Portfolio Welcome: And Still We Rise
Mental health services in the U.S. are inadequate in almost all measurable ways. When it comes to supporting people who have been traumatized by racism, homophobia, sexism, transphobia, and beyond, the system is even more grossly deficient. Grateful and inspired that a generation of entrepreneurs—like Dr. Natasha Holmes—are working hard to change that.
Easy to understand why we are excited to welcome Natasha and And Still We Rise (ASWR) into the RevUp portfolio. ASWR is a platform for delivering training and mental health programming to better support diverse communities through clinical practice and in corporate, educational, and civic settings.
As Founder and CEO, Natasha launched ASWR few short years ago to provide counseling and therapy services to client groups underserved by traditional mental health resources. After building a thriving clinical practice, Natasha leapt at the huge opportunity to deliver programmatic solutions beyond one-on-one environments, to help companies, universities, and government agencies access far better and desperately needed tools for supporting their constituents.
Today, ASWR translates the best practices from clinical therapy into programmatic solutions that go beyond what internal HR or community relations departments are trained, qualified, or prepared to do.
This has become a serious and recognized problem for organizations, where people leaders tend to be generalists and lack the specialized training to respond to traumatic events. ASWR is part of a fast moving effort to bring cultural competency into mental wellness services. Their training and mental health support programming is like a SWAT team, trained to handle situations and diverse stakeholder groups in a way that the generalists cannot.
Beyond proud to support this amazing Boston-based team as they bring their solutions to a national market!
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RevUp Capital invests in B2B and B2C companies that are revenue-driven and ready to double down on growth. We deploy cash and capacity to help companies grow from $1-3M to $10-30M, quickly and efficiently, using a revenue-based model. Companies enter our portfolio with $500K-$3M in revenue, a strong growth rate, and a team that’s ready to scale. Our typical investment range is $300K-$500K.
We invest into a company's market-facing activity using a cash and capacity model. We pair our cash investment with dedicated support from the RevUp Growth Platform: a powerful resource to build a data-driven growth engine, delivered by people who get the work done. Rather than take equity, companies return investment through a small percentage of revenue over time. More at www.revupfund.com