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March 4, 2024

16 mental health startups to watch, according to VCs

Sifted spoke to VCs from Boost Capital, Molten Ventures, UNIQA Ventures, InHealth Ventures, Calm/Storm and NLC Health Ventures

Mental health startups in Europe raised $1.2bn during the boom of 2021. It’s fair to say that funding has fallen a long way since then. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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