Influents Innovations

What Influents Innovations does

Influents Innovations (legal entity Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.) is a private research and development firm founded in December 2013 and headquartered in Springfield, Oregon. The company develops evidence-based digital products and services targeting healthcare, social services, and education markets, with a core portfolio including MomMoodBooster (a cognitive behavioral therapy-based postpartum depression intervention), ABCDuet (an early childhood emergent language and literacy curriculum), Click City: Tobacco (a 5th-6th grade vaping/tobacco prevention curriculum), and Be Ready to Smile (a children's oral health mobile app). These products are built on the company's proprietary T-BIDS (Technology Based Intervention Delivery System) framework and extend to smart speaker applications via Amazon Alexa Skills, with additional capabilities in culturally adapted media production and translation.

The company's go-to-market operates on three revenue streams: (1) federal research grants, the dominant stream, sourced from NIH institutes (NICHD, NIMH, NIDA, NIMHD), CDC centers (NCBDDD, NCIPC), and others (NIAAA, NIDCR), with 40 prime grant awards secured since 2013; (2) professional services including research design, grant writing, media asset creation, and cultural adaptation offered to partner organizations; and (3) product licensing of commercialized evidence-based products to healthcare providers, K-12 schools, state education departments, and social service agencies. Distribution is primarily direct-to-institution for enterprise buyers, supplemented by the global Amazon Alexa Skills Store for consumer-facing smart speaker tools.

The company maintains a network of strategic research partnerships with universities and research institutions including Oregon Research Institute (the founding anchor partner), Georgia State University, Iowa State University, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Arizona, University of New Mexico, DePaul University, and the Sibling Support Project. Operations are led by CEO and Research Scientist David Smith, Ph.D. (a cognitive scientist with prior Fortune 50 strategy experience and NIH Innovation Corps service), COO Dawnetta Rios, and a Board of Directors chaired by John Seeley, Ph.D. The team comprises research scientists, clinicians, methodologists, graphic designers, media producers, software engineers, education translators, and project managers.

Name

Influents Innovations

Legal name

Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.

Website

https://influentsin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Influents Innovations is a private Oregon-based R&D firm that develops evidence-based digital interventions for postpartum depression, youth substance use prevention, early literacy, and children's oral health, serving healthcare providers, schools, and social service agencies primarily through federal research grants and direct institutional licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Behavioral Health Interventions

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Functioning & Behavioral Support Tools (ADHD, SEL/Behavior Tracking, Routines) (EDAFAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal Mental Health Telehealth (perinatal anxiety/depression, support programs) (HLALAHAH), Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) & Behavior Support Apps (EDACANAD), Parent-Facing Home Learning & Family Engagement Apps (EDACANAK), Pediatrics & Adolescent Therapeutics (Digital) (HLACANAL)

Keywords

• Evidence-based digital health
• Behavioral intervention technology
• Parenting education programs
• Youth tobacco prevention
• Early childhood literacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Eugene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Federal Research Grants: Primary revenue derived from competitive grant awards from federal health and research agencies including NIH (NICHD, NIMH, NIDA, NIMHD), CDC (NCBDDD, NCIPC), NIAAA, and NIDCR. The company has received 40 prime grant awards since founding in 2013.
2. Professional Services: A la carte services offered to other businesses including research design and analysis, grant writing and submission support, media development, graphic design, and cultural adaptation of products and services.
3. Product Licensing: Evidence-based products developed through research grants are commercialized including MomMoodBooster, ABCDuet, Click City Tobacco, Be Ready to Smile, and T-BIDS platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Influents Innovations develops evidence-based digital products and services for the health care, social services, and education markets. The company delivers interventions via web platforms, mobile applications, and Amazon Alexa smart speaker skills, building its products on the proprietary T-BIDS framework. Commercial offerings span postpartum depression (MomMoodBooster), early childhood literacy (ABCDuet), youth tobacco/vaping prevention (Click City: Tobacco), and pediatric oral health (Be Ready to Smile).

Product overview

Influents Innovations offers a portfolio of evidence-based digital health and education products developed through behavioral research. The core commercial products include: MomMoodBooster (postpartum depression intervention), ABCDuet (early childhood literacy curriculum), Click City: Tobacco (youth tobacco/vaping prevention curriculum), and Be Ready To Smile (children's oral health app). These are built on the T-BIDS technology framework. The company also maintains an active pipeline of research-phase products in areas including health literacy, parenting support, substance use prevention, and mental health interventions, developed through grant-funded research with university and institutional partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MomMoodBooster: A secure, confidential Internet intervention for women experiencing postpartum depression, providing cognitive behavioral therapy-based treatment option.
• ABCDuet
• Click City: Tobacco
• Be Ready To Smile
• T-BIDS

Products and services

• MomMoodBooster A secure, confidential internet intervention offering cognitive behavioral therapy-based treatment for women experiencing postpartum depression. Targeted at healthcare provider organizations, postpartum women, and clinical settings seeking validated digital mental-health interventions.
• ABCDuet

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered secondary and core.

