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Disruptive Healthcare Valuation Multiples in Today’s Bear Market

What is a fair valuation for a healthcare startup today when public comps are trading below historical valuations?

7 min readMay 10, 2022

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Disruptive Healthcare Valuation Multiples in Today’s Bear Market

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Weekly Data Driven Healthcare Market Analysis

Hi Everyone — I’m going to be writing a weekly newsletter full of data driven insights about the disruptive healthcare market. I’ll be…

1 min readJan 15, 2024

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Healthcare Valuation Trends in 2024

Healthcare valuations have been in rehab since late 2021. That’s nothing to be ashamed of. I went to rehab in 2018, and it saved my life. I…

8 min readJan 2, 2024

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Healthcare Valuation Trends in 2024

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Digital Health Valuation Trends in 2022

Digital health revenue estimates are up, but stock prices are down. Why are valuations re-rating? We explore in this research piece.

5 min readJan 18, 2022

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Digital Health Valuation Trends in 2022

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The Dark Ages of Mental Health

Leaning on one of the most overused finance analogies of all time, we are not even in the first inning of the mental health game. Rather…

8 min readJan 13, 2022

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The Dark Ages of Mental Health

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ATAI Life Sciences’ IPO Taught Me to Dream Big in Mental Health

What If Ventures managing partner Stephen Hays on how atai Life Sciences changed his perspective on what is possible in mental health.

4 min readJun 19, 2021

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ATAI Life Sciences’ IPO Taught Me to Dream Big in Mental Health

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Bipolar Disorder Still Sucks

It’s ok to have bad days, weeks, or months while living in recovery from addiction or living with a mental illness.

3 min readMar 13, 2021

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Bipolar Disorder Still Sucks

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Mental Health Investor Sentiment Survey: Extreme Optimism Going into 2021

We surveyed a group of active mental health startup investors to see what trends they think are most interesting in the space.

13 min readJan 5, 2021

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Mental Health Investor Sentiment Survey: Extreme Optimism Going into 2021

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How to Pitch a Mental Health Startup: 10 Lessons Learned From 150 Pitches

Lessons learned from 150 mental health startup pitches during cohort 1 of the What If Fellowship.

7 min readNov 22, 2020

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How to Pitch a Mental Health Startup: 10 Lessons Learned From 150 Pitches

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Mental Health Startup Fellowship

Helping entrepreneurs bring mental health solutions to life.

6 min readOct 1, 2020

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Mental Health Startup Fellowship

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Stephen Hays

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Stephen Hays, Founder of What If Ventures www.whatif.vc a mental health focused venture capital fund and host of the Stigma Podcast.

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