Impact Founders
Mental Health & Well-Being | Technology, AI, Information & Internet | Textiles & Manufacturing | Climate
Investment | Grants or Sponsorship | Philanthropic
Investment Opportunities
Impact organizations in various stages of growth that are seeking funding to fuel their visions forward.
Social Networking Platform
- Pitch Deck
- Website
- Female Founder(s): Yes
- Angel / Pre-Seed / Seed
About
Aligned Social uses wellness-oriented technology to guide individuals in setting their intentions and curating their ideal social media experience. The goal is to give the power back to the people, encouraging embodied decision-making in the digital world and bringing that awareness back to reality.
Our goal is simple but multifaceted: to disrupt what social media has become and uplevel the original intent.
About
Our belief is mental and physical health are interrelated. While we focus on mental health, we recognize that improving physical and spiritual health will directly improve overall well-being. We wish to revolutionize mental health care with a mission to empower people in need.
Avie fills the gaps of traditional care by providing a blended, interdisciplinary and stepped health service for adults. Within this model, clients receive physician-led coaching, informative assessment, and customized education that carefully allows them to view and manage their health goals for improved outcomes and adherence.
Healthcare Peer Support and Resources
- Pitch Deck
- Website
- Female Founder(s): No
- Angel / Pre-Seed / Seed
About
Our custom mobile app allows digital health companies to truly activate and engage their members by leveraging our most powerful resource – human connection. Members connect with others facing similar health challenges, find their Band, and are led through curated content and live programming by a trained facilitator, ensuring greater accountability and care plan adherence.
At Band Health, we don’t just preach engagement – we live it. That’s why we incentivize participation through rewards, redeemable for health and wellness goods and items. By introducing patients and caregivers to a social network of healthcare support and resources, we lead them to better, healthier futures.
Gen Z Mental Health | Health, Wealth and Purpose
- Pitch Deck
- Website
- Female Founder(s): No
- Angel / Pre-Seed / Seed
About
Our mission is to empower young adults to self assess and autonomously build their own mental wellness plan focusing on three key areas of optimal mental wellness:
Health, Wealth, and Purpose.
Rooted in personal loss, Brightn emerged to deliver personalized resources, shifting focus from identification to empowerment. Your partner in Empowered Mental Wellness – The Nations 1st Mental Wellness planning app aimed specifically for Gen Z focusing on three segments of optimal Mental Wellness; Health, Wealth and Purpose.
Burnout AI-Enabled Platform
- Website
- Public Benefit Corporation
- Female Founder(s): No
- Angel / Pre-Seed / Seed
About
Burnout Anticipation Technologies (BAT) is an AI-enabled platform that identifies at-reisk employees quickly to improve wellbeing.
BAT is designed to serve the healthare ecosystem by sensing weak signals of burnout. By focusing on early detection, organizations can prevent burnout symptoms and avoid the suffering and costs associated with it.
About
Improving mental health globally by creating the world’s best digital companion. Earkick is an AI-powered mental health platform with multi-modal LLM companion that measures, tracks, communicates and helps improve mental health in real time.Earkick’s solution analyzes biomarkers such as voice, video, typing behavior, data from fitness trackers, and environmental data to gain a precise understanding of the individual’s mental state.
Earkick was founded in 2021 by serial entrepreneurs Karin Andrea Stephan. and Dr. Herbert Bay. We’re after revolutionizing mental health support by leveraging our passion for tackling global challenges and our backgrounds as serial entrepreneurs. Together with an exceptional team we are building an AI-powered mental health platform with a multi-modal LLM companion that measures, tracks, communicates and helps improve mental health in real time.
About
In 2018, Dr. Alok Kanojia, a Harvard-trained addiction psychiatrist specializing in modern mental health, had an open afternoon and decided to post to r/IamA. The response was overwhelming – thousands not only posted their own questions but engaged in a meaningful discussion about mental health challenges.
