Healthtech/Mental Health/News/ Moka.care raises €15m Series A for its employee mental health platform The French startup has also attracted investment from not one, but three, famous French sportsmen, including Blaise Matuidi By Amy Lewin 24 May 2022 Guillaume d'Ayguesvives and Pierre-Etienne Bidon, founders of Moka.care Guillaume d'Ayguesvives and Pierre-Etienne Bidon, founders of Moka.care \Healthtech 11 mental health startups to watch, according to investors By Kai Nicol-Schwarz 14 February 2023 Healthtech/Mental Health/News/ Moka.care raises €15m Series A for its employee mental health platform The French startup has also attracted investment from not one, but three, famous French sportsmen, including Blaise Matuidi By Amy Lewin 24 May 2022 French mental health startup Moka.care has raised a €15m Series A — and it’s got some big names on its cap table. What does it do? Moka.care’s platform connects employees to psychologists, coaches and therapists who can help them with issues like work-life balance, burnout and stress management. Its 100+ clients include Spendesk, Qonto and L’Oréal. The investors: This is the juicy bit — Moka.care’s investors include American VCs and celebrities. American firm Left Lane Capital led the round Singular VC, a Paris-based firm which launched last year, also participated Sporting legends Blaise Matuidi and Antoine Griezmann, both French footballers, and Antoine Dupont, captain of the French rugby team, got involved too The market: There are now hundreds of mental health startups in Europe. So far this year they have raised $253m, according to Dealroom Other notable startups include Berlin and Munich-based competitor nilo.health, which announced an $8m funding round led by Speedinvest on Monday, and UK-based employee mental health platform Oliva Health, which raised a €5.8m seed round from Stride.vc and Moonfire Ventures in March What’s next: We doubt footballers will stop writing angel cheques anytime soon, but we’re less sure that they will continue writing them into mental health startups. Sifted’s take: As startups are urged by investors to increase their runway and cut down on cash burn, we expect “perks” like mental health apps might get cut. We’re experimenting with a new format for news. What do you think? Let us know. Related Articles The startup building a ‘pocket neurologist’ By Kai Nicol-Schwarz Click here to read more 5 digital health trends to watch in 2021, according to investors Sponsored by EIT Health Catapult Click here to read more Felix Capital’s new $300m fund: Is thematic investing the way forward for European VCs? By Amy Lewin Click here to read more European tech has a mental health problem: here are the startups offering a solution By Kai Nicol-Schwarz Click here to read more Most Read 1 \SVB News Rescue deal: HSBC buys Silicon Valley Bank UK 2 \Venture Capital How does venture debt actually work? 3 \Fintech How new EU policies will impact ecommerce marketplaces — and how payments tech can help 4 \Deeptech ‘Basically mindblowing’ — What GPT-4 can do, according to one startup that’s had access to it 5 \Sustainability Berlin-founded Sunhero raises €10m to cash in on Spanish solar energy
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