Weekly Review Weekly Review: May 21, 2021 May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 anomalous1. Wysa raises 5.5m Series A2. Addiction recovery moves online3. Teladoc expands its mental health offerings4. Healios raises 10m for child mental health, post-COVID5. A blueprint for brain health
Weekly Review Weekly Review: May 14, 2021 May 14, 2021 anomalous1. Stress trackers, including Emvio & Whoop2. Consumer reports on mental health apps & privacy3. Anxiety gadgets, including Doppel & Muse4. AICO, an AI workplace coach5. Psyomics, a Cambridge Uni. spinoff
Weekly Review Weekly Review: May 7, 2021 May 7, 2021 anomalous1. Oura raises 100m2. Cognistx: psychedelics & AI3. No correlation found btw teen mental health & tech use4. Tools for remote psychiatric assessment5. Chicago startup: Actualize Therapy
Weekly Review Weekly Review: April 30, 2021 April 30, 2021 anomalous1. Montfort expands from neurology to psychiatric diagnoses2. “Across Africa, mental health tech startups including Wazi in Kenya, PsyndUp in Nigeria, MindIT in Ghana and the MEGA project in South Africa and Zambia” are working to provide “free virtual online mental health consultations.”3. Kry valued at 2B4. World Economic Forum on digital mental health5. Pinterest and mental health awareness
Weekly Review Weekly Review: April 23, 2021 April 23, 2021 anomalous1. Emvitals raises 1M in seed funding2. Minderful on “mental fitness”3. Mindgram, based in Warsaw, “European science-based platform and mobile app for complete mental wellness”4. Nika: mental health warning app for teens5. Ahealo: online marketplace for mental healthcare
Weekly Review Weekly Review: April 16, 2021 April 16, 2021 anomalous1. MANAS: National digital well-being app for India 2. HealthHero acquires Qare3. “Why Facebook knows you are using a mental health app”4. Healthily on tech & self-care5. Concerns about “Instagram for Kids” & mental health
Weekly Review Weekly Review: April 9, 2021 April 9, 2021 anomalous1. Group therapy startup Real raises 10M2. Interview w Superpow! co-founder3. Psychiatry research & telehealth4. Google accused of “monetizing misery”5. The mental health effects of “beauty filters”
Weekly Review Weekly Review: April 2, 2021 April 2, 2021 anomalous1. Forbes on mental health tech2. Mantra Health raises 2M for college mental health3. Big tech companies asked to turn over internal data on child mental health4. AffecTech on wearables and affective disorders5. Molly Fischer on the “The Therapy-App Fantasy”
Weekly Review Weekly Review: March 26, 2021 March 26, 2021 anomalous1. Prince Harry is a mental health tech exec2. Theranow: remote pain management3. Ginger raises another 100M4. Woebot shows good results for SUD treatment5. USA Today on telehealth that’s here to stay
Weekly Review Weekly Review: March 19, 2021 March 19, 2021 anomalous1. New Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s2. Heard: startup for mental health professionals3. VR help for needle-phobia4. Personal brain scanner for stress5. Ollie: AI for self-care