MentalHappy provides low-cost peer support groups on a mobile app, with qualified professionals facilitating discussions across life events. Groups start at $10 per month and range from intimate cohorts to message-board-style groups of up to 100 members with optional video meetings. The platform works with psychologists, MDs, acupuncturists, and certified life coaches and takes a 5% cut of professionals’ monthly earnings; the company expects over 1,000 support group leaders by year-end covering more than 47 types of life events. MentalHappy is operating in the United States and the team plans to expand to other countries and languages; the app is available on iOS and Android. The product emphasizes privacy and safety with options for anonymity, screen-name controls, authentication for joining groups, automated moderation for trigger words, and vetting of group leaders to handle dangerous situations. The company also focuses on diversity and provider fit, recruiting Black and Brown health professionals and running targeted groups, for example a launch event group for Black men featuring Terrell Owens. MentalHappy began as a corporate wellness product serving clients such as UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Boston Scientific before being redeveloped into a consumer app.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Oct 2021