Meta announced a $3 million seed investment in an Asian mental health startup.
Meta's (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) first investment in Asia was in mental health, through seed funding for startup Ami. The Indonesian- and Singapore-based app raised a $3 million seed round just four months after launch. In this way, it will be part of Meta's New Product Experimentation (NPE), the technology company's experimental apps division.
Ami es una plataforma que busca acercar servicios de salud mental a trabajadores de compañías en Asia, a través de sesiones de manejo de la salud mental por WhatsApp. “Estamos impresionados por la pasión y el talento del equipo de Ami y esperamos apoyarlos a medida que construyen WhatsApp para brindarles a las personas en Asia otra forma de apoyar su salud mental”, explicó Sunita Parasuraman directora de NPE.
Through Ami, users can access specialists in areas such as stress management or depression. However, one of Ami's first actions has been to partner with academic institutions in the region to offer comprehensive psychological care. Since currently their specialists are simply mental health counselors, they seek to specialize their service.
La plataforma busca romper estigmas sobre el acceso a servicios de salud mental en los países asiáticos, especialmente en Singapur. “Lo que esperamos hacer es hacer que la narrativa sobre la salud mental sea mucho más proactiva para las personas que desean adoptar un estilo de vida más saludable”, explicó Justin Kim cofundador de Ami.
Ami's ultimate goal is to achieve the well-being of workers without the need to use other types of ineffective solutions that do not perceive mental health as a problem.
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