Healthy Gamer is a subclinical mental health platform that helps the internet generation take control of their mental wellness through content, community, and coaching. Created by Harvard-trained psychiatrist Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K), HG started as a recovery-style peer support model for video game addiction, and quickly evolved to general peer coaching with outsized impact on the gaming community.
About
From raw data to revolutionary care. Hana turns every
interaction into a step towards better mental health.
Hana is an AI speech to speech that bridges the gap between clinician and patient
effortlessly. Therapists receive real-time, AI-driven insights. Patients stay connected through simple calls. Both experience the future of mental health support—unlike anything else.
About
Handprint is reinventing hiring and job hunting
To connect purpose-driven companies with values-aligned talent, level the playing field for all who are seeking meaningful work opportunities, and reimagine the hiring process to make it easier for organizations to build diverse, engaged teams.
About
IMPACTFUL creates award-winning, evidenced-based film programs for schools, businesses, and non-profits. Rooted in curiosity, empathy, and resilience, our Creative Coping Toolkit (CCT) fosters connection and positive action through storytelling, active listening, and conversation.
The Creative Coping Toolkit (CCT) is a powerful and positive, award-winning film-based mental health education program that addresses anxiety, social media addiction, student safety, digital citizenship, and bullying to foster resilience, wellness, belonging, connection, and accountability for lasting positive change.
About
The North Star for Innergiving is to transform the landscape of mental health philanthropy and investment by cultivating a collaborative, inclusive, and transparent ecosystem. This ecosystem bridges the funding gap for mental health and emotional well-being (strong youth and young adult focus), amplifies the impact of smaller, community-based organizations, and fosters a world where everyone has access to the mental health resources they need to thrive.
About
We have a special way of looking at your life to help you become healthier and stronger. We analyze lots of things like how you’re feeling, any symptoms you might have, what you like to do, your goals, and if you have any chronic conditions.
We really want to make your life better!
Our Why
To teach every person in the world how to uncover their energetic potential so that humanity can experience its next stage of evolution.
Instead of covering up symptoms, we seek to illuminate the root cause of disease through a process of deeply understanding your entire experience.
We recognize how the interconnectedness of biology, beliefs, relationships and environment influence overall quality of life fulfillment and abundance.
About
One in four young people struggle with their mental health. We provide you with the tools and insights to help your child overcome emotional distress and achieve better mental health to last a lifetime.
Loha want to ensure all young people receive the high-quality care they need in a timely manner and we know as parents and carers YOU are best placed to offer this. We provide you with the science backed tools and techniques to do so. Everyone can learn the therapeutic skills that help children manage their emotional wellbeing. Our unique therapy shows you how and supports you to help your child grow healthy relationships with you, their siblings, peers and teachers.
About
Our Care Model stands at the forefront of innovation, crafted through collaboration between youth and seasoned therapists. Driven by a profound understanding of the challenges facing today’s youth, we’ve reimagined mental health care to be accessible, engaging, and effective.
Despite the growing awareness of mental health issues, many youth still face significant barriers in accessing care. There are long wait times and limited availability of services, as well stigma and affordability concerns. As a result, countless young individuals struggle to receive the support they need to navigate their mental health challenges effectively.
About
Friendly, human-like chats with your personal AI buddy. Dive into a new way of managing stress and boosting your mood. MYND tailors each session to you based on your mood, needs, and past experiences. It’s a super personalized way to find calmness and peace you need.
MYND’s AI companion, “Bestie,” is always ready to listen, offer empathy, and guide you through those mental blocks. You can even give your AI Bestie a name.
Mental Health Social Ecosystem
- Pitch Deck
- Website
- Public Benefit Corporation
- Female Founder(s): Yes
- Angel / Pre-Seed / Seed
About
Promly is a social enterprise, co-created with Gen Z, that aims to unify a generation by empowering human connectedness and providing holistic support and education for Gen Z in places they will naturally gravitate to, both online and offline.
