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MySherpa

28F, Shinjuku Monolith, 2-3-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 163-0928, Japan

Overview

株式会社マイシェルパ operates an online counseling platform overseen by board-certified psychiatrists and staffed by qualified counselors using scientific, professional approaches. The service is deployed in workplace and community settings, with cumulative adoption by about 150 corporate and organizational clients. The company emphasizes improving access to high-quality mental health care and aims to increase free access to mental health services to prevent and mitigate disorders. Funds raised will be used to raise service awareness, enhance product convenience through development, build and strengthen sales and marketing teams, and pursue business partnerships in the mental-healthcare field. The company positions its offering as a scalable solution to address a large unmet need in Japan, where millions are estimated to have untreated mental-health conditions. As of the Series A, cumulative funding through this round totals approximately ¥250 million. MySherpa operates an online counseling platform supervised by board‑certified psychiatrists, with all counselors holding clinical psychology or certified psychologist qualifications. The service offers unlimited, flat‑fee counseling plans for corporate customers as well as individual users, aiming to remove cost barriers to sufficient counseling. The company emphasizes evidence‑based, professional support to advance user wellbeing and aligns its mission with broader wellbeing goals. Over the past year the number of client companies using the service grew roughly 25x, indicating rapid enterprise adoption. MySherpa plans to use recent funding to boost service awareness, improve product convenience through development, expand its sales team, and pursue business partnerships in the mental‑healthcare space. The company was founded in July 2016 and is headquartered in Osaka.

Total raised
$1M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Apr 2022

Industries

  • Health Care
  • Mental Health
  • Online Portals
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Apr 2022

    $1M

Team

No current team members are available.