• Voda

  Participated · Equity · Jun 2025

  Voda offers guided, bite-sized therapy programmes co-created with seven LGBTQIA+ psychotherapists and psychologists, using modalities such as CBT, ACT, DBT and mindfulness. The app targets LGBTQIA+-specific challenges including coming out, gender dysphoria, hate speech, and discrimination, and translates therapeutic approaches into accessible digital tools. Launched in 2023 and based in London, Voda has reached over 35,000 users globally, with a significant portion in the UK. The company positions itself as culturally competent and trauma-informed, emphasizing co-creation with lived-experience clinicians to ensure clinical rigor and relevance. With rising anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation and cuts to public mental health services, Voda plans to expand its queer-affirming services and scale resources to meet growing demand. Financially, the company recently completed a funding round to support that expansion and has not disclosed a valuation. Voda is an LGBTQIA+ mental wellness app designed to increase accessibility to mental-health support for the community. The company emphasizes inclusive, targeted mental-health resources and services for LGBTQIA+ users. Voda completed a test launch in 2023, which preceded its recent fundraising. The startup has raised £270K in pre-seed funding to support its next steps. The round was led by SCE Freiraum Ventures and included impact investors Lightbulb Trust and ULTRA.VC. The company is described in coverage as a UK startup.

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