Dani Bicknell is a strategist and cross-sector collaborator focused on bridging science, startups, and systems in digital mental health. With over a decade of experience designing accelerator programs and advising early-stage ventures, she has worked with UNESCO, UC Berkeley, global NGOs, large tech companies, and dozens of startups as a fractional COO and growth strategist.

During the pandemic, she built accelerator and funder research initiatives that revealed a critical insight: founders and funders are multi-hyphenate individuals whose lived experiences shape inclusive innovation. This lens guides her work, aligning investment with integrity so evidence-based tools can scale safely and equitably.

Dani co-founded M.Cert to address a pressing challenge of our deregulated era: while youth mental health tools are proliferating, the infrastructure to evaluate and distribute them responsibly has not kept pace. Through M.Cert, she works with funders, researchers, and innovators to lay the groundwork for trusted standards that unlock innovation, safeguard youth, and build systems that benefit all stakeholders.