The world's largest unmet health need is finally treatable.
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Redefining the future of mental health innovation.
We're building a new engine for the mind - uniting science, technology and humanity to turn breakthroughs into healthier, more resilient societies.
ALMA unites science, technology and humanity to advance mental health & wellbeing - improving lives in Israel and around the world.
1 in 4
live with a condition - ~1B people
$6T
projected annual cost by 2030
3M+
Israelis experiencing symptoms of trauma
170+
Israeli startups · $352M raised
The Challenge & Vision
Mental health is humanity's next great challenge - and its largest untapped innovation opportunity.
The ambition that built cybersecurity, fintech and AI has never been aimed at the mind. ALMA exists to change that - connecting science, technology and humanity into a single force for change.
Science, demand and payers have crossed the threshold at once.
Israel - a living laboratory of trauma and resilience, met by world-class science.
ALMA builds the system that turns breakthroughs into companies.
"We are not joining a category.
We are defining one."
The Pillars
Real change won't come from funding more companies - but from a better system for creating them. ALMA is built on two pillars, working as one.
Investing in breakthroughs
Backs the technologies, startups and business models that will reshape mental-health care - accelerated from the clinic to global markets.
Building the ecosystem
Supports community, access and social models that classic venture capital can't reach - de-risking the field and widening who benefits.
The Synergy
Innovation and impact, as one. This union is what makes ALMA singular - the power to drive venture-scale innovation alongside deep social change.
Where We Act
Mental health, brain health & longevity
01Anxiety & Depression
02Trauma & Chronic Stress
03Addiction
04Burnout & Performance
05Loneliness & Isolation
06Women's Health & Hormones
07Aging & Cognition
08Youth & Digital Life
The Institutional Edge
Access no other foundation has
Israel is the world's only living laboratory for mental health - generations of real-world trauma and resilience, met by world-class science and one of the fastest innovation cultures on earth. ALMA turns that environment into a system: an engine that connects hospitals, elite units, academia and capital to source, validate, build and scale companies - compressing years of clinical proof into weeks.
Scientific & Clinical Advisory Board
A standing council of clinicians, neuroscientists and defense-research leaders that governs ALMA's scientific rigor. The board reviews every prospective investment for clinical validity, designs the trial and validation pathways run with our hospital and defense partners, and opens direct access to principal investigators, patient cohorts and real-world testing environments - so that each company ALMA backs is built on evidence, not conviction.
Prof. Amitai Ziv
Deputy Director, Sheba Medical Center
Dr. Alona Barnea
Neurotechnology Division, MAFAT (IMOD)
Prof. Talma Hendler
Founder, Sagol Brain Institute, Tel Aviv
Prof. Eran Halperin
Founding Director, aChord Center, Hebrew University
Leading Team
A team with deep domain leadership
Adi Ostry Matalon
Managing Partner
Esther Barak Landes
Managing Partner