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Huge news for the Founder Mental Health Pledge team for moving the conversation into policy making! We know how important our mental health and wellbeing is, especially with performance in the startup world, and a simple clause can go a long way…. And even trickle down to the organizations founders lead. #Wellbeing is the new performance 👇👇👇
Today, the Founder Mental Health Clause is now live! 🚀 Big news from Founder Mental Health Pledge broke this morning in the Fortune's Term Sheet newsletter by Allie Garfinkle (the #1 VC newsletter in the world): We are honored to have 12 funds acknowledge the distinct mental health challenges that founders frequently encounter while developing and expanding their businesses. Through the adoption of this mental health clause, for the very first time, VCs and investors are putting in contractual writing that founders don’t just have permission, but are encouraged to prioritize their mental health as a business objective and priority. "Now, the Founder Mental Health Pledge has launched a new initiative, asking VC firms to begin including mental health clauses in their term sheets—and twelve firms have taken it on as founding adopters, Fortune has exclusively learned. That group of firms includes Melek Capital, Open Opportunity Fund, Forum Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Roadster Capital, evio.vc, and Playfair . " Links in comment. Thank you to the VCs who are founding adopters of the clause! This is the first time an initiative has considered mental health a business priority in our industry. Please help spread the great news!! Please use our dedicated hashtags #FounderPledge & #FounderMentalHealth We would like to express our gratitude to our team members: Kiley Giebel, Claude Alan Woodruff, Naveed Lalani, Brad Baum, Danish Dhamani, Alex Auerbach Ph.D., MBA, and our PR partner CultureSpeed Communications, Adam Schiff for their invaluable assistance in telling our story. We would also like to thank all of our founding clause adopters for their support. Slauson & Co., Jaza Rift Ventures, Greater Colorado Venture Fund, Fil Rouge Capital, Brenteca Investments, Melek Capital, Open Opportunity Fund, Forum Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Roadster Capital, evio.vc and Playfair