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Investment Stories
April 22, 2025
In the Zone | Our Investment in NaceAI
"AI should work for enterprises, not the other way around. Our MetaModel shapes AI around your business—task-specific and policy-aligned." — Dos Baha, Founder and CEO of NaceAI
- Data + AI
March 11, 2025
In the Zone | Our Investment in Bluebird Kids Health
“Bluebird Kids Health is a committed, multi-disciplinary team of people that’s changing pediatric care, one child at a time.” – Chris Johnson, CEO of Bluebird Kids
- Healthcare
January 30, 2025
In the Zone | Our Investment in Mindgard
“All software has security risks, and AI is no exception. The challenge is that the way these risks manifest within AI is fundamentally different from other software. Drawing on our 10 years of experience in AI security research, Mindgard was created to tackle this challenge. We’re proud to lead the charge toward creating a safer, more secure future for AI.”– Peter Garraghan, Co-founder and CEO of Mindgard
- Cybersecurity
- Data + AI
May 29, 2024
In the Zone | Our Investment in OncoveryCare
“At OncoveryCare, we believe cancer survivorship is the next frontier in cancer care. And in order to build a radical new approach to this phase of care, we knew we had to bring together a dream team of collaborators and investors who were knowledgeable and passionate about this space—and the team at .406 was the perfect partner.”– Hil Moss, Founder & CEO of OncoveryCare
- Healthcare
February 29, 2024
In the Zone | Our Investment in FamilyWell
“I had difficulty finding support when I experienced postpartum depression and have cared for countless new moms struggling to access mental health care during one of the most vulnerable periods of their lives. My experience, both as a survivor and as a practicing neonatologist, inspired me to start FamilyWell to provide equitable, affordable, and accessible mental healthcare for new mothers.” – Dr. Jessica Gaulton, MD MPH, Founder of FamilyWell
- Healthcare
July 20, 2023
In the Zone | Our Investment Portrait Analytics
“I’ve spent most of my career as a hedge fund analyst, and we are building the tool I always wished I had when I was researching businesses.”– David Plon, Co-Founder and CEO of Portrait Analytics
- Data + AI
April 25, 2023
In the Zone | Our Investment in Bobsled
“Bobsled’s data sharing platform enables data providers, SaaS companies, and data teams to share analytics-ready data products natively into a consumer’s data lake or warehouse, enabling their customers to spend less time on data wrangling and more time generating insights.”– Jake Graham, Co-Founder and CEO of Bobsled
- Data + AI
Podcasts
July 17, 2025
Bloomberg Intelligence: Vanguards of Health Care
Payal Agrawal Divakaran on .406 Ventures’ Early-Stage Strategy
- Healthcare
May 13, 2025
Breaking Health Podcast
Payal Agrawal Divakaran with Jeremy Friese: Solving Prior Authorization from Both Sides
- Healthcare
February 18, 2025
Breaking Health Podcast
Payal Agrawal Divakaran with Jeffrey Wessler: Providing Virtual Cardiovascular Healthcare
- Healthcare
January 22, 2025
The VentureFizz Podcast
Graham Brooks – Partner, .406 Ventures (Episode 366)
- Data + AI
December 17, 2024
Breaking Health Podcast
Payal Agrawal Divakaran with Kate Condliffe: Accessible Maternity Care and the Future of Women’s Health
- Healthcare
October 22, 2024
Breaking Health Podcast
Payal Agrawal Divakaran with Kristina Saffran: Accessible Eating Disorder Treatments, Choosing Cofounders, More
- Healthcare
September 20, 2023
Venture Daily
Greg Dracon: Klaviyo NYSE Debut, DeepMind Predicts Gene Mutations, AI Security
- Data + AI
August 22, 2023
Venture Daily
Liam Donohue: Arm Files IPO, Corporate VCs Selling Assets, Boston is the New VC Hub
December 8, 2021
PointHealthTech Podcast
Payal Agrawal Divakaran: Why Payers Actually Have the Most Aligned Incentives to Change Healthcare
- Healthcare
March 15, 2021
The VentureFizz Podcast
Payal Agrawal Divakaran and Kathryn Taylor Reddy – .406 Ventures (Episode 210)
- Healthcare