Mental health startup Intellect is providing online mental healthcare support to Tinder users in Singapore and the Philippines.
Through this partnership, Tinder members can receive six-month access to the Intellect mental health app, which includes one-on-one coaching sessions and self-guided cognitive behavioural therapy programmes. The offer runs until 26 April 2023.
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Options MD, a telehealth startup focused on severe depression, scooped up $2.35 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Bread & Butter Ventures.
Others participating in the raise include M13, Bright Ventures and Collab Capital alongside returning investors MedMountain Ventures and Techstars.
The startup has also received $100,000 from the Google for Startups Latino Founders Fund. The...
Embattled digital mental health company Cerebral will lay off about 20% of its staff as it restructures its business, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal.
A memo from CEO Dr. David Mou that was reviewed by the WSJ said the cuts would affect employees across the company, including at headquarters and among clinical care staff and support workers.
A Cerebral spokesperson said the...
Meditation app Calm revealed a new mental health product that will be offered through traditional healthcare industry players like providers, payers and self-insured employers.
The company said the offering, dubbed Calm Health, will include condition-specific programs that are "designed to bridge the gap between mental and physical healthcare." Calm Health will also include tools for...
Virtual mental health company Brave Health scooped up $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Town Hall Ventures.
Existing investors, including Union Square Ventures and City Light Capital, also participated, bringing the startup's total funding pot to $60 million. Brave last announced a $10 million Series B about a year ago.
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Brave provides virtual therapy, psychiatry and...
Alleva, which makes software geared toward behavioral health providers, raised $12 million in Series A funding.
The round was led by Ankona Capital, with participation from its existing investors. The startup had previously raised an undisclosed seed funding round last year.
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Alleva offers an EHR for behavioral health practices. Its tools include data analytics to analyze revenue and...
New York-based Grow Therapy, which offers mental health providers tools to help them start their private practice and be covered by insurance, has raised $75 million in Series B funding.
The round was led by TCV and Transformation Capital, and supported by existing investors SignalFire and SVB.
The funds will be used to expand the company's insurance coverage, improve its offerings and build its...
Singapore clears VUNO's AI software for fundus analysis
South Korean medical AI firm VUNO has recently obtained a medical device certification from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority for its AI-based fundus analysis software.
The VUNO Med-Fundus AI analyses images of the fundus, which is the back part of the eye, to provide findings necessary for the diagnosis of retinal diseases. It can...
Rippl, a company focused on providing mental health solutions to seniors with dementia and other cognitive conditions, launched with a $32 million seed round led by ARCH Venture Partners and General Catalyst.
GV, F-Prime Capital and Mass General Brigham Ventures also participated.
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The company, led by Starbucks veteran Kris Engskov, said it will launch a care model offered by health...
Researchers found low agreement between professionals' and consumers' reviews of mental health apps.
The study, published in JMIR, assessed 11 mental health apps using web surveys administered between December 2020 and April 2021. The apps assessed included Breethe, Calm, Headspace, Insight Timer Meditation, MindDoc, MindShift, Reflectly, Remente, Sanvello, Self-Help for Anxiety and Woebot.
The...
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