Wisdom Ventures

Wisdom Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Los Gatos, California, established in 2021. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage and seed-stage companies, particularly in the healthcare and technology sectors, with a particular emphasis on compassion and wellness startups. Wisdom Ventures leverages the extensive networks and proven track record of its partner team, which consists of experienced investors, experts, and leaders in their fields. By fostering innovation in these areas, the firm aims to support the growth of businesses that prioritize well-being and social impact.

Diego Perez Lacera

General Partner

27 past transactions

Seven Starling

Series A in 2024
Seven Starling is a digital clinic dedicated to addressing perinatal mental health conditions, including postpartum depression and anxiety. The clinic employs an evidence-based care model that combines individualized therapy, peer support, and medication to effectively treat these conditions. Research indicates that approximately 90% of patients experience improvement within three months of receiving care. In addition to its mental health services, Seven Starling offers an online healthcare platform featuring live, expert-led classes tailored for expecting and new parents. This platform provides essential education on childbirth and quality prenatal and postpartum care, fostering a supportive community that aids parents throughout their pregnancy and child development journey.

Light

Venture Round in 2024
Light Phone, Inc. is a company that specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling mobile phones, along with offering service plans and SIM cards. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the company aims to provide a more focused mobile experience through its product, the Light Phone II. This phone is designed to deliver essential communication features while minimizing distractions from social media, news, and email. By prioritizing utility and peace of mind, Light Phone seeks to redefine mobile technology for users who want to reduce digital clutter in their lives.

ShareWell

Seed Round in 2024
ShareWell, founded in 2021 and based in San Francisco, California, operates a peer assistance platform that facilitates small group video sessions. The company focuses on providing online, interactive peer support for various topics including mental health, relationships, and personal growth. ShareWell's approach is non-clinical and aims to offer immersive mental health support at a cost lower than traditional therapy sessions.

Overture Life

Series B in 2024
Overture Life, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in New York, established in 2017, that specializes in developing robotic solutions for in vitro fertilization (IVF) applications. The company focuses on automating the IVF process through innovative medical devices and embryo testing methodologies, which enhance the efficiency and success rates of fertility treatments. By optimizing resource use and lowering costs, Overture Life aims to make IVF more accessible to a broader audience. Its technology includes automated cryopreservation and embryo testing services, enabling fertility clinics to identify viable embryos prior to implantation, thereby improving patient outcomes and supporting individuals in their journey to parenthood.

Oben Health

Seed Round in 2024
Oben Health is a digital health company that focuses on providing a comprehensive treatment platform aimed at addressing heart disease through lifestyle modification rather than medication or surgery. The platform supports users by tracking their daily activities and optimizing key lifestyle areas, including nutrition, exercise, stress management, and social support. By integrating behavioral health, mindfulness, and somatic therapy, Oben Health seeks to promote overall well-being and health equity, enabling individuals to reverse the effects of heart disease based on clinical research. The company's holistic approach encompasses various aspects of health, including cardiovascular wellness, mental health, and nutrition services.

SnoutID

Seed Round in 2024
SnoutID is a digital platform that pays veterinary practices in real time. In 48 hours, they can have automated records retrieval processes, touch-free checkins, payment processing, and loan options for their veterinary practice. SnoutID also provides a complete medical history for their patient as well as customized, digitally signed forms. Its mission is to ensure that no pet parent ever has to make a health decision based on the amount of money in their bank account. Snout enables veterinarians to provide high-quality care to all pets.

Function Health

Seed Round in 2023
Function Health is a health platform focused on providing individuals with lab tests to monitor their health effectively. The company has developed a comprehensive health data platform designed to assess personal disease risk through routine whole-body lab testing. Function Health also offers personalized guidance from leading medical professionals, empowering patients to take proactive steps in managing their health and well-being. By combining advanced testing capabilities with expert insights, Function Health aims to enhance individual health outcomes and promote preventive care.

