Investors that care about founder mental health

As a founder, you have to function and work hard – that’s what the start-up scene teaches. Few talk about the consequences of not knowing when to take a break. Many forget that breaks are a fuel that enables creative results and even faster results than continuing to work without breaks. This is dangerous for the health of the founder, but also for the investors.

The first investors understood that the health of the founder is crucial for the success of a company. Gerjet Efken, founder of accelerate health, has summarised some of the investors that support founders mental health:

“- https://www.felicis.com/ invests 1% on top for founder coaching and therapy.
– https://sevensevensix.com/ invests not only 1% on top for coaching and therapy, but provides free access to group coaching to their portfolio company via their investment https://lnkd.in/e4Cf98Aj.
– https://freestyle.vc/ provides 3 months of therapy and paid tuition at the famous https://lnkd.in/ewUid7R5 for their founders.
– https://refactor.com/ pays for coaching and therapy out of the VC’s management fees.

– https://firstround.com/ provides monthly founder forums, roundtables and retreats for the first six months for their portfolio companies to help founders deal with the isolation and feeling that they can’t talk about their struggles.” (Source Gerjet Efken Linkedin)