PsyMed Ventures
San Francisco, CA · Invests in US; North America; Europe; UK; MENA; Asia · Website
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🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Funds founders elevating brain and mental health through neuroscience, frontier technologies, psychedelic medicine, precision neuroscience, neurotechnology, AI-enabled diagnosis and treatment, novel CNS therapeutics, digital health, and related modalities.
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Avoids weakly evidenced consumer wellness, generic healthcare software without a brain or mental health wedge, unfocused biotech platforms, weak clinical validation, questionable psychedelic IP strategies, and teams lacking scientific or regulatory credibility.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually follows
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Involvement
- Advisor
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $25M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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Alto Neuroscience is a company focused on precision psychiatry and developing personalized psychiatric treatments, leveraging the biology of individuals' brains to create effective medicines.
Ancilia Bio harnesses the natural power of CRISPR to create beneficial bacterial products with immunity against destructive viruses, focusing on the virome and its applications in therapeutics, agriculture, and industrial biotechnology.
AtaiBeckley is a biotechnology company developing new mental health treatments to transform patient outcomes. Our research is focused on developing rapid-acting, robust and durable mental health treatments for large-scale patient impact.
Drug development platform focused on neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Bexson Biomedical is developing differentiated therapies using precision-driven, scalable delivery technologies for pain and mental health. Their lead candidate, BB106, is an IND-ready subcutaneous ketamine derivative in development for Moderate/Severe Acute Pain.
Bloom Science is a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing live biotherapeutics to treat unmet neurological and inflammatory diseases. The company utilizes its IrisRx™ discovery platform to develop novel microbiome-based therapies targeting the gut-immune-brain axis.
Bright Minds Biosciences is a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders, including drug-resistant epilepsy and depression, using highly selective serotonergic agonists.
Delix Therapeutics is focused on transforming brain health through the development of neuroplastogens, a novel class of compounds aimed at treating neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions.
Humans Anonymous is an anonymous live audio platform that facilitates safe spaces for communities of people with similar life experiences to share their struggles, get advice, and support each other.
ImYoo is building a patient-enabled biodiscovery platform that conducts patient-centric immune discovery studies by enabling patients to self-collect small volumes of blood at home for high-resolution single-cell genomics assays.
Iris Medicine is an early-stage life sciences company pioneering the future of RNA therapies, specifically through their innovative small binding RNA (sbRNA) technology that selectively modulates gene expression.
Recent activity
- Oct 2025
Aerska
Seed · Participated
- Nov 2024
Jimini Health
Pre-Seed · Participated
- Sep 2024
Neurode
Pre-Seed · Participated
- May 2024
Remepy
Seed · Participated
- Jan 2023
Journey Clinical
Series A · Participated
- Aug 2022
Freedom Biosciences
Seed · Participated
PsyMed Ventures in the news
Pulse 2.0
Remepy Raises $36 Million Series A, Bringing Total Funding To $62 Million As Parkinson’s Hybrid Drug Heads Toward Phase III
18 days ago
finance.biggo.com
Remepy lands $36 million Series A to push AI-enabled Parkinson's therapy into Phase III
24 days ago
Ynetnews
Remepy raises $36 million to expand AI-enabled drug pipeline
24 days ago
FirstWord Pharma
Remepy pockets $36M to push Parkinson's hybrid drug towards Phase III
25 days ago
Pulse 2.0
Remepy Raises $36 Million Series A To Advance Hybridopa Phase III And Hybrid Drug Pipeline
25 days ago
citybiz
Remepy Raises $36M Series A to Advance Hybridopa Into Phase III
25 days ago
calcalistech.com
Remepy raises $36 million Series A as it prepares AI-driven Parkinson’s treatment for Phase III
26 days ago
WSJ
PsyMed Ventures Seeks to Ride Early Investment Wins to New Fundraising
9 months ago
AlleyWatch
Jimini Health Raises $8M to Expand its AI-Augmented Mental Health Platform
Nov 2024
AlleyWatch
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 11/19/2024
Nov 2024
TechCrunch
Neurode wants to treat and track ADHD symptoms through a wearable headband
Sep 2024
InnovationMap
Rice University medical device spinout secures nearly $19M series A
Jan 2024
Rice University
Rice Biotech Launch Pad startup Motif Neurotech closes Series A financing of $18.75 million
Jan 2024
Business Insider
Meet the top 14 VCs who've bet the most cash on turning psychedelics into medical treatments
Mar 2023
AlleyWatch
Journey Clinical Raises $8.5M to Make the Benefits of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Accessible
Feb 2023
The Business Journals
The Funded: VC legend John Doerr regrets not backing 'slightly crazy' Elon Musk
Aug 2022
TechCrunch
Psychedelics startups are on a long journey to consumer markets, but these 5 VCs are taking the ride
May 2022
Crunchbase News
Inside PsyMed Ventures’ New $25M Fund For Psychedelics And Mental Health Startups
Jan 2022
AlleyWatch
Journey Clinical Raises $3M for its Service That Empowers Psychotherapists to Offer Psychedelic Therapy
Sep 2021
Venture Capital Journal
Delix Therapeutics raises $70m
Sep 2021
Business Insider
Meet the top 11 VCs who've bet the most cash on turning MDMA and magic mushrooms into medical treatments
Jul 2021
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