A former Cerebral employee is suing the digital mental health company, alleging he was fired after voicing concerns about unethical prescribing practices and patient safety issues.
In the suit, filed earlier this week in a California state court and first reported by Bloomberg Law, former Cerebral vice president for product and engineering, Matthew Truebe, said he was let go a year after he was...
Behavioral health startup Concert Health wrapped up a $42 million Series B funding round led by Define Ventures.
Other participants in the round include Healthy Ventures, Vertical Venture Partners and Townhall Ventures, as well as strategic investors CommonSpirit Health and Advent Health. Concert scored $14 million in Series A financing in January 2021.
WHAT IT DOES
The startup works with...
Virtual behavioral health company Brave Health is partnering with the Doula Network, a service that pairs pregnant Medicaid patients with doulas, to offer maternal mental healthcare.
As part of the partnership, TDN will refer its patients to Brave for services like individual, group, family and couples therapy, as well as psychiatry and medication management. TDN currently works with Medicaid...
Virtual mental healthcare provider Iris Telehealth scooped up $40 million in a Series B funding led by Concord Health Partners and Columbia Pacific Advisors.
WHAT IT DOES
Iris provides telepsychiatry services through partnerships with providers like health systems, hospitals and community health centers. The company can also help its provider clients triage patients who need more advanced mental...
Digital mental health company Cerebral is launching a new program aimed at treating opioid use disorder.
The startup said users will work with "licensed prescribers" to build treatment plans, including ones employing medications like Suboxone, which was developed to manage withdrawals and prevent overdoses. Members who join the program can also access virtual counseling sessions.
The program is...
Mental health technology funding soared last year, with companies bringing in $5.5 billion globally across 324 deals, according to CBInsights' State of Mental Health Tech 2021 Report.
That amounts to a 139% climb from 2020, when startups scooped up $2.3 billion across 258 deals.
"As the pandemic continued to exacerbate mental health issues (such as anxiety and depression), there was growth in...
In early February, Big Health announced Gabriela Perez had joined the digital therapeutics company as chief commercial officer. She most recently worked at the reproductive care-focused Ovia Health, which was acquired by Labcorp in August last year.
Perez sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss her new job, what she's learned from past roles and how the digital therapeutics space might evolve....
Singapore-based corporate mental health and wellness platform MindFi has raised $2 million from an oversubscribed seed funding round participated by Canva and Slack backer Global Founders Capital and M Venture Partners.
The investing round was also joined by angel investors, including Carousell co-founder Marcus Tan, Carro executive Kenji Narushima, and Spin co-founder Derrick Ko.
Launched in...
Computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy improved depression symptoms in primary care patients compared with just treatment as usual, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
One study author reported having equity interest in, and consulting with, the company that distributed the computer program used in the research. The study was funded by a grant from the Agency for...
Stress and wellness app Calm announced Wednesday it has acquired Ripple Health Group, a health tech company that makes apps for care coordination and condition management.
As part of the deal, Ripple CEO David Ko will join Calm as co-CEO alongside Michael Acton Smith. Calm cofounder and co-CEO Alex Tew will become executive chairman.
Ripple's current apps include CareMemo, which allows patients...
