The city of Seattle and healthcare startup Joon Care are partnering to provide free online mental healthcare in an effort to increase services to teens and young adults, which as… Read More
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of five profiles of the finalists for Startup CEO of the Year ahead of the 2023 GeekWire Awards. Previously: Humanly CEO Prem Kumar; Rebellyous Foods CEO… Read More
Lawsuits filed by two Washington state school districts allege that major social media companies including Meta, TikTok, YouTube and others are driving a youth mental health crisis. The districts are… Read More
Weston Karnes talks a good game. Or, more precisely, his new game is good for talking. Karnes is the creator of “Let’s Get Real Bro,” a conversation card game geared… Read More
Amazon launched a new mental health benefit for all U.S. employees and their families on Thursday, providing access to free counseling sessions, self-care programs, crisis support, and an app for… Read More
Ballmer Group, an organization created by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie, is donating $38 million over the next few years to create and strengthen multiple programs… Read More
Startup’s new location: Mental Health Match, a startup that helps people find the right therapist, has moved from Houston to Portland, Ore. The platform: Mental Health Match uses an online… Read More
New funding: Heard, a 2-year-old startup aiming to help mental health professionals manage bookkeeping and taxes, raised $1.3 million. The company: Heard builds software targeted at clinicians in the mental health… Read More
Nithya Kemp has always known that she wanted to pursue some kind of career around technology. Her kind heart and compassion toward the emotional suffering of others is impacting just… Read More
Riding a wave of demand for its telemedicine technology, and reacting to U.S. adults’ increasing struggles with metal health during COVID-19, Seattle-based 98point6 is launching a new behavioral health service… Read More
The pandemic is taking a toll on everyone, but teens in particular are seeing increased anxiety and depression. Joon Care wants to help. The Seattle startup just landed $3.5 million… Read More
The novel coronavirus has brought with it fears of infection, massive job losses, the challenges of teaching kids at home, social isolation, and the list goes on. The toll on… Read More
Researchers at the University of Washington are launching a study aimed at answering the question that’s on a lot of people’s minds as the coronavirus epidemic spreads through the Seattle… Read More
The University of Washington is putting a $50 million philanthropic donation toward a new institute that will research and develop treatments for brain disorders. Called the Institute for Brain Health… Read More
Video games are surrounded by a stigma that they are inherently bad from a mental health perspective. This negative perception led to the World Health Organization classifying video game addiction… Read More
— It’s hard to find a new car these days that doesn’t have some type of technology inside, and those technologies are becoming more and more sophisticated. It’s no longer… Read More
Sometimes amidst the ceremonies, parades and first barbecues of the summer that comprise Memorial Day, it can be easy to forget the veterans who are still alive. Many of these… Read More
Early Microsoft engineers and Intelius co-founder Chandan Chauhan are behind a stealthy telehealth startup that just launched its customer-facing product, four years after the company was founded. Seattle-area startup Clocktree… Read More
In a dozen years, 1 in 5 Americans will be retirement age or older. Many will be in good health and able to live independently, but increasing numbers will need… Read More
Seattle startup Litesprite, which develops mobile games that treat mental health disorders, took home the crown at the inaugural TRAILS competition hosted by healthcare innovation hub Cambia Grove. Litesprite’s technology… Read More
Portland, Ore., company Owl Insights has raised $2.2 million in new funding, GeekWire has learned. The additional funding brings the company’s Series A round to more than $4.7 million, according to… Read More
As smartphones have become more ubiquitous, we’ve grown used to carrying our entertainment, work life and social media profiles with us everywhere we go. What if that same ever-present device… Read More
