Why Health and Happiness?

Our view is that health and happiness exist in a continuum. Greater health unlocks the potential for happiness; the absence of health closes off paths toward happiness. Conversely, a happier human has greater potential to be a healthier human.

Health and happiness science is the most robust and fast-growing early-stage investment opportunity we have seen in decades, touching every part of our bodies and minds, and every person on earth - a $15T market opportunity transforming core human experiences. It is ripe for a unique investment approach that sees this landscape from a fresh perspective beyond the later-stage drug and disease focus of common healthcare funds.

HOW do WE DO IT?

Our team has developed dominant media, research, and tech companies in the three modern tech revolutions: PC, Internet, and Social. We now stand poised on the edge of the fourth: Health and Happiness. Our portfolio companies benefit from the resulting rich perspective and world-class connections; a mutually supportive community of more than 400 fellow startups; and support from our LPs, who include leading corporations and leaders in software development, marketing, and media from three continents. Because of our lab and technical backgrounds, we have developed a uniquely scientific approach to early-stage investing driven by data and research to uncover the best new companies in the strongest market segments.

what areas have we invested in?

We have examined our progress in each of these areas every six months and adjusted them based on all the available information we can glean on where to find the greatest advancements.

2010-2014: Social/Mobile Technology Breakthroughs

2012-2015: Work Platforms

2014-2015: Market-Based Education

2015-2019: Digital Brands

2017-present: Delightful Moments from Science

2017-present: Emotion-Centric Consumer Products

2017-present: Emerging Science of Health and Happiness