With the combined expertise of an amazing entrepreneurial team of teens and Mental Health experts, we at Promly aim to provide you with a digital ecosystem to build real connections and help you branch out, while knowing you have support in your back pocket when you need it the most. Our mission is to de-stigmatize mental health, empower lasting change, and get 10 proactive steps ahead of teen suicide and school violence.
About
Shareapy is a personal development platform based on the concept that human connections are a key component of success and happiness. By sharing our life experiences, we learn and grow together, build lasting connections, and contribute meaningfully to society.
We help people achieve personal and professional growth in more efficient and effective ways through virtual groups, facilitated by people who experience the same things as you are and lead based on the proven Shareapy guidelines, formats and meeting rituals.
Sustainable Textiles & Manufacturing
- Pitch Deck
- Website
- Female Founder(s): No
- Angel / Pre-Seed / Seed
About
At ESG Brands, we are a pioneering technology processing company, dedicated to revolutionizing the way we approach sustainable materials. Our mission is to champion multi-purpose farming, harnessing existing resources, and empowering the fashion and textile industry with the world’s most sustainable textiles derived from waste, all at scale.
We firmly believe that the future of legacy brands hinges on their ability to adapt and evolve, not just in their products but in their values and practices. At ESG Brands, we stand ready to embrace this evolution and maximize its potential. Through our innovative processing technology and solutions, we are committed to empowering consumers and brands alike, making it effortless to embrace a more equitable and sustainable future.
Self-Awareness App
- Pitch Deck & Demo
- Website
- Female Founder(s): Yes
- Angel / Pre-Seed / Seed
About
Explore your inner world with Thinkladder and become more self-aware. Thinkladder is a mobile app and an embeddable experience that is helping people worldwide articulate their inner thoughts and challenge them with powerful insights curated by mental wellbeing professionals and state of the art AI.
By identifying thoughts that negatively affect us, we gain the power to reshape them into thoughts that contribute positively to our well-being.
Grants or Sponsorship
Description
About
We create films (long, short, interactive, social), podcasts, news reports, multimedia projects, companion books, and impact campaigns. Our goal is to help move the needle on human rights and social issues that demand change.
Founded by filmmaker/journalist/author Beth Murphy in 1999, the Principle team has produced more than twenty documentary films, including six features, that have been screened by some of the world’s most prestigious film festivals, broadcast networks and media organizations – including PBS (POV, Independent Lens, NewsHour), The New York Times, TIME, Discovery, Sundance Channel, History Channel, Lifetime, The Washington Post, ABC, NBC and CBS, among many others.
Philanthropic
Mental Health & Well-Being
| Youth Mental Health Focus
About
Active Minds is the nation’s premier nonprofit organization supporting mental health awareness and education for young adults. We are dedicated to saving lives and to building stronger families and communities. Through education, research, advocacy, and a focus on young adults ages 14–25, Active Minds is opening up the conversation about mental health and creating lasting change in the way mental health is talked about, cared for, and valued in the United States.
We believe no one should have to struggle alone. By empowering young adults to speak openly about mental health, we can reduce stigma, encourage help-seeking, and prevent suicides.
Child Welfare and Behavioral Health
About
Located in all 15 Arizona counties, we provide a variety of programs and services to meet the needs of nearly 30,000 children, youth and families each year. Our programs target the type of future we all want to see: a future where every child has a safe and loving home and families are supported through difficult and trying circumstances.
Arizona’s Children Association (AzCA) is the largest foster care provider in the state! We train and support foster care families who can open their hearts and homes to vulnerable children while their biological families are on the mend. We collaborate with adoption placing agencies to provide a variety of adoption related services for those seeking to adopt internationally, privately, and from the foster care system.
Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Social Connection
- Impact Report
- Website
- Donate
- Financials
About
At the Foundation for Social Connection (F4SC), we are leading the translation of research into action. We do this by fostering the development and implementation of evidence-based models to address social isolation, loneliness, and social connection.
