In Competitive Funding Landscape, Behavioral Health Upstarts Must Outlast the ‘Walking Dead’

This is an exclusive BHB+ story Once investor darlings, budding behavioral health companies have found it more difficult to raise funds over the last two years. In 2021 and 2022, venture dollars were flowing freely into the space. Rock Health reported that investors poured a staggering $4.9 billion into behavioral health in 2021. In comparison, […]

‘You Have to Get Back to Fundamentals’: Making Sense of 2024’s Feast or Famine Venture Funding

The digital behavioral health sector has seen a dearth of venture funding. And what funding is available has been especially hard to get since the peak of digital behavioral health funding in 2021. The year 2024 reiterated essential lessons for digital behavioral health companies seeking funding as total funding amounts lingered near the bottom of […]

Navigating Digital Behavioral Health’s Growing Pains: From Payer Partnerships to Employer Contracts

Once a rarity, digital behavioral health companies are now an established part of the industry’s ecosystem. However, as this subsector of behavioral health begins to mature, many startups face a number of growing pains, whether it is garnering enough investor dollars to stay afloat or developing contracting strategies with employers. I don’t see these hardships […]