One Mind Accelerator
Supercharging Mental Health Startups for Faster Breakthroughs
The One Mind Accelerator seeks to address the global mental health crisis at scale and with a sense of urgency through the power of entrepreneurship.
The Accelerator empowers founders with the catalytic tools- network, education, and capital- to build robust, scalable, and ethical companies that take innovations to market faster and with greater impact for people facing mental illness. One Mind leverages its vast network of world-class investors, founders, operators, scientists, payers, providers, policymakers, and lived experience advocates to accelerate the cohort’s path to startup success.
The One Mind Accelerator was launched in 2023, with an inaugural cohort of 11 companies. This year, 10 startups were selected from 181 applications for the 2024 session. Each company will receive a $100,000 investment from One Mind and will participate in 9 weeks of intensive programming designed to help founders rapidly take their companies to the next level. The program will commence on March 4 with a week of in-person programming in Menlo Park, California, followed by 7 weeks of virtual programming, and then a capstone in-person week also to be held in Menlo Park.
Key Benefits for Founders
Mentoring
Community
Brand Development
Capital
Perks
Business Development
Key Focus Areas
Key focus areas include, but are not limited to:
- Small Molecules Drugs & Biologics
- Psychedelics
- Biomarkers & Diagnostics
- Closed-Loop Neurostimulation
- Precision Psychiatry
- Metabolic Psychiatry
- Digital Therapeutics
- Social Determinants
- SMI-focused Services
- Patient Engagement
- Deep Tech / AI-Powered Solutions
Advisors, Mentors, Speakers
Thomas Insel
Co-Founder & Executive Chair, Vanna Health
Harvey Schwartz
One Mind Board Member and CEO, Carlyle Group, One Mind Accelerator Governing Council
Andrew Barr
Founding Partner of GreyMatter
Shiv Bhavnani
Founder, GIMBHI
Dani Bicknell
Sr. Program Manager, SecondMuse
Katie Bush
Founder & CEO, KBD
Tom Cassels
President & CEO, Rock Health
Joe Corkery
Fmr Director of Product Management, Google
John Cooper
Managing Partner at Carlsquare
Fred Dillon
Head of Advisory Services, HopeLab
Accelerator FAQs
Learn everything you need to know to apply for the next round of funding.
Philanthropic Support
Our Partners
We are grateful to our partners for their help with sourcing world-class mental health startups and for providing the resources to support world class programming for the 2024 cohort.