Pre-seed financing for Clare&me

The newly founded start-up wants to counteract the shortage of therapy places with the artificial intelligence Clare. The idea has won over business angels and venture capitalists.
The Berlin-based healthcare start-up Clare&me received pre-seed funding of one million euros at the end of last year. The company has now announced this. The round was led by the healthtech fund YZR from Munich. Antler and several business angels also participated. These include Clue, Krisenchat and Hy founder Hans Raffauf, Oviavo founder Jenny Saft, Jan Wilmking, Impacct founder Heidrun Twesten and Tomorrow founders Inas Nureldin and Michael Schweikart.
Clare&me intends to use the capital to expand its team and further develop its product for the treatment of mental illness. This is based on an artificial intelligence called Clare, which conducts conversations with users via smartphone and teaches them clinically proven approaches to behavioral therapy. The software is intended to provide low-threshold access to treatment for anxiety symptoms and depression. "Maintaining and promoting the mental health of individuals is one of the greatest challenges facing society as a whole today. We want to proactively help close the gap between the need for and supply of mental health support," says Clare&me co-founder Celina Messner.
Emilia Theye and Celina Messner founded Clare&me in Berlin in 2021. Xaver Ebner joined as a technical co-founder at the beginning of this year. The prototype is currently being tested in the UK.

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