Masawa

masawa.fund

Masawa invests in seed stage European startups catalyzing mental health and wellness. They finance mental illness cures, mental wellness improvement, and the social determinants of mental health while working with founders to create healthy, thriving organizations.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Digital Health, Healthtech

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Investment Thesis

Masawa believes venture capital can drive fast social change by putting humans at the center of the investment model. They recognize that 65% of startups fail from people problems, and have developed their ‘Nurture Capital’ approach to minimize risk, enhance founder wellbeing, and repurpose capital while optimizing both financial and social returns. Their philosophy centers on the belief that inner transformation enables outer change, and that flourishing mental health catalyzes solutions to social and environmental crises.

What Sets Them Apart

Nurture Capital approach that explicitly focuses on founder wellbeing and organizational health, not just financial returns
Holistic three-pillar due diligence: profit (commercial viability), purpose (external impact), and people (internal impact)
Recognition that founders face 2-3x higher rates of depression and substance abuse, and they actively work to change the exploitative investment model
Custom metrics framework for measuring impact rather than relying on benchmarks, with impact KPIs approved by an Impact Advisory Committee
Commitment to at least 90% sustainable investments with social objectives
Deep integration of scientific evidence and peer-reviewed academic research in investment thesis validation