Our mission is to engage in education, increase public awareness, promote innovative research, and spur the development and implementation of evidence-based models that address social isolation, loneliness, and social connection. Our vision is for all Americans to have the opportunities and evidence-based supports necessary to be socially engaged in society.
About
Inner Explorer is an audio-guided mindfulness program in Education and one of the few in the field that is Formatted on the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) protocol. MBSR is a very specific pathway that has been rigorously researched for nearly 40 years, with over thousands of published scientific studies demonstrating proof of efficacy. Aligned with MBSR, Inner Explorer provides daily mindfulness practice that moves from concrete to more abstract concepts, while building skills of Attention, Self Awareness and Emotional Regulation.
Inner Explorer cultivates all the core competencies of SEL, and is the only MBSR sequenced program teaching breathing and relaxation, understanding emotions, gratitude, focus, empathy, self-regulation and more. Four age-appropriate programs for preschool through high school. Youth are experiencing mental health issues at increasingly younger ages, so it is important to teach these skills early.
Mindful Kindness for Schools, Community, Business, and Prisons
About
Kindr is a community fostering a culture dedicated to bettering ourselves and those around us with daily acts of mindful kindness.
We believe that regardless of our differences, our past, or our path forward, we can all learn to live 1% more mindful and more kind each day, leading to healthier relationships with ourselves and others.
Using proven practices in instructional design and having a team with nearly 300 years of combined education experience, we provide resources, curricula, and grants to teach Mindful Kindness in schools, communities, prisons, and workplaces.
Mental Health Literacy
- Impact Report
- Website
- Donate
- Financials (Fiscal Sponsorship)
About
The mission of the MHLC is to make evidence-based mental health literacy a foundational part of PK-12 education and communities.
The Problem & How We’re Solving It. The mental health education landscape is complex. This is a system issue. We help state-level implementation professionals (people and organizations) navigate the system and empower the schools they work with through our three core initiatives listed below.
Prevention, when possible, reduces stress on emergency response systems and helps save lives. We believe this is the same for mental health, and education is the key.
Mental Health Skills in School Communities
About
Mindfulness First has provided mental health life skills to children and adults since 2013.
Our Mission
We teach children and adults the practical skills and knowledge needed for lifelong mental health and wellbeing. Our Vision
We envision a cohesive society where humankind is supported by equitable tools for self-efficacy and mental health wellbeing through systemic changes for stronger, safer and more connected communities.
About
Mothers Against Media Addiction is a grassroots movement of parents fighting back against media addiction and creating a world in which real-life experiences and interactions remain at the heart of a healthy childhood.
Our mission is to:
• Give millions of parents the tools they need to protect their kids and teens
• Get smartphones out of schools so kids can learn
• Demand platforms have safeguards just like all other consumer products
Build Healthier Communities with Young People
- Impact Report
- Website
- Donate
- Financials
About
Peer Health Exchange’s mission is to build healthier communities with young people. Together, we create education opportunities for peers to share the tools and resources young people need to make healthy decisions.
Peer Health Exchange partners with high schools that share our belief that health education is fundamental to a young person’s success. As an organization committed to advancing health equity, Peer Health Exchange works with under-resourced high schools where the majority of students are living in poverty. These schools partner with Peer Health Exchange to supplement or provide their health education program.
About
Promly is a social enterprise, co-created with Gen Z, that aims to unify a generation by empowering human connectedness and providing holistic support and education for Gen Z in places they will naturally gravitate to, both online and offline.
With the combined expertise of an amazing entrepreneurial team of teens and Mental Health experts, we at Promly aim to provide you with a digital ecosystem to build real connections and help you branch out, while knowing you have support in your back pocket when you need it the most. Our mission is to de-stigmatize mental health, empower lasting change, and get 10 proactive steps ahead of teen suicide and school violence.
