Blue Ash Ventures is catalyzing innovation in brain health and behavior. We invest in visionary founders, translational science, and purpose-built tools that enhance wellbeing and unlock performance — not just in individuals, but across the systems that shape work and communities. We back founders, researchers, and operators building tools for real-world impact — advancing brain capital for all, across the lifespan.
Our Portfolio
AETHEON has created a powerful translation engine that converts individual experiences into hundreds of clearly defined skills. This shift is critical in a world where roles are evolving so rapidly that past job titles or experiences often fail to reflect true capabilities. For individuals AETHEON provides a way to be recognized for what they can do, not just what they have done. For organizations, the platform reveals the overlaps, gaps, and untapped potential within their workforce, enabling rapid adaptation to the demands of an AI-driven economy.
Baryons is a radical agentic company pioneering personalized AI coaches and mentors to accelerate both personal and professional growth. Its patent-pending architecture is designed with forward-leaning predictive guides that actively pull individuals toward their desired goals—rather than simply reacting to inputs. In the near future personalized agents that interact seamlessly with other agents, as well as team-level agents, will foster collaborative learning and performance.
CredibleMind offers an advanced online self-assessment, powered by a proprietary AI algorithm, that navigates individuals through more than 16,000 evidence-based solutions for mental health and well-being, seamlessly connecting them to behavioral health therapies when desired. Its platform is purchased by major healthcare payors and providers—reaching nearly 20% of the insured U.S. workforce—as well as by over 200 counties nationwide, making it accessible to millions of uninsured individuals.
Impacter Pathway transforms how schools, businesses, and communities measure soft skills and human potential through advanced natural language processing. We provide real-time analytics that help systems understand how stakeholders are experiencing their context — enabling continuous improvement while showcasing human skills from the inside out. With more than 100,000 monthly active users across 65+ California schools; Impacter has achieved 97% scoring accuracy compared against expert human raters.
Mobio Interactive leverages facial biomarker technology on mobile devices to clinically measure stress and other brain-based conditions that deeply affect health, performance, and quality of life. Mobio delivers 12 targeted interventions, establishing the first truly precision psychiatry solution. Hospitals are among its earliest adopters, applying the platform to mitigate stress linked to medical conditions that impede recovery and exacerbate mental health challenges.
SHAPE Global is the world’s first purpose-built product to enhance employee flourishing. Shape delivers the first actionable, science-based organizational assessment of human potential—designed to transform individuals, teams, and entire enterprises. Its technology also extends to public communities, offering a powerful foundation for shaping policy and guiding strategic decision-making at a societal level.
Our Research Partners
In collaboration with Penn State University, Blue Ash partners with SPARC Foundation to deploy Accelerator technologies that support public impact research advancing human flourishing across the health span. Initially focused on young talent as they enter the workforce, The SPARC Foundation integrates portfolio technologies where appropriate, and leverages Penn State University Evidence to Impact Collaborative’s data and translation infrastructure to facilitate innovative researcher-real world collaboration. This innovative partnership enables higher education institutions and their industry partners to better prepare and support young talent for success in a rapidly changing world.
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