, and other wellness concerns.

SoundMind

Seed Round in 2023
SoundMind is a mental health platform that provides personalized music therapy to support stress, anxiety, and trauma management, with a focus on students and marginalized communities. The service combines audio and visual therapy tailored to individual needs to improve mood and promote relaxation, helping users care for their mental health through music. It operates as an Ed-Tech solution and offers data-driven tools for organizations to monitor members' overall wellness and deliver reset and refocus moments. Founded in 2020 and based in Los Angeles, SoundMind aims to make music therapy accessible and actionable for a broad audience, leveraging technology to enhance well-being in educational and community settings.

Wave Life

Seed Round in 2023
Wave Life is a new kind of mental health platform that makes emotional wellbeing an achievable part of everyday life. The app's mental health coach and toolkit empower users to live each day with intention. Mental health coaching helps to build self-awareness, discover values, and cope with stress.

Healium

Seed Round in 2023
Healium is a technology company that develops mental fitness tools and immersive, bio-data-driven experiences to support self-management of anxiety, sleep issues, burnout, and overall well-being. The platform links real-time biometric data from wearables such as heart rate and brain activity via EEG headbands to personalized video or VR assets, producing reactive media escapes controlled by the user’s physiology. By integrating wearable devices and sensors, Healium delivers data-driven content that adapts to the user in real time, aiming to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and build resilience for individuals and organizations. Peer-reviewed studies have reported rapid mood benefits and anxiety reduction in as little as four minutes.

Journey Clinical

Series A in 2023
Journey Clinical offers an online platform that supports independent psychotherapists in expanding their practices to include ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. The company facilitates prescription services, enabling mental health professionals to provide safe and effective psychedelic therapy to patients.

Shimmer

Seed Round in 2022
Shimmer provides a platform for 1:1 remote ADHD coaching. Our platform matches users to an ADHD coach who helps guide them towards identifying and meeting goals, maintaining a positive approach to change, and improving productivity while providing a source of accountability.

Kindly

Seed Round in 2022
Kindly Health is a diagnostics platform focused on sexual care and performance health, catering to both men and women. The company offers comprehensive solutions for sperm health and sexual performance in men, as well as addressing issues such as low libido, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), irregular periods, and menstrual pain in women. Kindly Health enhances accessibility to its services by providing at-home diagnostic tests, such as semen analyses and PCOS assessments, along with telehealth consultations and supplements. Additionally, Kindly Health has developed an AI and computer vision tool aimed at improving the embryo selection process in fertility treatments, thereby increasing the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Through these innovations, Kindly Health strives to make fertility care and sexual health solutions more affordable and accessible for patients.

Swing Therapeutics

Series A in 2022
Swing develops safe and effective digital therapeutics for chronic conditions, partnering with top researchers to create evidence-based treatments. Their solutions empower patients to manage their illnesses, improving health outcomes.

Boulder Care

Series B in 2022
Boulder Care, established in 2017 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, specializes in telemedicine-based programs for opioid addiction treatment. The company offers comprehensive services including medication-assisted treatment with buprenorphine, peer support, patient counseling, and psychosocial services to aid recovery. Boulder Care serves patients directly, as well as healthcare providers and organizations seeking to expand access to effective opioid addiction treatment.

OYE

Pre Seed Round in 2022
OYE is a wellness app focused on enhancing emotional well-being through mind-body practices and community engagement. The platform offers daily emotional check-ins, personalized goal setting, and mindful notifications to help users transform their emotions into creative actions. Available in both Spanish and English, OYE provides guided reflections and expressive movement practices aimed at shifting moods and improving interpersonal relationships. By fostering a supportive environment, OYE enables members of the Latino community to enhance their mental health, experience personal growth, and build connections regardless of their location.

SoundMind

Pre Seed Round in 2022
SoundMind is a mental health platform that provides personalized music therapy to support stress, anxiety, and trauma management, with a focus on students and marginalized communities. The service combines audio and visual therapy tailored to individual needs to improve mood and promote relaxation, helping users care for their mental health through music. It operates as an Ed-Tech solution and offers data-driven tools for organizations to monitor members' overall wellness and deliver reset and refocus moments. Founded in 2020 and based in Los Angeles, SoundMind aims to make music therapy accessible and actionable for a broad audience, leveraging technology to enhance well-being in educational and community settings.

Minded

Seed Round in 2022
Minded is an online psychiatry practice specializing in mental health services for women.

Limbix

Series A in 2021
Limbix is a company dedicated to developing prescription digital therapeutics for adolescent mental health. Their flagship product, SparkRx, is an evidence-based, clinically validated tool designed to treat depression and anxiety in teenagers. Limbix combines clinical expertise with technological innovation to deliver effective mental health treatments.

Valera Health

Venture Round in 2021
Valera Health, founded in 2015, operates a behavioral healthcare platform that integrates digital technology and data science with personalized clinical services. The company focuses on delivering comprehensive mental health care to individuals experiencing a range of conditions, from mild issues like depression to more severe disorders such as schizophrenia. By combining therapy and medication with advanced technology, Valera Health aims to provide efficient access to mental health services, particularly for hard-to-reach populations. This approach not only enhances patient outcomes but also facilitates continuous connectivity between patients and their care teams, thereby redefining the standards of high-performing mental healthcare.

Options MD

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Options MD is a telemedicine platform that employs AI-driven algorithms to match individuals with severe or treatment-resistant mental illnesses to personalized care options. It then connects these patients with in-house psychiatric experts for appropriate medical assistance.

