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Together, Let's Shape a Stronger Future for Youth Mental Well-Being

Headstream, a program by SecondMuse, exists to improve the mental well-being of systemically excluded youth by reshaping how the health and education systems prioritize youth mental health

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Join Us in Improving Mental Well-Being for Millions of Young People

Are you an entrepreneur, a young person, an educator, or a partner organization working to create a future where every young person has access to digital mental health support? So are we.

Together, we’re advancing inclusive, tech-driven solutions that reach historically excluded communities and reimagine how education and health systems support youth well-being.

Join us in building this future through three key approaches:

Accelerating Innovation to Transform Mental Health

Building or investing in tech for youth mental health? If you're an entrepreneur, we’ll help you fuel your vision with funding, expert mentorship, and a community to grow your impact and reach. If you're an investor, we’ll connect you with bold solutions shaping the future of youth well-being, where social impact meets growth potential.

Co-Create Digital Solutions That Matter

Want to create mental health solutions that truly connect with young people? We help young leaders and mission-driven organizations design with, not just for, the next generation. Young professionals turn lived experiences into powerful ideas. Organizations and entrepreneurs get the tools to co-create solutions that drive real impact.

Bridge Innovations and Education for Healthier Schools

Looking for better ways to support your students’ mental health? Discover innovative tools designed with your students in mind. We’ll help you bring effective, easy-to-use solutions into your classrooms and communities, strengthening what’s working and filling critical gaps in care.

Our Work & Programs

Ready to drive sustainable change for youth mental well-being? Our programs are designed for your specific needs—whether you're an entrepreneur, a young person, an educator, or a partner organization.

Entrepreneur Support Programs

Unlocking the next stage of growth for entrepreneurs reaching young people through school and health care systems.

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Residency

Youth Collective

Become empowered co-creators alongside entrepreneurs and industry leaders in shaping digital solutions that work for you and your peers.

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K-12 Well-Being

Increase your adoption of student-centric digital well-being products within your educational environment.

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The Impact You'll Help Create

By partnering with us, you'll join a movement that has already reached over 8.4 million young people and caring adults. Together, we're driving meaningful change in youth mental well-being—and we're just getting started. Our next goal is to reach 20 million in the next three years.

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Innovators are already transforming youth mental health with our support

90+

youth professionals trained as co-creation leaders shaping the future

$75M+

raised to back entrepreneurs building better mental health solutions

Through our intentional programming, we help entrepreneurs like you scale your impact while empowering young people to be active, valued co-creators in shaping the future of mental health.

Hear directly from our participants.

What I have learned over the years with Headstream, is to think about who is not in the room when you are designing a solution. To me a beautiful digital ecosystem is limitless, and that is what excites me about the future of technology, is how limitless we can have solutions if we combine the potential of the human experience with digital technology.

Megha Sharma
Youth Co-Creator
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The most significant change I experienced from my participation in Headstream was strengthening my leadership skills and confidence. Advising and connecting with like-minded students has really empowered me to speak up about what I believe in and always look to actively engage in my community.

Maryam Zoweil
Youth Co-Creator
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We have established a youth co-creation club in our company which we aim to use as we explore various types of products and services.

Gael Fernandez
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Astro Studios

More direct partnership with young people has allowed us to get direct insights into how our product resonate with younger audiences. This has helped us to vet ideas faster, iterate on prototypes before full development, and conduct more applicable user research across our full target demo.

Alexandra Goldman
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Flourish Labs

We expanded our support for middle and high school audiences and deepened our work in college and career levels

Beverly León
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Local Civics
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Meet the Trailblazers: Headstream Launches First Entrepreneur Residency to Transform Youth Mental Health Tech

The Residency Program was created to scale groundbreaking innovations in adolescent mental well-being across health and education systems. Meet the seven members and their companies, and learn how they are driving impact to enhance youth mental health, with a focus on marginalized communities including Latinos, LGBTQIA+, and BIPOC youth.

Headstream's News

Headstream Announces Launch and Members of its 2024 Accelerator Program

Headstream, an initiative under SecondMuse aimed at enhancing the mental well-being of adolescents in marginalized communities, has unveiled its 2024 Headstream Accelerator. Supported by Pivotal Ventures, founded by Melinda Gates, this four-month program began in April and hosts 15 start-ups, empowering their CEOs, founders, and entrepreneurs to collaboratively develop digital health solutions with youth involvement and explore alternative funding avenues. Each participant receives a $30,000 stipend, gains access to curated online and offline events, and taps into Headstream's extensive community of over 500 potential investors and customers. The Accelerator's mission is to spearhead a digital transformation that expands access and resources while championing equity-driven digital health and educational technology (edtech) products geared towards supporting the mental well-being of today's youth in the US. By fostering inclusivity, the program offers a platform for innovators from diverse backgrounds to collectively scale these inclusive technologies. The 14 start-ups selected for this cohort are committed to dismantling the unjust systems affecting BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and multi-hyphenate individuals by developing affordable and accessible mental well-being solutions.

Headstream's News

Headstream Announces the Launch and Members of its 2024 Youth Co-Creator Club

Headstream, an innovation program by SecondMuse that works to improve the mental well-being of adolescents within systematically excluded communities, today announced the members of its 2024 Youth Co-Creator Club, a five-month virtual program from March 25 to July 23 to position BIPOC, Latinos, and LGBTQIA+ youth as co-creators of digital products. The new cohort will consist of 23 members between the ages of 13 and 20 from across the U.S.

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