Different Avenues for Funding Digital Mental Health Innovation

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS NOW CLOSED

Join us for our final networking event! This event will demystify and discuss the various funding avenues available in the field of digital mental health innovation, including Wellcome’s current digital mental health funding call.

Securing funding in this sector can be challenging due to the competitive landscape and the need to demonstrate both clinical efficacy and market potential. You’ll hear from leading experts as they share their experiences with different funding strategies, from venture capital to research grants, and offer insights on navigating the financial landscape.

Networking offers access to expertise, partnerships, and industry insights that can help overcome funding obstacles and successfully bring effective interventions to market, giving them the power to help as many people as possible. Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to connect with industry professionals, researchers, lived experience experts, and policymakers, all united in a mission to advance mental health care through effective interventions and a collaborative field.

Panellists include:

Dr Sarah Hughes, CEO, Mind

George MacGinnis, Director, Healthy Lives, Innovate UK

Will Gibbs, Partner, Octopus Ventures

Aahuti Rai, Health Innovation NED, Advisor, Venture Partner

Ella Goldner, Co-founder, Zinc VC

The panel will be moderated by Shuranjeet Singh, Founder at Taraki.

Schedule for the event:

08:45 - 09:00: Arrivals

09:00 - 09:30: Breakfast and Networking

09:30 - 09:45: Introduction by Wellcome

09:45 - 10:45: Panel discussion and audience Q&A

10:45 - 11:30: Networking

Location:

📍 Wellcome Trust Office, Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE

🌐 For remote participants, the joining link will be shared upon registration.

Wellcome is partnering with Zinc VC to support efforts to establish collaboration between academia and industry in the field of digital mental health.

Wellcome is a global charitable foundation, supporting science to help solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone climate change, infectious disease and mental health. In mental Health, Wellcome’s mission is to create a stepchange in early intervention for depression, anxiety and psychosis. Wellcome has recently launched a funding opportunity to accelerate scalable digital mental health intervention.

Zinc VC is a mission-driven venture capital firm that invests in and supports entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions to tackle some of the world’s toughest social challenges affecting the health of people and of the planet.