GIMBHI’s daily mental health update — 06/18/26

🧠 InStride Health lands $30M Series C to expand pediatric mental health services (Heather Landi, Fierce Healthcare) — 06/15/26
TL;DR: InStride Health raised $30M Series C led by Echo Health Ventures and FMZ Ventures to expand insurance-based virtual anxiety and OCD treatment for kids across more states.

🧠 Active Minds launches national youth-led movement to equip 100,000 high school students (PR Newswire) — 06/15/26
TL;DR: Backed by $5M from Google.org, Active Minds will expand youth-led mental health and digital wellbeing programming to 100,000 students across 154 high schools nationwide.

💰 Autism and behavioral-health investment fund reaches first close of Fund II (Fierce Healthcare / Fierce Healthcare) — 06/11/26
TL;DR: A behavioral-health-focused investment fund announced the first close of its second fund targeting autism and mental-health services.

🏥 Stamford Health announces $275M expansion including behavioral-health services (Connecticut Insider / CT Insider) — 06/07/26
TL;DR: Stamford Health’s expansion includes a major behavioral-health facility aimed at growing mental-health access.