Real People. Real Conversation. Real Connection
- Impact Report
- Website
- Donate
- Financials
About
Navigating both military life and the transition to civilian life can be extremely challenging. Shareapy Military is a great place to turn to for a supportive community to help you through these journeys.
Shareapy Military empowers our military (active and veteran) to connect with your peers to improve your mental well-being and personal growth. We offer a secure and trusted platform where you can engage in thoughtful, facilitator-led conversations, share your journeys, foster meaningful relationships, and embark on an enriching journey in life.
Education Administration Programs
- Impact Report
- Website
- Donate
- Financials
About
We provide powerful, scalable mental health programs for communities who need it the most. Our child and adult-centered Tier 1 support systems transform and save lives using the best practices from positive psychology. We help cities turn the tides on their most troubling mental illness statistics. Everyone benefits when our communities are well inside and out.
Our mission is to provide preventative, sustainable wellbeing practices to one billion people within one generation. Our Cities of Wellbeing initiatives are the roadmap toward this reality, where epidemic levels of anxiety, depression, isolation, suicide, violence, and toxicity become the artifacts of a past generation. We believe that mental wellbeing is a universal human right that everyone needs to learn at the earliest age and cultivate throughout adulthood.
Men’s Mental Health
- Impact Report
- Website
- Donate
- Financials (Fiscal Sponsorship)
About
The vision for THE REAL is to build a community to support and foster the mental health and well-being of men across the globe. We intend to do this by questioning societal narratives, providing space for expression, and encouraging peers to be seen authentically amongst each other. By helping men to heal we hope to extend the impact to their children, families, and beyond.
Conversation | Community | Contributions
Mental Health Strategies for Schools
- Impact Report
- Website
- Donate
- Financials
About
TRAILS programs strengthen the well-being of all students, while helping students with depression, anxiety, and other common mental health difficulties cope with the symptoms they face.
TRAILS has always been a deeply collaborative effort. Our staff works together to synthesize a broad range of expertise, including clinical mental health, technology, and implementation science – and that’s only the beginning. Alongside the TRAILS team, hundreds of people are working every day to make this mission possible. From the school staff who deliver our programming, to the mental health providers who serve as TRAILS Coaches, to the funders, legislators, and youth advocates who help us forge new pathways to growth, our partners are essential.
About
Upstream creates easy, evidence-based tools to help students strengthen resilience, reduce anxiety, and enhance well-being.
We work with schools and districts to offer their student community small yet poignant tools for Tier 1 mental health. We provide: materials, a plan, and lots of support along the way.
We are a community of donors who believe in collective philanthropy and the power of smaller donations to make a big impact. Trust and transparency form the foundation of our community, as we pool resources towards a meaningful cause.
- Ken Hunt, Founder & CEO
- Mental Health Collaborative Philanthropy
- Female Founder(s): No
- Donate
Organization Type
- For profit
- Investment Fund
- Social Enterprise
- Public Benefit Corporation
Female Founder(s)
- Yes
- No
Underserved Founder(s)
- Yes
- No
Stage
- No Funding
- Angel / Pre-seed
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
Impact (17 SDG's)
- No Poverty
- Zero Hunger
- Good Health & Well-Being
- Quality Education
- Gender Equality
- Clean Water & Sanitation
- Affordable & Clean Energy
- Decent Work & Economic Growth
- Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
- Reduced Inequalities
- Sustainable Cities & Communities
- Responsible Consumption & Production
- Climate Action
- Life Below Water
- Life On Land
- Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
- Partnerships For The Goals
Industry
- No Poverty
- Zero Hunger
- Good Health & Well-Being
- Quality Education
- Gender Equality
- Clean Water & Sanitation
- Affordable & Clean Energy
- Decent Work & Economic Growth
- Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
- Reduced Inequalities
- Sustainable Cities & Communities
- Responsible Consumption & Production
- Climate Action
- Life Below Water
- Life On Land
- Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
- Partnerships For The Goals
Revenue
- Pre revenue
- Revenue
- Product/Market Fit
- Cash Flow Positive