PinnedA Year to Rebuild & ReconnectThoughts on 2021 from Able Partners We have been active investors in health and wellness for nearly a decade, a category that exists because of the underlying inadequacies in our current healthcare system. Never have those inadequacies been more pronounced than during the Covid-19 pandemic. …7 min read7 min read
Oct 21, 2022Food is Medicine, Food is PoisonExploring the field of metabolic psychiatry — Are you feeling stressed or burnt out? Having trouble fitting into your pre-pandemic pants? Maybe you just can’t focus like you used to? You’re not alone. Rates of mental illness have reached alarming levels in the United States: 1 in 5 American adults will experience mental illness in a given…4 min read4 min read
Sep 27, 2022Our School of ThoughtHow Schools Can Help Address the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis Despite increased attention, an influx of institutional investment, and digital health innovation, the current state of adolescent mental health remains in crisis. Leveraging our school systems, where adolescents spend the majority of their time, is a logical path to scaling…7 min read7 min read
Oct 5, 2021The Missing Piece in the Mental Health PuzzleWhy revolutionizing the field requires quantifiable data supported by investors and healthcare leaders — A significant barrier to accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of depression and anxiety is over-reliance on subjective behavioral data Improving outcomes in the mental health space requires companies to push beyond established approaches and focus on objective, quantifiable metrics Recent data-driven innovations in mental health measurement and monitoring, in particular…Mental Health8 min readMental Health8 min read
Sep 18, 2020Is a Psychedelic Trip a Good Investment?Why is _able Partners, a consumer fund, investing in pharma companies developing illegal drugs? We believe these stigmatized substances, psychedelics, can help address “The Wellness Gap” — the disconnect between accelerating economic indicators (GDP per capita) and declining measures of physical and emotional wellbeing. One of our portfolio companies, COMPASS…7 min read7 min read
Jun 25, 2020Is Menopause a Missed Opportunity?Millions of women — and investors alike — can benefit from real innovation Every day an estimated 6,000 women in the U.S. enter menopause (or 2 million a year), a natural part of the aging process during which a woman’s body experiences significant changes in two critical hormones, estrogen and…5 min read5 min read
Jan 21, 2020Investing With Purpose For Profit_able Partners shares their thoughts on 2020 The 2010’s gave us the iPad, Instagram, Slack, Fitbits, gluten-free foods, and thousands of CBD products, all optimistically designed to make our lives healthier and more connected. But increasingly, we see that these well-intended innovations may have contributed to an opposite outcome. We…6 min read6 min read
