Employee mental health platform Oliva raises $2.2M pre-seed round led by Moonfire Ventures
Summary
Oliva’s take on this is not to create a marketplace or prerecorded videos, but to put trained professionals in front of employees to talk directly to them. The U.K. and Spain-based startup has also attracted angel investment from tech executives from Amazon, Booking.com, DogBuddy, Typeform, Hotjar, TravelPerk and more. We’ve launched Oliva to give employees access to comprehensive online mental healthcare and to help organizations overcome the related challenges -- from attracting and retaining talent and training managers to supporting remote workers.” Privacy is addressed via the use of a secure and encrypted personal portal, where employees can chat with a care provider who matches them with a professional. The team has also attracted Dr. Sarah Bateup, who has spent more than two decades teaching and training mental healthcare professionals and is now chief clinical officer. She said: “Oliva improves the way mental healthcare is accessed, supported and paid for, while also adding more ongoing oversight and accountability to the process.