Despite growing up with technology and the internet, young people of New Zealand have expressed a strong preference for in-person help when it comes to their mental health.
Research led by the University of Otago, Wellington explored the views of people aged 15-30 on digital mental health supports.
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A survey was conducted online in 2022 and culled complete responses from 1,471...
Singapore-based digital mental health company ThoughtFull has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Sheares Healthcare Group, a healthcare-focused investment entity under Temasek. The round was also joined by Vulpes Investment Management, The Hive Southeast Asia, and founding members of tech giants, such as Grab and Zalora.
The company offers corporations, insurers, and...
Ginger.io, a health startup focused on passive data collection through smartphones, announced a number of high profile clinical pilots that have been quietly employing its technology. Ginger.io is now working with UC San Francisco, Partners HealthCare (Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and McLean Hospital), Duke University, UC Davis and University of Nebraska Medical...
Michael Mulvihill, CEO of ORCAS, announced that the company will be launching a new, clinically tested iOS app for depression self-management next month.
ORCAS, which originally stood for Oregon Center for Applied Science, was founded in 1989 as a research organization looking into ways people could use technology to improve their own health. The organization has been developing a number of...
Crowdfunding platforms can be the last refuge of a desperate entrepreneur or the go-to market strategy for an appealing consumer product. When a product does well, it does really well, smashing records and even outstripping its own ability to deliver on the goods. When it does badly, well, it often fades away, or at least the company realizes that D2C might not be their best channel.
It's no...
