Top Mental Health Tech startups
to watch in 2023

Tellmi is an anonymous, fully moderated mental health app. Whether it’s anxiety, dating, or self-harm, this app allows young people (ages 11-25) to find community, provide support, or simply talk through how they’re feeling.

It can be scary to ask for help. And sometimes even scarier to talk through what you’re feeling and how you’re dealing with it. But Tellmi is putting these fears to rest. According to Tellmi’s Impact Survey in 2020, 95% of 1,002 users surveyed said that Tellmi was helpful, and 92% said the responses they received on Tellmi were supportive and helpful (Tellmi). Tellmi’s mission to foster a kind, supportive community is a critical one. In a world that far too often tears people down, we’re obsessed with any company that tries to big people up.

BehaVR is turning virtual reality on its head and using it to help fight fear, stress, and anxiety. They mix play and science to provide engaging and immersive XR therapeutics for mental and behavioural health.

We don’t just love this company for its clever name (who can resist a play on words?). We love their proposition: Immerse, experience, transform. According to BehaVR, VR's multi-sensory simulation is a flexible and powerful way to scale exposure and extinction therapy. Anxiety-related disorders are incredibly common, affecting 40 million adults in the US alone (ADAA). The team at BehaVR are challenging assumptions around VR and proving it can be used for more than fun adventures into new worlds.

Unmind is fixing the workplace and creating happier, healthier, and more human organisations. Using organisational, clinical and positive psychology, their platform offers insights, tools and tricks to strengthen the mental health of employees.

Poor mental health doesn’t just negatively affect people, it affects business. Just look at the numbers. And as a startup, we definitely can’t pass up a platform that’s data-driven. We love Unmind’s ‘data-first’ approach to mental health care. This approach is woven into everything they do and they’re constantly evaluating the platform to make it even better and in line with the science. They don’t just provide solutions, but also the data to back them up. It allows employers to have the complete picture and to take informed actions to help their employees get the proper care and resources.

Meditopia is all about transformation and the connection between mental and physical health. Practising self-observation and self-enquiry, their meditations, counselling and sleep exercises help people overcome destructive patterns of thought.

With a mindfulness content library of over 1000 different meditations, articles, videos and more, Meditopia wants to be a shoulder for people lean on when they need it. We love the emphasis they put on the impact your mind has - not only on your mental health - but also on your physical health and happiness. Their curated meditation programmes and ‘Meditopia for Business’ get us excited to overcome those unhealthy thoughts that sometimes creep in.

Iris Telehealth provides telepsychiatry services to community health and mental health centres, health systems, and hospitals all around the United States. Owned and operated by doctors, their goal is to create a better world through healthy minds.

In 2017 – of the 46.6 million adults with mental health illnesses – only 42.6% received services in the previous year (National Institute of Mental Health via Iris Telehealth). It’s clear that people aren’t getting the help they need, and it’s often due to a shortage of psychiatrists. We’re obsessed with Iris Telehealth’s mission to make telepsychiatry available to all. Their mission to curate a service based on company setup and company needs makes us feel all the more reassured for the future of mental health in a medical setting.

Eleanor Health is committed to delivering a judgement-free space for anyone concerned about their mental health and for those who are or have been affected by addiction. They provide medication-assisted treatment, recovery coaching, telehealth, psychiatry and more.

We need better addiction care. We need it to be more accessible. And we need it now. This is Eleanor Health’s mission. According to the Addiction Center, “Almost 21 million Americans have at least 1 addiction, yet only 10% of them receive treatment.” It’s clear that addiction care is not accessible enough and we are so happy Eleanor Health are working to solve this problem. Another reason we love this company? Their whole-person approach to care. Very often, addiction treatment only focuses the physical or mental part of addiction. Eleanor Health creates personalised, holistic plans that work to treat physical, mental, emotional and social health.

Real is reimagining the way mental health care is provided. Leveraging the power of technology to provide personalised, member-centred care, they offer wellness tools, tips and tricks. And it’s all for the price of 7 cups of coffee per week.

We don’t know if you agree, but sometimes working on your mental health can be a bit of a drag. And getting help can mean missing out on things in your life that bring you joy. Moving around your entire schedule to fit in a session, or missing out on a dinner with friends to pay for therapy is not a vibe. Self-care is expensive and we’re so happy Real has created not only a cost-effective option for mental health care but also a model which fits into our everyday life and allows us to find community and comfort in the messiness life can bring.

Woebot Health is the personal mental health ally you didn’t know you needed. Powered by natural language processing, Woebot is there for you whenever you need it, providing personalised care with action-based solutions.

Say goodbye to scheduling appointments months in advance and those rather depressing waiting rooms! With Woebot, you can talk whenever and wherever you need. Working at a startup, our minds move a mile a minute and are rarely turned off. And sometimes it can be hard to find the time to work through any anxiety or depression we might be feeling in our day-to-day life. We love Woebot Health’s guiding principle: that mental health care should always be available since the mind is always on.