Mental Health Tech

Funding for digital health start-ups, especially in mental health, fall substantially in Q1’22

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Glob­al dig­i­tal health fund­ing falls 36% with few­er megarounds, IPOs (Fierce Healthcare):

After two years of record-break­ing invest­ment in dig­i­tal health, cap­i­tal flow into the sec­tor took a dive in the first quar­ter of 2022.

The glob­al dig­i­tal health mar­ket saw fund­ing decrease 36% from the fourth quar­ter of 2021, total­ing $10.4 bil­lion, as investors react­ed to sup­ply chain woes, the Russ­ian inva­sion of Ukraine and a volatile stock mar­ket, accord­ing to a new CB Insights report. [Read more…] about Fund­ing for dig­i­tal health start-ups, espe­cial­ly in men­tal health, fall sub­stan­tial­ly in Q1’22

UK report identifies opportunities and gaps for digital tech to improve, not harm, mental health

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Gov­ern­ment urged to invest in digi­ti­sa­tion of men­tal health ser­vices (Med-Tech News):

The Men­tal Health Tech Land­scape Review, released today by Future Care Cap­i­tal (FCC), not only rec­om­mends a range of mea­sures to enable high­er qual­i­ty care through the use of tech­nol­o­gy, but it also shows that there is poten­tial for the devel­op­ment of a wider range of dif­fer­ent types of tech­nol­o­gy solu­tion (as) there is the dan­ger of men­tal health­care “falling through the gaps”. [Read more…] about UK report iden­ti­fies oppor­tu­ni­ties and gaps for dig­i­tal tech to improve, not harm, men­tal health