Mental Health Startups

Crisis Text Line provides free, confidential, 24/7 text-based mental health support and crisis intervention for people in the United States, Puerto Rico, and through international partnerships in the UK, Canada, and Ireland. The organization operates a volunteer-powered crisis counseling service accessible via text messaging.

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Cultivate Behavioral Health and Education provides Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy services for children with autism spectrum disorder, emphasizing individualized treatment plans and family involvement through Board Certified Behavior Analysts.

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CuraLinc provides mental health and employee assistance services to employers, offering immediate clinical engagement through licensed therapists available within seconds, combined with a continuum of counseling, coaching, and digital support tools. The company serves enterprise clients seeking to reduce healthcare costs and improve employee wellbeing outcomes.

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Curio provides mental health care services focused on closing health equity gaps for women, leveraging a team with expertise in healthcare, regulatory affairs, and clinical research.

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Cyclerion is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for neuropsychiatric diseases, with a lead candidate (CYC-126) for treatment-resistant depression that pairs anesthetic agents with a personalized biofeedback-driven device. It targets patients, providers, and health systems seeking individualized mental health treatment.

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Dahlia's Hope provides trauma-informed aftercare services delivered by licensed therapists to survivors of sex trafficking and sexual violence, addressing both immediate recovery needs and intergenerational trauma effects. The organization serves survivors and their families with holistic support including therapy, medical attention, education, and employment assistance to facilitate independent living.

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Dana is a Spanish-language mobile app offering mental health and wellbeing support for women during pregnancy, maternity, and the postpartum period, with over 500 audio and text content pieces created by midwives, perinatal psychologists, gynecologists, and pediatricians. It provides psychoeducational programs, a community of mothers, mood and vitality tracking, and teleconsultation and chat with health specialists.

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Dawn provides digital therapy for insomnia treatment, offering patient-tailored programs delivered by sleep coaches. The company aims to make evidence-based insomnia care accessible and scalable in the United States.

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Deep Centered Mental Health is Texas's leading provider of outpatient mental health services, offering therapy and psychiatry through both in-person and telehealth modalities. The practice employs top-tier psychiatrists and therapists who deliver evidence-based, patient-centered care to insured clients throughout the state.

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Deep Meditate is a mobile app offering meditation, music, and sleep programs designed to reduce stress and build mental resilience. The app targets individuals seeking stress relief and improved sleep quality.

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DeepWell DTx develops over-the-counter video games that combine interactive media with digital therapeutics to treat mental health conditions at scale, using real-time biofeedback to guide breathing exercises. The company targets consumers directly through gaming platforms without requiring a prescription, aiming to address the global mental health crisis.

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Delphi Behavioral Health Group operates a network of drug and alcohol detox and treatment centers offering personalized addiction treatment in intimate settings. The company serves individuals struggling with substance abuse, providing clinical care with low clinician-to-client ratios and aftercare services focused on relapse prevention.

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Diverting Hate is an applied research nonprofit working to counter online radicalization by detecting real-time trends that lead young men toward hostility and redirecting them to healthier communities and resources. It also measures behavioral change and advocates for structural reform to protect boys and men.

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doc-doc is a telehealth app offering virtual access to specialists through chat, video consultations, and calls, including mental health support for crises, grief, anxiety, and first-aid/emergency situations. It serves individuals and company employees, with some emergency support provided free of charge.

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Dominion Care provides therapeutic services and educational programs for individuals with developmental and behavioral health needs. The organization operates schools and therapy centers delivering individualized quality care across a continuum of therapeutic services.

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Точка Опоры is an online mental health platform that connects individuals with psychologists and therapists for individual consultations across various psychological concerns including relationships, trauma, grief, burnout, and emotional wellbeing. The platform is a project of Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis and curates over 500 specialists vetted by an expert community.

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Dr. Katz offers an AI-powered, clinician-informed mental health care platform that assists both patients and providers by personalizing care and reducing administrative work. It is aimed at health systems and clinical teams to support scaled mental health care delivery.

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ViuHealth provides 24/7 access to mental health care through a team of licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals. The platform offers tools to support patients in managing their mental health conditions.

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Dugri offers an app providing anonymous, structured peer-to-peer emotional support based on a resilience training model originally developed for first responders. It serves individuals and organizations—including medical teams, first responders, veterans, and employers—to promote mental wellness and resilience.

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EIQUS is a French mental health company that designs immersive therapeutic and evaluation protocols combining equine-assisted mediation, clinical psychology, and technology such as AI, virtual reality, and biofeedback. It serves high-stakes populations including at-risk adolescents, exposed professionals (police, prison, military), and institutions, offering assessments, therapy programs, training, and research.

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Eka offers yoga-based practices addressing posture, tension, stress, anxiety, pain, and burnout, drawing on movement and perception systems such as interoception, proprioception, breath dynamics, and NSDR. The company also publishes founder-led writing on yoga, strength, anxiety, and wellbeing.

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Elggo is a bilingual, evidence-based mental health platform designed for K-12 students in the MENA region to prevent and address youth mental health challenges. The platform provides resources and tools to reduce stigma, facilitate dialogue, and build resilience in young people.

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Elin is a mobile app marketed as a "cognitive antivirus" that protects users' attention and mental well-being from addictive social media algorithms, offering tools like a digital resilience course, psychological tests, mood tracking, social feed scoring, and a non-toxic AI support chat. It targets individuals — including teenagers and their parents — seeking to reduce doomscrolling, FOMO, and digital overload.

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eLuma provides school-based teletherapy services delivering speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, school psychology, and mental health support to K-12 students through a secure digital platform. The company helps districts address staffing shortages and rising caseloads by connecting students with licensed therapists via virtual sessions.

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