I V Y Labs is a San Francisco mobile-first company building simple, HIPAA-secure tools for independent mental health providers. Its flagship product, Ivy Pay, lets therapists charge a client's credit, debit, HSA or FSA card on file with a single button push - no card readers, checks or monthly fees - at a flat 2.75% per transaction. Founded by former Yelp executive Mandy Silverman, the company set out to remove the awkward friction of getting paid so therapists can focus on care, and has expanded toward helping clients discover and connect with the right therapist.
Maria Szandrach is the co-founder and CEO of Mentalyc, a San Francisco clinical-intelligence platform that turns recorded therapy sessions into insurance-ready notes, treatment plans, and progress insights for psychotherapists. A McKinsey strategy alum with an MSc from London Business School, she has co-founded three startups across the mental health and insurance worlds. She built Mentalyc with engineer Georgi Urumov during the COVID pandemic after the two met through Entrepreneur First, later going through Berkeley SkyDeck. Maria has become a recognizable voice on what AI should and should not do inside the therapy room, arguing for slow, careful building in a field where over-promising is dangerous.
Foresight Mental Health is a Berkeley, California-based outpatient mental health provider that pairs clinicians - psychiatrists, therapists and prescribers - with software, data and wearables to deliver personalized, insurance-covered care. Founded by two UC Berkeley computer-science students, the company offers therapy, psychiatry, child and adolescent services, ADHD testing, intensive outpatient programs and TMS across in-person clinics and telehealth, with the stated mission of improving access to high-quality mental health care.