• DePaul UniversitysecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration with Nyssa Snow-Hill, Ph.D. at DePaul University for Housing SUD project addressing substance use disorders in supportive housing communities.
• Iowa State UniversitysecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership with Maria Schweer-Collins, Ph.D. at Iowa State University for Along with Me (Walk with Me for Perinatal Grief) project.
• Georgia State UniversitysecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaboration with Kathleen Baggett, M.D. at Georgia State University for IDD Advocate project supporting mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• University of New MexicosecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership with Alberta Kong, MD and Heather Pratt-Chavez, MD at University of New Mexico for NOWS project (Neonatal Opioid Withdrawn Syndrome training).
• University of Illinois at ChicagosecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Private/public collaboration with Geri Donenberg for SYNC project (HIV/STI prevention for juvenile offenders). Previously at University of Illinois, Chicago.
• University of ArizonasecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaboration with Judith Gordon, Ph.D. at University of Arizona for Click City: Tobacco expansion project.
• Sibling Support ProjectsecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership with the Sibling Support Project (SSP) for SibTime app, leveraging their 30+ years of developing sibling support programs nationally and internationally.
• Oregon Parenting Education CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Private/public collaboration partner for Be Ready to Smile oral health prevention program, working with parenting education providers across Oregon.
• Oregon Community FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Private/public collaboration partner for Be Ready to Smile program, providing funding and organizational support for early childhood oral health initiatives.
• Oregon Research InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2013Long-standing research partnership with Oregon Research Institute (ORI). Multiple co-investigators from ORI collaborate on grants including Carol Metzler (Talk Parenting, SibTime, FamilyNet, PeerLearning.net), Betsy Davis (Mom-Net), Alexandra Hamilton (HealthyU-Native), Ken Winters (eTRY), and Sonya Yokum (CoQuit/Support2Quit). ORI is a key partner in behavioral intervention research.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• WestEd: Nonprofit research, development, and service agency that produces evidence-based education, health, and social-service programs for state and federal clients; comparable in audience (K–12, early childhood, family services) and in the practice of translating rigorous research into deployable products.
• Mathematica: Large research and evaluation firm conducting rigorous social-policy and program evaluations for federal and state agencies; comparable in operating model (federal contracts, RCTs, mixed-methods research) though broader in scope and not focused on commercial digital products.
• Child Trends: National nonprofit research organization focused on improving outcomes for children and youth through evidence-based research, program evaluation, and policy analysis; comparable audience and research-to-practice orientation, though heavier on research/evaluation and lighter on commercial product delivery than Influents.
• Education Development Center (EDC): Large nonprofit research and development organization that creates evidence-based curricula, digital learning tools, and health interventions for schools, families, and communities; broader portfolio and headcount than Influents but operates on the same federal-grant-to-commercialized-product model.
• Big Health: Commercial digital therapeutics company that delivers evidence-based behavioral interventions (e.g., for insomnia, anxiety) via mobile apps to health plans, employers, and health systems; comparable in building clinically validated digital behavioral health products, but commercial SaaS-style rather than grant-funded.

Direct peers

• Kognito: Digital health company that builds evidence-based simulations and interactive tools for behavior change in areas such as mental health, substance use, and parenting; comparable to Influents in delivering validated, web/app-based behavioral interventions to institutional buyers.
• Waterford.org: Nonprofit providing evidence-based early-childhood literacy and family-engagement digital programs for PreK–2 classrooms and Head Start settings; closely comparable to ABCDuet in targeting early-childhood educators and families through school- and home-based digital curricula.
• Oregon Research Institute: Long-standing research partner of Influents Innovations; a nonprofit behavioral-research organization that conducts randomized trials on parenting, substance use, and youth interventions and serves as co-investigator on many of the same NIH-funded studies, sharing the same grant-funded R&D model and overlapping scientific staff.
• CATCH Global Foundation: Develops and disseminates evidence-based school health curricula (nutrition, physical activity, tobacco/vaping prevention) for K–8; closely comparable to Click City: Tobacco in product category, target buyer (school districts), and emphasis on RCT-validated prevention programs.

Emerging players

• Akili Interactive: Digital therapeutics company that develops FDA-cleared, video-game-based cognitive and behavioral interventions for conditions including ADHD and depression; overlaps with Influents in evidence-based digital behavioral interventions for pediatric/adolescent populations, but pursues regulated SaMD/DTx pathways rather than grant-funded programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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