Clinical Operations Partner / Fractional Chief Clinical Officer
I help venture capital firms and founders catch the clinical, regulatory, and compliance gaps that diligence misses — before they become the reason a deal stalls or a portfolio company fails.
Who This Is For
Why It Matters
They stall because a clinical gap surfaces during diligence — six months and a term sheet too late. I bring 25+ years of clinical practice and leadership to the table earlier, so that gap gets closed before anyone else finds it.
“Dr. Kirby is a change agent for Educational and Social Emotional Innovation.”
– J. Sowell, Community Director
Pitch deck
Insights
Notes on clinical due diligence, regulatory shifts, and what actually separates
investable mental health startups from the rest.
Most venture diligence checklists were built for software. Growth rate, retention curves, CAC-to-LTV, competitive moat, team pedigree — the same seven or eight boxes, checked in the same order, for
Note: composite drawn from patterns across multiple clinical reviews, not a description of any single company or founder. “Basically CBT” is one of the more common phrases I hear early
Eighteen months ago, “AI-powered therapy” was a strength on a pitch deck — a signal of technical sophistication and scale potential. Today, in the rooms I’m in, it’s more often
