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Thalamos is a healthtech startup enabling healthcare professionals to provide a swifter, simpler and safer experience for those in need of acute mental healthcare. Unfortunately, the number of people in the UK who are being sectioned under the Mental Health Act is on the rise. Being sectioned essentially means being detained and treated for a mental health disorder against your will. This can, ...
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Investment success for PsycApps to help it scale and further develop eQuoo, its innovative mental health platform and game. Good news from PsycApps, the UK-based developer of the evidence-based mental health game for teens and young adults, eQuoo, that we've previously featured here on Startacus. The company has just announced  that it has raised £1.5m in seed funding from US-based M...
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Andrea Szell, Founder of Spare Desk shares some insights on the positive impact that sharing a workspace can have on our mental health. Remote working increased tenfold due to the recent pandemic. It was already on the rise, but quickly sped up when COVID-19 hit, and for many employees it was a big adjustment. Some love it and couldn’t dream of returning to the office full time. However, ...
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Digital mental health platform, Unobravo secures major investment to further its mission and make mental health accessible and sustainable. Unobravo, a mental health platform and benefit company, has raised a €17 million series A led by Insight Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm. Unobravo is Insight’s first venture investment in Italy. H...
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The lowdown on Somerset-based social enterprise The Burnt Chef Project and its mission to tackle mental health issues in the hospitality sector. Kitchen staff don’t need Gordon Ramsay screaming obscenities in their faces in order to experience mental health issues and burnout. The hospitality industry is one full of stress, and with long hours under intense pressure and in tough condition...
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PUSH Mind and Body reports significant increase in requests from tech companies seeking to support their people’s growth and innovation mindsets. Soaring numbers of tech companies are turning to wellbeing specialists to optimise staff’s growth mindset mode. PUSH Mind and Body, a leading wellbeing and mental health training company which seeks to make work better, reports a 54% ...
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The lowdown on MYNDUP, the startup that's tackling the "one size fits all" approach to mental health via 1-1 live video sessions. The ever-increasing awareness of the need for us all to look after our mental health has led many innovative startups emerging, each with the aim of helping us do just that. One such startup is MYNDUP, which was founded in 2020. The startup’s primary goal is t...
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