Human Ventures

Human Ventures is a New York City based venture capital firm and partner that supports founders building category-defining companies at the pre-seed and seed stages. It focuses on the Human Needs Economy, encompassing health and wellness, the future of work and finance, the attention economy, and human connection through experiences, and prioritizes investments in technology, media, and health and wellness sectors.

Chris Collins

Principal

Heather Hartnett

General Partner

Michael Jurek

Director of Finance

Elise King

Principal

Michael Letta

General Partner

Joseph Marchese

Investor

Past deals in Wellness

Salvo Health

Seed Round in 2024
Salvo Health is a specialty care provider operating an app-based virtual clinic focused on managing chronic gut conditions. The company improves access to advanced healthcare by employing its proprietary Whole Self Science model, which considers overall health and contributing factors beyond the gut to pinpoint underlying causes and offer individualized, ongoing treatment strategies for patients with chronic gastrointestinal issues.

TBD Health

Seed Round in 2023
TBD Health is a company focused on enhancing sexual health by providing at-home STD and STI screening kits designed specifically for women. The platform offers accessible and confidential testing services, along with telehealth options, allowing individuals to manage their sexual health conveniently and privately. Each kit is packaged discreetly and is eligible for FSA/HSA reimbursement, ensuring both convenience and financial accessibility. Additionally, TBD Health provides personalized care plans to empower users in taking control of their sexual health with confidence.

TBD Health

Seed Round in 2022
TBD Health is a company focused on enhancing sexual health by providing at-home STD and STI screening kits designed specifically for women. The platform offers accessible and confidential testing services, along with telehealth options, allowing individuals to manage their sexual health conveniently and privately. Each kit is packaged discreetly and is eligible for FSA/HSA reimbursement, ensuring both convenience and financial accessibility. Additionally, TBD Health provides personalized care plans to empower users in taking control of their sexual health with confidence.

Headspace

Series C in 2022
Headspace is a mental health technology company that provides a digital platform for mindfulness and emotional well‑being. Its mobile app offers guided meditations, sleep aids, and mindfulness programs for work, relationships, and health. The service expands beyond meditation to include clinical content, coaching, therapy, psychiatry, and AI‑driven care navigation, allowing individuals, employees, and health plan members to access personalized support. Headspace partners with organizations to deliver corporate wellness programs that improve employee productivity and well‑being.

Tabu

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tabu is an online community dedicated to promoting sexual wellness for women, particularly from peri- to post-menopause. The company offers a range of hormone-free sexual health products, including lubricants made with natural ingredients such as aloe leaf extract, organic peony root extract, and Vitamin E. Tabu aims to empower women over 50 by celebrating their experiences and challenging societal perceptions around female sexuality. Through shared research, member stories, and the provision of specialized wellness kits, Tabu fosters a supportive environment for women to embrace their sexuality and honor their bodies as they age.

Hello.Me

Convertible Note in 2021
Hello.Me is a health and wellness company specializing in the development of evidence-based nutritional supplements tailored to empower women. Their flagship product is a clinically researched supplement designed to promote hormonal balance, boost energy levels, and enhance skin luminosity. The company's mission is to educate and empower women to take control of their hormonal health at every stage of life, redefining what it means to be hormonal.

Optimist Drinks

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Optimist Drinks designs and markets non-alcoholic spirits and botanical beverages. The company creates blends that combine traditional distillation methods with modern botanical extractions, drawing inspiration from the cultural and geographic diversity of Los Angeles. Its products are formulated to provide a sophisticated alternative to alcohol while supporting social connection and mental wellness by addressing feelings of isolation and loneliness. Optimist Drinks offers multiple blends with distinct flavor profiles, focusing on quality and craft to enhance social occasions and personal well-being through botanical science and craft distillation.

Ellement

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Ellement is a digital health platform offering personalized nutritional guidance for pregnancy. It provides real-time tips and recommendations via its smartphone app, focusing on prenatal nutrition and supplementation.

Evvy

Seed Round in 2021
Evvy is a company focused on women's health, specializing in at-home vaginal microbiome tests aimed at closing the gender health gap. By utilizing metagenomic sequencing, Evvy's tests analyze individual symptoms and assess risks related to significant health issues. The company provides personalized reports that empower women with insights into their bodies, facilitating a better understanding of their health and promoting overall well-being.

