Date | Title | Description |
10.10.2025 | Marking World Mental Health Day, Governor Newsom signs AB 727 to make mental health resources more accessible to LGBTQ youth | “When Donald Trump and the federal government turn their backs on LGBTQ+ youth, California steps up,” said Assemblymember González. “With the signing of AB 727, we’re sending a clear message: our LGBTQ+ youth are seen, valued, and never alo... |
07.10.2025 | The Overlooked Crisis: Why Caregiver Mental Health is Central to Solving the Pediatric Emergency | Jeanne Marconi, MD, SVP for Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Brightline
We’re facing a pediatric mental health crisis that’s worsening by the day. Amid a national provider shortage, increased rates of anxiety, depression, ... |
12.09.2025 | Northwell Health and Brightline Partner to Expand Pediatric Mental Health Services | What You Should Know:
Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, today announced a strategic alliance with Brightline, the leading therapy and psychiatry practice that delivers pediatric, teen, and parent... |
08.07.2025 | First Partner meets with farm communities, immigrant support groups in the Inland Empire | For almost 40 years, TODEC has been a hub for healing, organizing, advocacy, and community transformation led by the people who live and work in rural Inland communities. TODEC has operated a 24/7crisis hotline for the past 30 years and pro... |
16.07.2024 | Teladoc Health Launches Comprehensive Virtual Mental Healthcare for Children and Families | What You Should Know:
– Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC), the global leader in virtual care, today announced a significant expansion of its services with the launch of comprehensive mental healthcare for children, adolescents, and their families... |
24.05.2024 | Startups addressing children's mental health needs that you should know | They include Brightline, Hazel Health, InStride Health, Mantra Health, and Mightier
When it comes to mental health disorders in children, the stats are disheartening, with about 1 in 6 children aged 6 to 17 in the U.S. experiencing a mental... |
27.12.2023 | The COVID-era mental health companies: where are they now? | Some companies have continued to raise funding, while many have had to cut staff
If there was a silver lining to the pandemic, it's that it spurring innovation and adoption of mental health tools, as every age group, racial and ethnic group... |
19.10.2023 | Helping Doctors Help Patients: Digital Health’s Role in Reinventing How the Work That is Healthcare is Delivered | The digital transformation is changing how providers deliver care, bringing with it a novel set of challenges from this new way of working. To ensure long-term success in providing users with high-quality care, digital health companies must... |
04.05.2023 | Millions of patients’ data confirmed stolen after Fortra mass-hack | Millions of people across the U.S. had reams of personal and health information stolen in a mass-hack targeting dozens of companies, including healthcare providers, according to new filings with the federal government.
NationBenefits, a Flo... |
02.05.2023 | Advantage Communications Group Achieves ISO 27001:2013 Certification for Information Security Management System | LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, May 2, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Today from the Channel Partners Conference & EXPO, Advantage Communications Group (Advantage) announced that it has achieved status as an ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified provider, wi... |
02.03.2023 | Evernorth adds pediatric mental health provider Brightline as an in-network benefit | Brightline, which focuses on children, teens, and families, will reach over 60 million lives
The youth mental health crisis was already happening, and the COVID-19 pandemic just exposed it for many families, as incident rates spiked and the... |
01.03.2023 | Brightline Joins Evernorth Health Services’ Behavioral Health Network, Expanding Access to Specialized Care for Families | With Brightline, we will connect our youngest patients with care and treatment options quickly and efficiently, while providing peace of mind for the entire family.”
— Dr. Stuart Lustig, national medical executive for Evernorth Health Servi... |
03.11.2022 | Valera Health Secures $44.5M To Expand Its Virtual Mental Health Capabilities | Virtual behavioral health provider Valera Health aims to be a “one-stop-shop” for those in need of mental health support. The company provides care regardless of age, severity or insurance type.
“We see both kids and adults,” CEO Dr. Thomas... |
12.09.2022 | Mental health companies that have raised funding so far in 2022 | Funding to mental health companies dropped 60% in Q1, as the VC environment has tightened
Last year was a great year for the mental health space, and digital health in general: companies brought in $5.5 billion globally across 324 deals, a ... |
26.08.2022 | DotCom Therapy expands pediatric healthcare access by accepting Medicaid | Pediatric teletherapy provider DotCom Therapy has been approved to accept Medicaid in Wisconsin through the BadgerCare Plus program.
It’s a milestone for the company, which provides speech, behavioral and occupational therapy through video ... |
15.07.2022 | Air taxis, AR, and getting out of the Bay Area: 10 takeaways from Brainstorm Tech | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
It’s a little easier to get into Aspen than it is to get out—or so I have learned the past couple... |
12.07.2022 | Brightline Closes $10M Extended Series C Financing | Brightline, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of virtual behavioral health care for children, adolescents, and families, raised further $10M, bringing its total Series C funding to $115M.
The round was led by Northwell Health.
The company inte... |
01.04.2022 | Brightline Raises $105M in Series C Funding | Brightline, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based leader in virtual behavioral health care for children, adolescents, and families, secured $105M Series C funding, bringing total funding to over $200M.
Global investment firm KKR led the round, and exis... |
29.03.2022 | Bad news for unicorns: The IPO market just had its worst quarter in 6 years | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
For any company looking to go public, the landscape is looking bleak.
