BrainMind is a private community of top brain scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, academic institutions, and lived experience, collaborating to accelerate impactful innovation in brain science. We believe that the right ecosystem can generate more progress than the status quo, by orders of magnitude.
At this important juncture in neuroscience, the BrainMind ecosystem is combining the most talented of these groups in novel ways to collectively shepherd, support, and fund ideas that can be translated from labs into interventions that will benefit humanity.
Brain science is in the midst of a transformative step change in capacity, akin to the sequencing of the human genome in genetics or the development of nuclear fission in physics. Funding and support structures need to be updated to match.
OUR APPROACH
Private Summits with the world’s leading brain research institutions.
Bridging the valley of death between research and impact.
The Ecosystem: matching capital, talent, and ideas.
Neuroethics, curriculum, and public science communication.
Today, neuroscientists are mapping the brain not to the neuron, but to the molecule. They are decoding thoughts, building prosthetic memories, and there are people whose lives have been saved by neurotechnology — and many more still waiting for treatments that don't exist yet.
The choices made in this decade will shape what becomes available to them.
TERRAFORMING THE VALLEY OF DEATH
A "valley of death" of investment separates promising research from mass-scale innovations in brain science, especially for ideas that promise significant health impact but modest financial gain.
BrainMind seeks to coordinate talent from the entrepreneurial community and capital across philanthropy and venture capital to deliver stewardship of fundamental neuroscience to impact-focused stakeholders.
SUMMITS
BrainMind convenes private action-oriented gatherings in collaboration with the world’s pre-eminent brain research institutions.
ENGINE
BrainMind is unearthing dormant powerful ideas by joining the best thinkers with the best doers.
The BrainMind Engine is driving a cultural shift to create more hospitable conditions to neurotechnological advancement. By applying intelligent tweaks to the underlying economic and collaborative systems, we can encourage more risk-taking and attract best-in-class talent and funding to the science of the brain and mind. With this work, we can unlock great potential to improve human wellbeing.
ETHICS
Our neuroethics initiative considers how to engage our entire community to maximize the potential benefits and minimize the hazards of emerging innovations in brain science.
HELP MOVE BRAIN SCIENCE FORWARD.
Access to private convenings with leading brain research institutions.
Matching to capital, talent, and collaborators in our Ecosystem.
An invite-only, vetted community of peers across science, venture, and philanthropy.