Optum Ventures

Optum Ventures provides capital and strategic guidance to startup companies solving health care's pressing challenges. It is the venture capital investment arm of Optum that invests in digital health companies that use data and insights to help improve consumers' access to health care services and how care is delivered and paid for, and that makes the health care system more reliable and easier to navigate.

Eliza Loring McGinn

Vice President

Heather Roxborough

Partner

Past deals in Mental Health

Nema Health

Series A in 2024
Nema Health is focused on delivering comprehensive trauma care through an online platform, specifically designed for individuals affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The company provides a virtual care center that enables trauma survivors to receive cognitive processing therapy from PTSD-trained therapists in the comfort and privacy of their homes. Nema Health's approach aims to offer effective and lasting relief for those dealing with the impacts of trauma.

Nema Health

Seed Round in 2023
Nema Health is focused on delivering comprehensive trauma care through an online platform, specifically designed for individuals affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The company provides a virtual care center that enables trauma survivors to receive cognitive processing therapy from PTSD-trained therapists in the comfort and privacy of their homes. Nema Health's approach aims to offer effective and lasting relief for those dealing with the impacts of trauma.

Alma

Series D in 2022
Alma is a membership-based network for mental health care providers that aims to improve access to high-quality, affordable mental health care. Its platform enables providers to accept insurance and also provides a member directory, client-matching service, scheduling, and billing functions, as well as education, training, and a community for support.

Equip Health

Series B in 2022
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.

Alma

Series C in 2021
Alma is a membership-based network for mental health care providers that aims to improve access to high-quality, affordable mental health care. Its platform enables providers to accept insurance and also provides a member directory, client-matching service, scheduling, and billing functions, as well as education, training, and a community for support.

Rey

Series A in 2021
Rey is a membership-based, on-demand mental health company on a mission to revolutionize mental health and wellness by improving access to personalized services through technology.

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.

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.

Alma

Series B in 2021
Alma is a membership-based network for mental health care providers that aims to improve access to high-quality, affordable mental health care. Its platform enables providers to accept insurance and also provides a member directory, client-matching service, scheduling, and billing functions, as well as education, training, and a community for support.

Mindstrong

Series C in 2020
Mindstrong is a virtual mental health platform that integrates care, data, and technology to enhance the mental well-being of its members. The company has developed a digital therapeutic platform designed to address various personal, societal, and economic challenges related to mental health. It utilizes a biomarker panel that continuously measures brain function through interaction patterns captured from human-computer interfaces. This innovative approach enables expert clinicians to deliver evidence-based interventions while offering personalized support and therapy, making mental health care more accessible. Mindstrong has successfully assisted thousands of individuals, including those facing serious mental illness, in improving their mental health outcomes.

Oxford VR

Series A in 2020
Oxford VR Limited specializes in developing cognitive treatments for various clinical conditions using virtual reality technology. Founded in 2016 and based in Oxford, United Kingdom, the company leverages extensive research from Professor Daniel Freeman to create automated therapies delivered by a virtual coach. These innovative treatments address issues such as fear of heights, psychosis, and social anxiety. By utilizing immersive VR experiences, Oxford VR aims to provide faster, more effective, and cost-efficient psychological interventions compared to traditional methods. The company's focus is on delivering clinically validated and user-centered solutions that enhance access to mental health care, benefiting patients, healthcare professionals, and the broader health system.

AbleTo

Corporate Round in 2019
AbleTo is a leading provider of virtual behavioral health care. Deep behavioral health insights and an integrated proprietary platform identifies and engages the right patients with the right support – when and how they want it. Their proven programs improve clinical outcomes and lower health care costs. AbleTo is committed to reach people with unmet behavioral health needs and eliminate barriers through virtual care. Their high-quality behavioral health care delivers results for their patients and their clients. AbleTo is proven to improve health outcomes and reduce medical costs with a program that earns high satisfaction scores from patients.

Mindstrong

Series B in 2018
Mindstrong is a virtual mental health platform that integrates care, data, and technology to enhance the mental well-being of its members. The company has developed a digital therapeutic platform designed to address various personal, societal, and economic challenges related to mental health. It utilizes a biomarker panel that continuously measures brain function through interaction patterns captured from human-computer interfaces. This innovative approach enables expert clinicians to deliver evidence-based interventions while offering personalized support and therapy, making mental health care more accessible. Mindstrong has successfully assisted thousands of individuals, including those facing serious mental illness, in improving their mental health outcomes.

Mindstrong

Series A in 2017
Mindstrong is a virtual mental health platform that integrates care, data, and technology to enhance the mental well-being of its members. The company has developed a digital therapeutic platform designed to address various personal, societal, and economic challenges related to mental health. It utilizes a biomarker panel that continuously measures brain function through interaction patterns captured from human-computer interfaces. This innovative approach enables expert clinicians to deliver evidence-based interventions while offering personalized support and therapy, making mental health care more accessible. Mindstrong has successfully assisted thousands of individuals, including those facing serious mental illness, in improving their mental health outcomes.
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