Options MD

Seed Round in 2023
Options MD is a telemedicine platform focused on delivering personalized care for individuals experiencing severe and treatment-resistant mental illnesses. The company operates a treatment-matching system that utilizes artificial intelligence to pair patients with tailored treatment options. By connecting users with psychiatric experts, Options MD aims to streamline the process of finding effective depression care, ensuring that patients receive the appropriate medical attention more efficiently. Through its innovative approach, Options MD addresses the challenges faced by those seeking specialized support for their mental health conditions.

Wayfinder

Series A in 2023
Wayfinder, founded at Stanford University's d.school, provides a comprehensive K-12 curriculum focused on developing essential future-ready skills beyond traditional social-emotional learning. The program emphasizes Self-Awareness, Adaptability, Empathy, Collaboration, Agency, and Purpose, aiming to connect classroom learning with real-world applications. Wayfinder includes the Waypoints assessment suite for real-time insights into student growth, supporting targeted instruction and timely interventions. Since 2015, it has been positively received by students and teachers alike, showing improvements in engagement, social awareness, and sense of purpose. The program serves students globally, including major US school districts, and has earned high ratings from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and Common Sense Education.

YourPath

Seed Round in 2023
YourPath is a healthcare company focused on improving access to care for individuals dealing with substance use disorders. The company specializes in medication-assisted treatment, particularly for those recovering from opioid addiction, including substances like heroin and painkillers. Through its online platform, YourPath offers a combination of effective, evidence-based medical and behavioral healthcare solutions. The platform emphasizes the importance of genuine human connections in the recovery process, facilitating a more comfortable and supportive journey to de-addiction for its users.

Clayful

Seed Round in 2023
Clayful is a developer of a text-based mental health coaching platform aimed at providing preventative mental health support for students aged eight to fourteen. The platform connects young users with mental health coaches through one-on-one text-based chats, allowing children to seek support whenever they need it. By facilitating these interactions, Clayful helps to bridge the gap to affordable mental health care for individual users and schools alike, ensuring that every student has access to someone to talk to.

Sunnyside

Series A in 2023
Sunnyside is a company that develops an alcohol tracking application aimed at helping individuals cultivate healthier drinking habits. The app provides users with a personalized plan tailored to their existing drinking behaviors and specific goals. It includes features such as daily text reminders to encourage users to monitor and limit their alcohol consumption. By utilizing this app, users can experience benefits such as reduced weekly alcohol intake, improved sleep quality, enhanced dietary choices, financial savings, and an overall increase in well-being.

Rapport

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Rapport is a technology company that specializes in enhancing team dynamics and employee well-being. It offers an AI-powered platform designed to facilitate quick, regular check-ins, tracking energy levels, workload, and mindset. The platform provides real-time AI-driven support, suggesting relevant resources, and offers managers actionable insights through trend analysis and AI-assisted messaging. It enables leaders to maintain continuous visibility into team morale and emerging issues, helping organizations foster trust, enhance communication, and proactively address challenges in hybrid and remote work environments.

Betterleave

Seed Round in 2023
Betterleave is a digital health platform dedicated to providing personalized care for individuals navigating grief and loss. It offers a comprehensive bereavement benefits service that supports employees coping with the death of a loved one, including family members, friends, colleagues, pets, or pregnancy loss. The platform combines human guidance with advanced software to engage users effectively, connecting them to essential resources and ongoing support. Betterleave’s services include individual grief counseling, group support, and navigation assistance through the complexities of bereavement. By integrating with insurers and partnering with employers, Betterleave coordinates value-driven care that enhances outcomes, reduces costs, and improves the overall member experience throughout the bereavement process.

Substack

Equity Crowdfunding in 2023
Substack Inc. is an online platform based in San Francisco, California, that enables independent writers to create and distribute both paid and free subscription newsletters. Founded in 2017, Substack provides a suite of user-friendly tools designed for newsletter publishing, facilitating the simultaneous publication of content to email lists and websites. The platform simplifies the process of managing subscriber payments, making it easier for writers to monetize their work directly from their audiences. Additionally, Substack offers features that help stories reach wider audiences beyond paywalls and provides customizable design templates to enhance the reading experience. Through its innovative approach, Substack empowers writers to generate income from their newsletters while connecting with their subscribers effectively.

