Metavallon VC focuses on early stage (Pre-Seed and Seed) investments across sectors in Greece and Europe. With an affinity for B2B models, deep technology, and strong ties with Greece, we back pioneering teams and work alongside ambitious entrepreneurs operating at the forefront of business and technology innovation.

Metavallon VC

Eleven Ventures is one of the leading early-stage VCs in Southeast Europe, investing in startups since 2012. With 150 collective investments over 10 years, Eleven’s team has been instrumental in catalyzing the regional startup ecosystem. Eleven supports tech companies in four priority verticals - Fintech, Healthcare, Future of Work and Future of Food.

Eleven Ventures

Langaware

A SaaS platform for the early and accurate detection of neurodegenerative and other psychiatric diseases

LANGaware is a Greek startup with an integrated platform that uses AI to predict and monitor cognitive and mental health conditions by analyzing language, voice, and speech through digital biomarkers. The conditions that the platform can detect and monitor include mild cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s Disease, and depression. This platform has been tested and proven effective in clinical and virtual care settings in the US and Greece. Funding and financials

New technologies are opening up mental health services to previously overbooked and underserved populations.

Mental Health Tech

LANGaware

LANGaware awarded Patient Engagement Solutions agreement with Premier, Inc. for Early Detection of Cognitive and Behavioral Health Diseases

LANGaware is a Greek startup with an integrated platform that uses AI to predict and monitor cognitive and mental health conditions by analyzing language, voice, and speech through digital biomarkers. The conditions that the platform can detect and monitor include mild cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s Disease, and depression. This platform has been tested and proven effective in clinical and virtual care settings in the US and Greece. Funding and financialsIn October 2023, LANGgaware raised EUR 2 million in a seed funding round led by Eleven Ventures, with participation from Metavallon VC. The funding will be used to further develop LANGaware's technology and product teams, grow its business development operations, and expand its footprint in the US market across virtual care platforms and health systems.

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 Boulder Care is a telepsychiatry platform that connects patients who are opioid-addicted users to addiction specialists, care coordinators, and peer coaches. Patients can get personalized plans via video and text messaging and the app is intended to be used in conjunction with prescription medicines and lab tests.
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In June 2022, the company raised USD 36 million in a Series B funding round. The funds were earmarked to triple the size of the company’s medical care team, expand its geographical footprint, and increase its value-based care treatment options through partnerships with health plans.
 
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Boulder Care

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 7 Cups provides an emotional-support platform with a network of volunteer listeners. Users can anonymously access either one-on-one chats or group chats 24/7, free of charge for issues such as depression, anxiety, relationships and those related to the LGBTQ+ community. It also teaches users skills such as meditation to improve their lives. If users want additional support, the company also provides access to an online therapy platform with a network of 180 licensed therapists for a subscription plan of USD 150 per month. 7 Cups is available for users above 13 years of age (users between 13 and 17 years old engage with listeners who are specifically trained in teenage interactions).
 
 
 Volunteer peer listeners get free training and support as well as flexible scheduling. Once a user requests a chat, it will be directed to available listeners and if the user requests a specific listener, he will be connected as soon as the listener accepts the demand. The service is anonymous and the listener has no access to the details of the user unless the information is disclosed to the listener by the user in their conversations. As of January 2022, 7 Cups has facilitated more than 51 million conversations, served 25 million individuals, and had 300,000 trained listeners. The listeners serve in 180 countries in 140 languages.
 
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7 Cups

wayForward provides technology-supported behavioral health and emotional wellness services for employers planning to make services available to their employees. It uses a screening procedure designed by neuropsychologists to triage and help employee members get clinically relevant mental healthcare. The company provides a self-guided app, text-based coaching, video visits, telepsychiatry, and if required, in-person visits or an on-site counselor. wayForward leverages its evidence-based approach and artificial intelligence in delivering its services and claims that it has been able to reduce anxiety symptoms by 48% and depression symptoms by 59%.The company raised USD 2 million in a seed round in June 2020, which brought total funding to USD 4.5 million. DarioHealth, a chronic disease management platform based in Israel, signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of wayForward in May 2021 for a total consideration of USD 30 million. As of May 2021, the wayForward had approximately 20,000 members and was available in North America, Australia, and Europe.

wayForward

Coa is a mental health company that conducts online classes led by licensed therapists for mental health users. The classes focus on conditions such as stress, anxiety, confidence and relationships. The company raised USD 3 million in a seed round in October 2020 from investors led by Crosslink Capital.

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 Meru Health is an online platform that connects patients experiencing stress, depression, anxiety, burnout, and other mental health issues to licensed therapists. The company was founded by Kristian Ranta in 2016 after his older brother died from suicide after battling depression. The platform offers a 12-week program and personalized text-based coaching services and virtual workshops. Meru also provides access to progress reports and anonymous peer support groups as well as sleep, nutrition, and mindfulness advice on top of vital tracking information—such as heart rate data.
 
 
 The company reported a 10x YoY growth in its customer base in 2020 and plans to serve 10 million users by 2027. The company also achieved 8x YoY growth in revenue in 2020 amid an increase in demand in mental health services brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 In September 2022, Meru Health and clinical trial platform Curebase 
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 to carry out a three-year clinical trial to measure the effectiveness of Meru Health’s 12-week digital depression treatment targeting primary care patients. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Small Business Innovation Research program. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fundings and financials
 
 
 In May 2022, the company secured a USD 2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to measure the effectiveness of its 12-week program for treating primary care patients. The study will follow 300 patients across the US with symptoms of major depression for a period of three years.
 
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Meru Health

Online peer-to-peer platform and support system that connects mental health communities.

Mobile-based apps and FDA-approved software that incorporate evidenced-based cognitive behavioral therapy to prevent, treat, or manage mental and behavioral conditions in conjunction with or as a replacement for traditional medication.

Products for behavioral health and mental health tracking, measurement-based care, and real-time remote monitoring of patients.

Subscription or membership-based platforms and apps to connect therapists, psychiatrists or behavioral health coaches with patients.

Offers virtual offerings for mental health consultations

Mental healthcare services offer personalized care tailored to a user's needs and treatment progression

There are mental health providers offering services specifically to help LGBTQ+ or BIPOC individuals

Several mental health technology providers offer therapy services rendered by AI/ML technology

Greek startup LANGgaware has secured €2 million in a seed funding round led by Eleven Ventures and Metavallon VC. The funding will help LANGgaware enhance its technology and product teams, expand its business development operations, and grow in the US market within virtual care platforms and health systems. LANGgaware's AI-powered platform utilizes language, voice, and speech analysis to predict and monitor cognitive and mental health conditions such as mild cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease, and depression. The platform has been successfully tested in both clinical and virtual care settings in the US and Greece.

LANGaware

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