STAT Plus: 5 takeaways from venture capital’s growing focus on mental health
Research suggests that only half of the tens of millions of people in the U.S. with mental health conditions receive treatment in a given year. The venture capital world is increasingly viewing that as an opening.
A recent analysis shows that in 2019 alone, venture capital companies invested $637 million in over 60 startups working in the mental health space. That’s more than 22 times the investment that venture capitalists made into mental health companies in 2013.
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