Boston-based Uwill, a psychological well being platform for schools and college students, introduced it has acquired Digital Care Group, a fellow student-focused telehealth and wellness assist platform.
Uwill companions with schools to supply college students on-demand digital entry to licensed therapists and suppliers educated in disaster counseling. College students may attend on-line wellness occasions via the corporate’s psychological well being and wellness app. The corporate works with 300 establishments in 50 states and 40 international locations.
Digital Care Group, primarily based in Los Angeles, gives an identical platform that pairs suppliers with college students, school college and employees who want assist for his or her well-being and psychological and bodily well being. The platform is at the moment carried out at greater than 100 schools.
With the acquisition of Digital Care Group, Uwill expands its attain to 400 schools worldwide.
“This acquisition marks a major achievement for the digital psychological well being sector inside greater training,” Danny Zusman, founder and CEO of Digital Care Group, stated in an announcement. “By way of the combination of our intensive nationwide attain with Uwill’s targeted technological investments, we goal to reinforce the assist and sources out there to the scholars, college, and employees we’re devoted to serving.”
THE LARGER TREND
Uwill secured $30 million in Collection A funding final 12 months, which, on the time, the corporate stated it could use to speed up its progress and increase its platform.
The corporate garnered a $3.25 million funding in 2020 led by rapper Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC and a 12 months later accomplished its angel funding spherical of $5.2 million.
In June, Uwill introduced a partnership with digital psychological well being firm Headspace to increase its on-demand remedy choices, Urise, to incorporate the direct-to-consumer platform.
One other digital psychological well being startup for faculty college students and younger adults is Mantra Well being, which raised $22 million in Collection A funding in 2022.
