CB Insights September 3, 2020
Jasmine Teng

The wellness space saw deals and dollars plunge year-over-year in the first half of 2020. We take a look at the 4 major themes that continued to attract investor interest despite the pullback.

Overall investment in wellness was down in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year, as the pandemic impacted the global economy.

Wellness companies collected $4.6B in funding across nearly 500 deals during H1’20, down 24% and 16% year-over-year (YoY), respectively.

The mental health space, meanwhile, drew the most funding and deals out of any wellness category, aggregating more than $1B across 106 deals in H1’20.

Below, we dig into 4 underlying investment themes across wellness during the first half of...

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