Eleos Health

Seed Round in 2021
Eleos Health offers automated healthcare technology solutions. Its AI-powered Speech-to-Insights system aids clinicians in making decisions swiftly, ensuring personalized, efficient, and cost-effective patient care.

Kenshō Health

Seed Round in 2021
Kenshō Health is a Los Angeles-based health company that operates online, emphasizing a whole-person approach that integrates mind, body, and spirit. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs Krista Berlincourt and Danny Steiner, Kenshō combines scientific research with personalization technology to simplify holistic health care. The company offers an on-demand wellness service booking platform that connects users with verified wellness providers across various specialties, including acupuncture, massage, yoga, naturopathy, and meditation. By enabling individuals to easily find and book wellness professionals, Kenshō aims to support a balanced and healthy lifestyle without the need for in-person visits.

Woebot Health

Series B in 2021
Woebot Health is a digital mental healthcare provider that offers a platform designed to deliver personalized support and guidance. Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and natural language processing, Woebot Health incorporates clinically proven therapeutic techniques into its services. The centerpiece of its offering is Woebot, an engaging relational agent that facilitates continuous, empathic, and user-friendly interactions. This innovative approach allows individuals and organizations to access effective mental health support seamlessly, fitting into daily life and providing help whenever needed. Woebot Health aims to enhance mental well-being through scalable digital tools, making mental health resources more accessible to a broad audience.

Breathwrk

Seed Round in 2021
Breathwrk develops a mobile application offering science-backed guided breathing exercises. Users can manage mental wellness by reducing anxiety, improving sleep, enhancing focus, and boosting energy.

ATAI Life Sciences

Series D in 2021
ATAI Life Sciences is a biotechnology company focused on developing therapies for mental health disorders, leveraging psychedelic compounds and neuroscience-based approaches. It operates a platform for mental health drug discovery and development and collaborates with partners and research institutions to advance its pipeline, which includes VLS-01, a buccal-film DMT candidate for treatment-resistant depression, and EMP-01, an oral MDMA therapy for social anxiety disorder, along with a drug discovery program aimed at identifying non-hallucinogenic 5-HT2A receptor agonists for depression. The company is based in Munich, Germany, with additional offices in Berlin and London.

Kenshō Health

Venture Round in 2021
Kenshō Health is a Los Angeles-based health company that operates online, emphasizing a whole-person approach that integrates mind, body, and spirit. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs Krista Berlincourt and Danny Steiner, Kenshō combines scientific research with personalization technology to simplify holistic health care. The company offers an on-demand wellness service booking platform that connects users with verified wellness providers across various specialties, including acupuncture, massage, yoga, naturopathy, and meditation. By enabling individuals to easily find and book wellness professionals, Kenshō aims to support a balanced and healthy lifestyle without the need for in-person visits.

Cerebral

Series A in 2020
Cerebral Inc. is a mental health telemedicine company that offers an online membership platform designed to provide accessible and affordable mental health care. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Walnut, California, Cerebral specializes in addressing conditions such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia. The platform enables users to engage in medication management, counseling, and therapy, while also facilitating regular assessments and video appointments with care counselors. Additionally, it provides ongoing check-ins and messaging support from assigned care managers, along with prescription services and medication delivery. By employing evidence-based guidelines, Cerebral aims to improve the overall mental-emotional health of its patients, making high-quality care more accessible to a broader audience.

Included Health

Seed Round in 2020
Included Health is a healthcare company that provides a blend of virtual care, navigation, and community-based healthcare services to enhance the member experience. It combines advanced technology and a compassionate approach to deliver personalized care guidance and advocacy, ensuring that individuals receive the right care at the right time. The company's offerings include access to both virtual and in-person services for a range of healthcare needs, including urgent and primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. By focusing on a member-centric model, Included Health aims to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone, making it simpler and more effective for individuals to navigate their health journey.

Leda Health

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Leda Health is a healthcare services company focused on transforming systems related to sexual assault prevention, care, and justice to better support survivors and their communities. The company is developing a holistic care program that includes innovative solutions for forensic evidence collection and testing. Utilizing modern technology, Leda Health offers a mobile application that guides users through the evidence collection process, along with early evidence kits and access to a dedicated care team. Additionally, Leda Health provides healing circles, creating a comprehensive support system aimed at enhancing the overall experience for survivors. Through these services, the company seeks to facilitate a more accessible and user-friendly approach to care in sensitive situations.

Boulder Care

Series A in 2020
Boulder Care, established in 2017 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, specializes in telemedicine-based programs for opioid addiction treatment. The company offers comprehensive services including medication-assisted treatment with buprenorphine, peer support, patient counseling, and psychosocial services to aid recovery. Boulder Care serves patients directly, as well as healthcare providers and organizations seeking to expand access to effective opioid addiction treatment.

Woebot Health

Series A in 2018
Woebot Health is a digital mental healthcare provider that offers a platform designed to deliver personalized support and guidance. Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and natural language processing, Woebot Health incorporates clinically proven therapeutic techniques into its services. The centerpiece of its offering is Woebot, an engaging relational agent that facilitates continuous, empathic, and user-friendly interactions. This innovative approach allows individuals and organizations to access effective mental health support seamlessly, fitting into daily life and providing help whenever needed. Woebot Health aims to enhance mental well-being through scalable digital tools, making mental health resources more accessible to a broad audience.
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