The Importance of Finding a Safe Social Digital Space

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Greta McAnany
Co-Founder and CEO of Blue Fever, a Social Self-Care Space
 
Greta McAnany is a VC backed entrepreneur + empath with media roots who believes innovation should serve our most human needs. She has spent the last 12+ years working at the intersection of media, wellness and tech building consumer products with a youth focus. Currently, she is building toward a future with more humane technology through the company she co-founded where she currently serves as CEO, Blue Fever. Blue Fever is a mental health AI companion and well-being community for Gen Z/Alpha. It is a front door mental health solution and navigation tool that provides a bridge between the mental health needs of young people and the resources that can best support them. Blue Fever’s products have supported 1 million+ people globally and the app has been named Apple’s App of the Day. The company is backed by Amazon, Bumble, Serena Williams, Mozill7a and more. Most recently, Greta has been recruited as a technology expert to support proposed trust and safety policy meant to protect youth mental health and data privacy. She has given testimony in two state senates and continues to be active in the movement to bring accountability to big tech. She is a public speaker who has been on panels and given keynotes for: SXSW, Google, Headstream Innovation Festival, Out Web Fest, Silicon Beach Festival, Techstars and universities like: USC, UCLA and NYU. She has been featured in Techcrunch, Forbes, CBS, Fox, NBC, Spectrum News, Nylon, the Masters of Scale podcast, Product Lab Podcast and many more mental health and startup podcasts. Previous to Blue Fever, Greta began her career in film and has produced award-winning films released in theaters and on all major streaming platforms.