Mental health startup eQuoo joins UK’s NHS app library, closes in on seed round

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
close its seed funding round
The app is an emotional fitness game that aims to teach healthy psychological skills.The NHS announcement means a U.K
doctor can now formally refer eQuoo to their patients to improve their mental health and well-being.The app has also now achieved a top
rating at ORCHA, the leading health app assessment platform, and now has clients including Barmer, the largest insurance company in
Germany.Founder and CEO Silja Litvin says she created the startup because of the mental health crisis
to see us for a measly six sessions
Psychologists are not scalable, but apps are, so I decided to make an app
After developing PsycApps, an evidence-based anti-depression app, I learned the hard way that mental health apps all struggle with drop-off
rates of up to 90% in week 1, so we pivoted towards gamification with the launch of eQuoo, as casual games can have a positive mental health
ability to refer patients directly to eQuoo, as its now live on the EMIS App Library
recommend high-quality digital health apps to their patients via text or email, directly from their existing workflow
By contrast Woebot, a highly lauded mental health chatbot startup, went through only a two-week trial with 70 participants.Results showed
five weeks.