Polygon
Techstars '20Berkeley, US · 4 known investors
Polygon is a remote psychology practice offering online diagnostic testing for dyslexia, ADHD and other learning differences.
Also known as Hello Polygon
Investors · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Polygon (hellopolygon.com) is a psychology practice that delivers remote diagnostic assessments for learning differences, including dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and ADHD. Evaluations are conducted by licensed psychologists employed in-house, who review student history and behaviors and administer a range of established standardized assessments. According to the company, the tests it administers satisfy IDEA requirements and can be used to establish eligibility for services such as IEPs and 504 plans, and for accommodations on standardized exams including the SAT, ACT and GRE.
The company frames its market around access barriers in psychoeducational testing: high costs (schools reportedly paying up to $3,000 for targeted tests and more for extensive batteries), a shortage of psychologists that produces waitlists described as lasting up to a year, and inconsistent diagnostic criteria that it links to inaccurate diagnoses, ineffective accommodations, litigation risk and reproducibility problems in psychology research. It cites more than 70 million people lacking access to quality testing. Polygon states its mission is to enable every person with a learning difference to reach their full potential, and describes an ambition to own the full chain currently powering telepsychology and to improve statistical reproducibility in the field.
Founding story
Founder and CEO Jack Rolo was diagnosed as severely dyslexic only after university, having studied physics while struggling with reading and spelling despite strong performance in subjects such as mathematics. He has described the diagnosis as a turning point and Polygon as an attempt to build the service he wished had been available to him as a child. The founding team is described as multi-disciplinary and as having met at UC Berkeley.
Business model
Polygon employs its licensed psychologists directly as salaried employees with benefits and equity compensation, rather than contracting hourly clinicians through a marketplace model. Its vertically integrated platform automates most clinical work and all non-clinical work around the assessment process, which the company says allows clinicians to work at the top of their licenses.
Sources describe testing as a paid service purchased by schools and by individuals on the private market, but do not state Polygon's own pricing or revenue mechanics beyond a claim of being roughly five times cheaper than classic alternatives.
Traction
The company states it has served many clients and publishes client reviews describing the diagnostic report's usefulness in understanding cognitive strengths and weaknesses and in guiding treatment planning. No user counts, revenue or other quantitative traction figures are disclosed in the sources.
Latest developments
No dated funding, product or corporate developments for this company appear in the available sources.
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Market position
Polygon positions itself as a technology-enabled alternative in the psychoeducational assessment market, which it characterizes as dominated by manual providers and by online marketplaces that it argues amplify existing capacity and quality problems.
The company contrasts itself with online marketplaces that rely on hourly contract workers, arguing that employing psychologists in-house gives it end-to-end control over the quality of administered medical procedures. Clinicians are selected through a five-stage interview process, receive extensive training, and follow the company's stated clinical principles; assessments used are described as widely accepted gold-standard instruments.
Technology
Polygon developed a proprietary "diagnostic OS" used by each of its clinicians, the product of what the company describes as years of R&D. The company claims the platform yields roughly eight times the productivity of traditional providers at about one-fifth the cost of classic alternatives, by automating clinical and administrative workflow while assessments are delivered remotely.
Go-to-market
Polygon sells remote diagnostic evaluations directly, positioning against manual, in-person testing and against newer online testing marketplaces. It maintains a public website, blog and accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Medium, Twitter and Instagram.
Individuals and students seeking evaluation for learning differences, including those needing documentation for IEPs, 504 plans and testing accommodations; the surrounding market description also references schools that procure testing.
Geography
Internal records place the company's headquarters in Berkeley, United States; the team is described as having met at UC Berkeley. Services are delivered remotely, but the sources do not specify the jurisdictions served.
History
The available material covers only the company's origin and current operating model; it does not provide a dated timeline of founding, financing or expansion.
Risks & controversies
No controversies or disputes involving this company are reported in the sources. A general risk noted in the source material is the regulatory and clinical sensitivity of diagnostic testing, including compliance with IDEA requirements and the litigation exposure the company attributes to inconsistent diagnostic criteria across the industry.
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▸Research sources · 8
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- Hello Polygon - Online Testing for Learning Differencesstartuptofollow.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Polygon do?
- Polygon is a remote psychology practice offering online diagnostic testing for dyslexia, ADHD and other learning differences.
- Who are Polygon's investors?
- Polygon's investors include Dorm Room, Techstars, SoftBank Group, Tiger Global Management.
- Where is Polygon headquartered?
- Polygon is headquartered in Berkeley, US.