Join us for another of our networking events! 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.

This will be an engaging dialogue on scaling digital mental health technology startups and academic spinouts. You’ll hear from leaders in the field as they share their experiences in scaling their companies, offering insights on overcoming the unique challenges these ventures face.

Scaling is particularly challenging in this field due to the complex regulatory landscape, the need for significant funding, and the difficulty in achieving widespread adoption. Meet and learn from others at this event, accessing expertise, partnerships, and industry insights to understand how you could overcome these obstacles, giving you the power to help as many people as possible.

Speakers include:

Michael Acton-Smith, Co-Founder of Calm
Ushma Baros, Commercial Director at Big Health
Andres Fonseca, CEO of Thrive

Schedule for the evening:

16:45 - 17:00: Arrivals

17:00 - 17:15: Introduction by Wellcome

17:15 - 17:45: Fireside chat with Michael Acton-Smith

17:45 - 18:00: Break

18:00 - 18:40: Panel discussion and audience Q&A

18:40 - 19:30: Networking

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 interventions [link] . 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.