Psychedelics startups

The ramifications of Synthesis Center’s collapse could have a destabilizing impact on the nascent commercial psychedelics community as a whole. 

Synthesis Institute collapse is a major setback for US psychedelic therapy

Clerkenwell Health, a psychedelic-specialist clinical research organisation, has raised £2.1 million in seed funding, bringing the total to date up to £2.5 million, which will be used to get the…

Clerkenwell Health raises £2.1M to test the new wave of psychedelics treatments
Startups

Retail investors or guinea pigs?

6:01 am PDT • July 2, 2022

From early IPOs to startup crowdfunding, are non-professional investors assuming more risk than they should?

Retail investors or guinea pigs?

LA-born startup TRIPP doesn’t want the metaverse to be a mere “shopping mall for virtual consumers,” its founder Nanea Reeves told TechCrunch. Instead, Reeves’ company is envisioning a metaverse experience…

Why more funding equates more peace of mind for TRIPP and its users

Cannabis, sextech and psychedelics are often lumped together under the “vice” category — a characterization that prevents many VCs from investing in these spaces. But does that make sense?

Cannabis, sex tech and psychedelics startups deserve more than stigma

Previously relegated to underground communities and raves, ketamine, MDMA and psilocybin are now being studied to develop therapies to treat everything from PTSD to cluster headaches.

Psychedelics startups are on a long journey to consumer markets, but these 5 VCs are taking the ride