OpenAI

Venture Round in 2023
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company focused on developing machine learning technologies that aim to create safe artificial general intelligence for the benefit of all users. The company engages in projects related to autonomous learning and task performance across various industries, including technology, healthcare, and education. OpenAI's platform directs artificial intelligence applications and is involved in policy work, education, and outreach, enabling clients to enhance their skills and knowledge while leveraging autonomous systems that can surpass human performance in economically valuable tasks.

Vitalize Care

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Vitalize Care is focused on addressing critical clinical operations challenges faced by health systems, particularly in staffing and scheduling optimization. The company aims to significantly reduce labor costs and enhance operational efficiency, thereby alleviating the workload of clinical leaders. In addition to its operational solutions, Vitalize Care also offers a wellness platform that emphasizes mental and emotional well-being. This platform features cognitive behavioral therapy and a dynamic dashboard that provides real-time insights into staff well-being and performance. By offering 24/7 access to evidence-based digital mental health resources, Vitalize Care equips employers with the necessary tools to better understand and support their staff, tracking trends in mental health, app engagement, and factors contributing to burnout.

Seven Starling

Seed Round in 2023
Seven Starling is a digital clinic dedicated to addressing perinatal mental health conditions, including postpartum depression and anxiety. The clinic employs an evidence-based care model that combines individualized therapy, peer support, and medication to effectively treat these conditions. Research indicates that approximately 90% of patients experience improvement within three months of receiving care. In addition to its mental health services, Seven Starling offers an online healthcare platform featuring live, expert-led classes tailored for expecting and new parents. This platform provides essential education on childbirth and quality prenatal and postpartum care, fostering a supportive community that aids parents throughout their pregnancy and child development journey.

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

Funding Round in 2023
MAPS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana. The organization is focused on developing psychedelics and marijuana into prescription medicines, training therapists and working to establish a network of treatment centers, supporting scientific research into spirituality, creativity, and neuroscience, and educating the public honestly about the risks and benefits of psychedelics and marijuana. MAPS was founded in 1986 by Rick Doblin and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.

Hume AI

Series A in 2023
Hume AI, established in 2021, specializes in developing AI models that enable technology to understand and respond to human emotions. Headquartered in New York and San Jose, the company offers a range of products, including expression measurement models, text-to-speech models, and speech-language models, all grounded in advanced research from psychology and machine learning. Hume AI's technology analyzes facial expressions, voice inflections, text, and other data sources to gain insights into human feelings and engagement. By prioritizing scientific rigor and ethical AI practices, Hume AI serves diverse industries, enhancing human-technology interactions with empathy and authenticity.

Arbor

Seed Round in 2023
Arbor is a carbon accounting platform that assists companies in calculating and reducing their carbon emissions to achieve net-zero goals. The platform features automated Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) capabilities, allowing users to assess the carbon footprints of their products throughout their entire lifecycle. It offers tools such as Hotspot Analysis, which identifies the materials, suppliers, components, or activities that contribute most to emissions, and Product Prototyping, which enables companies to strategically design products with lower emissions. Arbor serves a diverse range of clients, including well-known brands, helping them accurately measure emissions, enhance sustainability efforts, and navigate compliance regulations effectively. The platform empowers organizations to make informed decisions and showcase their commitment to sustainability.

OYE

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.

Momentu

Seed Round in 2022
Momentu operates a digital platform focused on corporate mental health, aiming to address employee wellbeing challenges. It offers emotional assessments to understand individual needs, followed by personalized support via digital resources, therapy sessions, and coaching. By providing such services, Momentu helps businesses reduce absenteeism and enhance team productivity.

Peoplehood

Seed Round in 2022
Peoplehood operates an online community platform aimed at nurturing relationships through guided group conversations. The platform facilitates peer-to-peer interactions, fostering collaboration and personal growth among users. By providing a structured environment for individuals to engage with one another, Peoplehood helps users enhance their relationships, starting with self-improvement. This focus on connection and support allows individuals to build meaningful networks within a collaborative framework.

Walking on Earth

Seed Round in 2021
Walking on Earth (WONE) is a precision health platform for workplace stress. The WONE Method blends the latest advances in AI technology and science to measure stress and provide targeted micro moments of recovery, when employees need it the most.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.