Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

What are two investments Courtney Leimkuhler has made that have interesting parallels?

16 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In a brief interview, the host asks Courtney Leimkuhler to identify two portfolio companies that share interesting parallels across her investment theses. Leimkuhler highlights Wealthy, a care‑navigation platform that combines human project‑manager support with digital tools to help families manage complex health‑care situations, and Divergent, a job‑skills training program focused on neurodiverse young adults. She explains that both companies stood out as attractive investments because they address intricate, human‑centric challenges with blended technology‑and‑service models, reflecting a common theme in her investment strategy of supporting solutions that simplify complex personal or societal problems.

Can you talk about 2 investments that you've made that you've seen interesting parallels with each other, maybe across like your different core thesis areas?
I'll talk about something that has parallels in my mind in terms of why they were both kind of floated to the top for us in terms of being attractive investments. We have an investment in a company called Wealthy, which is a care navigation platform. So think of it almost like a project manager that would be assigned to you has human and digital components to help you and your family manage a really complex care situation.
And the parallel is another company in our portfolio called Divergent.
So Wealthy is employer pay. It's offered as an employer benefit. This company called Divergent is basically job skills training for young adults who are neurodiverse. I see the parallel because it feels again like there's been a lot of focus on kids who are neurodiverse.