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02.02.2022 | Mental health companies that raised funding in 2021 | Funding to mental health companies was $5.1 billion last year, nearly doubling from 2020
Mental health problems, especially in young people, have been on the rise for a while now: a CDC report found that, in 2019, more than 1 in 3 high scho... |
18.10.2021 | Brightline : Continues Rapid Expansion With New Autism Spectrum Disorder Services, Programs for LGBTQ and BIPOC Youth | PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of its recent nationwide expansion of behavioral health support and coaching programs for families, Brightline announced today it will be launching services for children with Aut... |
14.09.2021 | Parents Quitting Jobs at Alarming Rate to Support Their Kids' Behavioral Health | |
13.09.2021 | Digital health news, funding roundup in the prior week; September 13 | Beauty Pie raised $100 million; Homage landed $30M; DotCom Therapy picked up $13M
Cleveland Clinic: Cleveland Clinic is an Ohio-based medical center that combines clinical and hospital care with research and education. Anthem is teaming up ... |
07.09.2021 | America’s provider shortage: Can digital health resuscitate our broken care delivery system? | America’s Provider Shortage: Can Digital Health Resuscitate Our Broken Care Delivery System?
Have you ever wondered why it takes so long to schedule an appointment with your primary care provider? Or why wait times for specialists — from OB... |
20.08.2021 | Brightline : Announces New Additions to Growing Clinical Leadership Team | PALO ALTO Calif., Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightline, the only virtual behavioral health solution built specifically to care for children, teens, and their families across a range of common family challenges and childhood conditions, ... |
17.06.2021 | Brightline Raises $72M in Series B Funding | Brightline, a Palo Alto CA-based provider of a behavioral health solution built specifically for children, teens, and their families, raised $72M in Series B funding.
The round was led by GV which participation from Optum Ventures, 7wireVen... |
16.06.2021 | Brightline Announces National Expansion of Industry-Leading Pediatric Behavioral Health Offering and $72M Series B Funding Led by GV | |
16.06.2021 | Brightline Secures $72M to Expand Pediatric Behavioral Health Solution Nationally | What You Should Know:
– Brightline, a virtual pediatric behavioral health solution announces, today announced it has raised $72M in Series B funding led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), with participation from new investors Optum Ventures,... |
02.04.2021 | Virtual therapy startups tackle the gap in mental health care for kids and teens | When Alex Alvarado and his co-founders started their virtual therapy company Daybreak Health in February 2020, they saw a “massive need” for better mental health options for teens. Then the pandemic hit, and the gap they were trying to fill... |
09.02.2021 | Brightline Expands Virtual Behavioral Health Support For Kids, Teens, and Families Nationwide | What You Should Know:
– Brightline, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of virtual behavioral health care for children and families, announced nationwide expansion of its first-of-its kind behavioral health coaching programs and digital platform... |
15.01.2021 | Mental health companies that raised funding in 2020 | Headspace, Lyra, Koa Health, Ginger, and Spring Health were among those that saw new investments
2020 was a tough year, to state the obvious. With all the death from the pandemic, COVID-caused isolation, civil unrest, and all the election s... |
20.08.2020 | Brightline Raises $20M for Virtual Pediatric Behavioral Health Platform | What You Should Know:
– Brightline raises $20 million to bring its virtual behavioral healthcare platform to kids and families across California and beyond.
– Brightline delivers integrated care through innovative technology, virtual behavi... |
19.08.2020 | Brightline Raises $20M in Series A Funding | Brightline, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based technology-enabled pediatric behavioral health care company, raised a $20m Series A funding.
The round was led by Threshold Ventures and previous investor Oak HC/FT, with participation from Blue Shield ... |
22.07.2020 | Beyond Covid-19: 5 opportunities for startups to reshape the future healthcare landscape | The novel coronavirus pandemic has upended the world as we know it, taking an unprecedented toll on health and human life. The healthcare ecosystem has quickly mobilized to mitigate the crisis – modifying care access points and modalities w... |
- | TechCrunch: It’s Time for Investors to Redefine How We Evaluate Digital Health Startups | This article originally appeared as a contributed piece from Alyssa Jaffee, Partner at 7wireVentures, on TechCrunch: It’s time for investors to redefine how we evaluate digital health startups |
- | America’s provider shortage: Can digital health resuscitate our broken care delivery system? | America’s Provider Shortage: Can Digital Health Resuscitate Our Broken Care Delivery System?
Have you ever wondered why it takes so long to schedule an appointment with your primary care provider? Or why wait times for specialists — from OB... |
- | From picking up groceries to primary care: How digital health can help retailers become a one stop shop | Throughout Covid-19, we’ve witnessed a systematic shift in how we access care. Care is no longer defined by the four walls of a hospital, doctor’s office, or urgent care center. There’s been an emergence of new care delivery models that ena... |
- | Beyond Covid-19: 5 opportunities for startups to reshape the future healthcare landscape | The novel coronavirus pandemic has upended the world as we know it, taking an unprecedented toll on health and human life. The healthcare ecosystem has quickly mobilized to mitigate the crisis – modifying care access points and modalities w... |