Dunn: Mental health tech VC funding surged to $5.5B in 2021
Andy Dunn · Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn · Sep 8, 2022 · at 57:25
Bonobos co-founder Andy Dunn discusses the rapid growth of venture capital investment in mental health technology with host Sahil Bloom.
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“Five years ago, there was like a hundred million of venture capital that went into mental health tech. Last year, I heard that was five and a half billion.”
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