Deadline: November 10, 2025
Applications for the One Mind Accelerator (OMA) Program 2026 are now open. The One Mind Accelerator (OMA) backs bold and determined founders of early-stage startups with the network, education and capital to build category-defining companies that radically improve the lives of people facing mental health challenges.
Launched in 2023, the highly competitive program selects a cohort of 10-15 startups each year from hundreds of applicants. The companies span care model innovations to diagnostics and treatments, and are prioritized for serious mental illness, youth mental health, maternal mental health, and precision psychiatry.
Designed from the ground up with a specific focus on mental health, the selected founders participate in ten weeks of programming, with in-person opening and closing weeks in Menlo Park, CA. The program leverages One Mind’s vast and influential network of leaders and domain experts to help the startups take their innovations to market faster and with greater impact for people facing mental illness.
Supported by leading philanthropists and corporations, OMA seeks to usher in a new era of value-based, affordable, accessible, equitable and personalized mental healthcare.
Benefits
- Mentoring & Networking: Receive advice, guidance, and coaching from a 300+ mentor network, with the domain expertise, experience, and connections to fast-track company building
- Fundraising: Receive warm introductions to world-class investors, coaching to raise your next round, and grant-support to raise from non-dilutive sources
- Business Development: Leverage OMA facilitated meetings with payors, providers, employers, academic medical centers, etc., to secure deals and strategic partnerships to validate product and market
- Founder Development: Elevate your leadership skills, cultivate peak performance, and build your personal / company brand through 1:1 coaching, workshops, and thought leadership opportunities
- Community: Exchange ideas, problem solve, and build friendships with your cohort, OMA Alumni, and the One Mind community, all with deep commitment to helping one another
Eligibility
- Open to for-profit mental health companies ranging from pre-seed to Series A.
- They work with companies around the world, but their core strengths are helping companies address the US market. They have worked with several European-based companies to help expand their reach in the US.
- There are no cutoffs for revenue, although the majority of companies are post-revenue and have significant proof points for achieving product-market fit.
- They do not accept non-profit organizations at this time.
Application
Plan on an estimated 60 minutes total to complete the application. There is no option to save and continue, so please keep this window open until you have submitted it in full.
For more information, visit OMA Program.
