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Mental health Support Network Supporting Millions Globally
TalkLife is an early intervention for youth mental health support. A peer-to-peer support network that's grown organically and used by 175,000 young people across the globe.
TalkLife has fast becoming an industry innovator, with 120 volunteer moderators and buddies we provide a safe highly moderated social networking environment for youth to reach out and engage, from anywhere at any time, and shine a light on taboo issues such as depression, self harm and suicide.
Collaborating with Microsoft Research, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology we're using TalkLife to combine and exerting the power of probabilistic graphical models, decision theoretic models, and Box's loop to better understand, intervene and predict self-injurious behaviour.
Our aim is not only better understand our users plight, but also eventually craft meaningful interventions that may help these individuals online.
TalkLife is an early intervention for youth mental health support. A peer-to-peer support network that's grown organically and used by 175,000 young people across the globe.
TalkLife has fast becoming an industry innovator, with 120 volunteer moderators and buddies we provide a safe highly moderated social networking environment for youth to reach out and engage, from anywhere at any time, and shine a light on taboo issues such as depression, self harm and suicide.
Collaborating with Microsoft Research, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology we're using TalkLife to combine and exerting the power of probabilistic graphical models, decision theoretic models, and Box's loop to better understand, intervene and predict self-injurious behaviour.
Our aim is not only better understand our users plight, but also eventually craft meaningful interventions that may help these individuals online.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$1.5M
Founded date
2012
Mentions in press and media 3
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| Mar 13, 2017 | Leo Innovation Lab invests $5.5M in five startups to drive development of digital tools for mental health, skin conditions and diagnostics | Copenhagen, Denmark-based Leo Innovation Lab announced a $5.5 million Series A and seed funding round that will go to five startups around the world, ranging from mobile app makers to AI platform providers. Leo Innovation Lab sprung out of ... |
| Mar 10, 2017 | LEO Innovation Lab invests $5.5 million in healthtech | Healthtech in the U.S. far exceeds advancements made in Europe, according to the CEO of LEO iLAB Editor's note: Our Splash Health, Wellness and Wearables event is coming up on March 23 in San Francisco. We'll have Mario Schlosser (Founder &... |
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FAQ about TalkLife
When was TalkLife founded?
TalkLife was founded in 2012.
How much funding has TalkLife raised?
TalkLife has raised $1.5M in total.
What has the press written about TalkLife?
Parsers VC has collected 3 articles mentioning TalkLife, among them “Leo Innovation Lab invests $5.5M in five startups to drive development of digital tools for mental health, skin conditions and diagnostics” (Mar 13, 2017) and “LEO Innovation Lab invests $5.5 million in healthtech” (Mar 10, 2017).
Is TalkLife still active?
Yes, TalkLife is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 13, 2024.