Elektra Health

Seed Round in 2021
Elektra Health is a digital health platform focused on perimenopause and menopause. It addresses gaps in care by offering education, community, and access to medical expertise, helping women navigate hormonal changes with reduced stigma. The service provides telemedicine with clinicians, an evidence-based educational program, and a private community to support informed decision-making and ongoing management of menopause symptoms. By combining information, clinical care, and peer support, Elektra Health aims to empower women to maintain wellbeing as they transition through perimenopause and menopause.

Lupii

Seed Round in 2021
Lupii develops plant-based snack products centered on lupini beans as the primary ingredient. The company offers vegan, gluten-free snacks such as snack bars and protein-forward treats made from beans, nuts, seeds, dates, and dried fruit, available in flavors like almond butter cinnamon raisin, peanut butter cacao, and tahini lemon cranberry. These products are positioned as healthy, high-protein options for plant-based diets.

Spiritune

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Spiritune is a music application focused on promoting brain health through a scientific approach. The application integrates principles of music therapy and neuroscience to address various mental health challenges, such as stress reduction, emotional regulation, productivity enhancement, and improved sleep quality. By harnessing the therapeutic power of audio, Spiritune aims to help users manage anxiety and achieve a balanced mental state.

TBD Health

Pre Seed Round in 2021
TBD Health is a company focused on enhancing sexual health by providing at-home STD and STI screening kits designed specifically for women. The platform offers accessible and confidential testing services, along with telehealth options, allowing individuals to manage their sexual health conveniently and privately. Each kit is packaged discreetly and is eligible for FSA/HSA reimbursement, ensuring both convenience and financial accessibility. Additionally, TBD Health provides personalized care plans to empower users in taking control of their sexual health with confidence.

ELANZA Wellness

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ELANZA Wellness operates a virtual chronic care platform focused on supporting individuals with reproductive health conditions, initially targeting endometriosis. The platform provides personalized treatment plans, access to medical specialists, and evidence-based therapies, aiming to improve symptom-free days.

Deep

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Deep is a sleep health company at the vanguard of the new wave in sleep care. We deliver a clinically proven, personalized program of behavior change and are building out cutting-edge diagnostic tools, and coordinated physician-based care to realize our vision of a better healthcare system enabled by sleep.

Lupii

Convertible Note in 2020
Lupii develops plant-based snack products centered on lupini beans as the primary ingredient. The company offers vegan, gluten-free snacks such as snack bars and protein-forward treats made from beans, nuts, seeds, dates, and dried fruit, available in flavors like almond butter cinnamon raisin, peanut butter cacao, and tahini lemon cranberry. These products are positioned as healthy, high-protein options for plant-based diets.

Ritual

Seed Round in 2020
Ritual offers an oasis of audio practices to strengthen your wellbeing. They practices are guided by compassionate leaders in self-care, faith, and culture.

Lupii

Convertible Note in 2019
Lupii develops plant-based snack products centered on lupini beans as the primary ingredient. The company offers vegan, gluten-free snacks such as snack bars and protein-forward treats made from beans, nuts, seeds, dates, and dried fruit, available in flavors like almond butter cinnamon raisin, peanut butter cacao, and tahini lemon cranberry. These products are positioned as healthy, high-protein options for plant-based diets.

Elektra Health

Convertible Note in 2019
Elektra Health is a digital health platform focused on perimenopause and menopause. It addresses gaps in care by offering education, community, and access to medical expertise, helping women navigate hormonal changes with reduced stigma. The service provides telemedicine with clinicians, an evidence-based educational program, and a private community to support informed decision-making and ongoing management of menopause symptoms. By combining information, clinical care, and peer support, Elektra Health aims to empower women to maintain wellbeing as they transition through perimenopause and menopause.

Lupii

Convertible Note in 2019
Lupii develops plant-based snack products centered on lupini beans as the primary ingredient. The company offers vegan, gluten-free snacks such as snack bars and protein-forward treats made from beans, nuts, seeds, dates, and dried fruit, available in flavors like almond butter cinnamon raisin, peanut butter cacao, and tahini lemon cranberry. These products are positioned as healthy, high-protein options for plant-based diets.

We The Village

Seed Round in 2019
We The Village, Inc. is a New York-based company established in 2018 that operates an online platform designed to assist individuals dealing with addiction. The platform offers clinically proven digital programs aimed at families, enhancing health outcomes related to addiction. It provides users with valuable information on addiction and substance use, as well as direct access to professional addiction specialists. This enables families to better support their loved ones who are struggling with substance use issues, fostering a more informed and supportive environment for recovery.
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