On the same track, two European and American companies each received hundreds of millions of financing this month.
Although people usually pay more attention to physical health, with the increase of health awareness, society is increasingly aware of the importance of mental health. Projects that focus on mental health have gradually surfaced.
Just a few days ago, the British mental health startup COMPASS Pathways just announced the completion of new financing, up to US $ 80 million in Series B financing. Fight depression.
On this track, more companies are doing doctor-patient docking platforms to help patients accurately connect with psychotherapists and provide patients with personalized, long-term continuous treatment services. This is because psychotherapists on the market It is relatively scarce, and patients have treatment needs.
For example, the Depression Research Institute that I contacted earlier is using the Internet-based operation method, Help depression groups to connect with psychological counseling services, and provide solutions such as knowledge payment, psychological counseling, and community.
Lyra Health, a US company that has just received a $ 75 million investment this month, is also helping to connect with therapists through the Internet platform. Provide users with offline or video therapy, as well as digital tools for self-help therapy. The highlight of this company is that more accurate matching is achieved through artificial intelligence algorithms, and it is aimed at corporate employees, so the user base is relatively stable.
Another American company “Frame” to be introduced today has a similar model to the Depression Institute and Lyra Health-matching the therapist and patient on the front end, and providing billing and remote for mental health practitioners on the back end Medical solutions.
Frame is aimed at millennials, because although there are more than 700,000 behavioral health professionals in the United States, 80% of millennials with mental health problems have never received treatment and are not expecting treatment.
In the face of this situation, this company is attracting users through knowledge output, reminding more users to view psychological problems in an open manner, and telling potential users how they can gain from treatment.
At present, Frame has obtained cooperation from Real, Silver Health, Mindler, Hims & Hers, Snap and other companies. At the same time, The company has also accelerated the release speed to respond to the mental health needs caused by the new crown epidemic.
Looking at the situation in the Chinese market, the hospital only provides very limited psychological counseling, most of which only provide drugs and physical therapy programs, leading to the demand for psychological counseling in the market and The supply is extremely uneven. Domestic consulting agencies are mainly concentrated in first-tier cities and have high customer prices. Some practitioners lack systematic training and may even experience problems such as missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis. Therefore, there is a strong demand for psychological consultation in the domestic market, and there are market opportunities.