KBHF Board Member

Matt’s commitment to children’s brain health is informed by both professional expertise and lived experience. As a neurodivergent individual also diagnosed with bipolar 2 and borderline personality disorder, he has been in therapy for over 20 years—a journey that revealed how games and creative expression can become powerful tools for healing and building therapeutic alliance. This personal understanding drives his mission to ensure every child has access to engaging, effective mental health support.

Matt Cohen is Founder and CEO of PlaySpace.Health, a virtual playroom platform serving child, teen, and neurodivergent therapy populations globally. By enabling providers with a robust suite of therapeutic and engagement tools, PlaySpace addresses the critical reality that 80% of Canadian towns lack regulated child mental health professionals, making evidence-based interventions accessible regardless of location.

Previously as a founding member of MindBeacon Holdings (TSX: MBCN), Canada’s first tech enabled mental health care provider, Matt led strategy and corporate development from initial seed rounds to the process that culminated in a successful $74 million IPO. He has extensive experience in investor relations, securing strategic investments from major partners including Telus Ventures, Manulife Capital, and Greenshield Canada, and scaling organizations from founding team to hundreds of employees.

Matt’s work bridges academic research, clinical practice, and technology commercialization, including previous consulting and advisory engagements for Cerebra Medical, Diabetes Care Community and early stage digital therapeutics startups. Earlier in his career, he evaluated investment opportunities and delivered strategy engagements at Satov Consultants.
A community advocate, Matt served as Event Vice Chair for “In The Pink” (Sinai Health Foundation) from 2017-2019. He holds an Honours Business Administration degree from Ivey Business School, Western University.

Supporting Kids Brain Health Foundation as a Board Director reflects a natural alignment between KBHF’s mission to translate research into real-world solutions and Matt’s life’s work building accessible therapeutic tools for children and families that were so instrumental in his own development as a child.