better ventures

Better Ventures is an Oakland-based seed venture fund focused on impact-driven founders building businesses that address major social and environmental challenges, including human health, climate, and sustainable food. The firm typically invests $250k-$1M at seed. Healthcare exposure is real and includes digital health, mental and behavioral health, and consumer health, all framed through an impact-and-mission lens. Best fit: mission-driven founders building consumer-facing or B2B digital health products that genuinely address health equity, mental health, or under-served populations; founders comfortable with an impact-investment thesis and willing to articulate measurable outcomes; founders looking for a Bay Area seed lead or co-investor with a strong impact and ESG narrative. Entry path is the Better Ventures website (better.vc) and warm intros through the Bay Area impact-investing community. Not a fit for biotech therapeutics, medical devices requiring deep specialization, or founders without a credible impact narrative; this is not an opportunistic check, and a generic SaaS pitch will not land. For a mission-driven healthcare founder at seed, this is a relevant door; for everyone else, the fit is much more limited.