Seven Starling, a digital ladies’s behavioral well being firm, has secured $8 million in funding to assist develop its maternal psychological well being platform, it introduced on Thursday.
Washington, D.C.-based Seven Starling focuses on perinatal psychological healthcare and addresses challenges associated to fertility, being pregnant, being pregnant loss, postpartum and early parenthood. Girls are normally referred to the corporate by their OBGYN after which are paired up with a therapist who focuses on perinatal psychological well being.
Sufferers additionally get entry to group remedy, remedy administration providers, a affected person advocate and in-app content material and workouts. The corporate is in community with most main industrial plans, together with UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Cigna.
Its $8 million elevate was led by Rethink Impression and included participation from Pear VC, Zeal Capital Companions, Amplify Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Expa, Fiore Ventures, the March of Dimes, Rogue Girls’s Fund and Graham & Walker. Seven Starling has raised $22 million in complete.
“Maternal psychological well being represents a large market failure – excessive prices, poor outcomes, and critically underserved populations – and is ripe for disruption,” stated Jenny Abramson, founder and managing associate of Rethink Impression, in an announcement. “Seven Starling’s tech enabled built-in mannequin tackles considered one of healthcare’s most urgent challenges with measurable outcomes. That is healthcare innovation that really strikes the needle.”
The financing will assist speed up Seven Starling’s nationwide enlargement. At present, the corporate operates in 18 states in partnership with 1,500 OBGYNs.
“Seven Starling has confirmed scientific outcomes, sturdy supplier partnerships, and payer protection in place, and the time is correct to deliver our mannequin to extra ladies,” stated Tina Keshani, CEO and co-founder of Seven Starling, in an electronic mail. “With Rethink Impression’s backing, we are able to develop into over 30 states by the tip of 2026, proceed to construct revolutionary expertise to additional personalize the affected person expertise, and develop our partnerships with well being methods and well being plans.”
The corporate has delivered some optimistic outcomes by its platform, with 90% of sufferers experiencing scientific enchancment. As well as, 96% of sufferers are in a position to make use of in-network protection with copays between $0 and $30. About 37% of its sufferers determine as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and Individuals of Coloration), as do half of its clinicians.
At present, one in 5 ladies are affected by perinatal temper and nervousness issues, however 75% of recognized ladies are unable to entry therapy resulting from points like supplier shortages and lack of protection. That’s what Seven Starling hopes to unravel.
“Our imaginative and prescient is to turn into the go-to vacation spot for girls’s psychological well being, tackling the distinctive psychological well being wants that ladies have all through their lives,” Keshani stated. “We’re beginning with a give attention to maternal psychological well being, a second when many ladies are coping with acute psychological well being challenges for the very first time, and see a lot alternative already to proceed to develop with our sufferers.”
Different ladies’s psychological well being firms embody Mavida Well being and LunaJoy.
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