Woebot Health, maker of an AI-powered mental health chatbot, announced it signed a three-year agreement with Ohio-based nonprofit pediatric healthcare system Akron Children's to provide pediatric mental health support to adolescents 13 to 17 years.
Woebot's nonprescription digital mental health tool includes content specific to teens, including media literacy, bullying in school settings, and...
Pediatric teletherapy company DotCom Therapy announced Wednesday it has acquired Wolf+Friends, a support app for parents of children with special needs, mental health concerns and learning disabilities.
This marks DotCom's first acquisition since it was founded in 2015. As part of the deal, Wolf+Friends' community app will relaunch this summer to include support groups facilitated by DotCom's...
Parallel Learning, a digital behavioral health startup focused on children with learning differences, raised $20 million in Series A funding.
The round was led by Tiger Global, with participation from Obvious Ventures, JAWS and Vine Ventures. The Series A builds on the company's $2.8 million seed round announced in December.
WHAT IT DOES
Parallel Learning provides virtual assessments for mental...
Mental health benefits provider Spring Health is expanding into the family and pediatric space with its acquisition of Weldon.
Weldon offers mental wellness guidance to parents through chats with therapists, social workers and parenting coaches as well as group support with other parents and educational content. It includes topics like sleep, tantrums, grief, screen time and overall child...
Mental health EHR Osmind scored $40 million in a Series B funding round led by DFJ Growth.
Other participants include Susa Ventures, General Catalyst, Future Ventures, Tiger Global, Pear VC and angels Lachy Groom, Brent Saunders, Helena Goodman and Ariel Katz.
Osmind offers an EHR tailored to clinicians and researchers using and studying ketamine and other psychedelics, as well as transcranial...
Drug discovery startup ArrePath announced Thursday it has raised $20 million in a seed funding round led by the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Insight Partners and Innospark Ventures.
Other participants in the round include Viva BioInnovator, Arimed Capital, PTX Capital and Nor’easter Ventures. The company, which focuses on developing new types of anti-infective drugs to best antimicrobial...
Pediatric digital mental health company Little Otter scored $22 million in a Series A funding round. CRV led the round, with participation from Torch Capital, Vast Ventures, Hinsdale, Boxgroup, _Able, Carrie Penner Walton, G9, Springbank Collective and angel investors.
The startup now boasts of $26.75 million in funding.
WHAT IT DOES
The San Francisco-based startup was founded in May 2020 and...
Mightier, a maker of a video game system intended to help children learn emotional regulation skills, scooped up $17 million in Series B funding.
The round was led by DigiTx Partners, with participation from the Sony Innovation Fund and PBJ Capital.
The Series B comes about two and half years after the Boston Children’s Hospital spin-out scooped up $6.6 million in Series A financing, followed by...
Pediatric teletherapy company DotCom Therapy is partnering with in-school telehealth provider Goodside Health to increase kids’ access to mental healthcare in schools.
The collaboration will allow DotCom therapists to work with Goodside patients who receive elevated marks on depression and anxiety screenings.
“We are excited to continue to collaborate with DotCom Therapy and help close an...
Google goes big on AI for accessibility. A substantial portion of yesterday’s Google I/O developer conference keynote was devoted to the tech giant’s efforts on increasing device accessibility for those with speech, vision and hearing impairments.
During its onstage presentation, the company demonstrated how artificial intelligence could record, interpret and ultimately transcribe the speech of...
