Uwill acquires fellow faculty psychological well being startup Digital Care Group

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 skilled in disaster counseling. College students may attend on-line wellness occasions by means of the corporate’s psychological well being and wellness app. The corporate works with 300 establishments in 50 states and 40 nations. 

Digital Care Group, based mostly in Los Angeles, gives an identical platform that pairs suppliers with college students, faculty college and employees who want assist for his or her wellbeing and psychological and bodily well being. The platform is presently 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, mentioned in a press release. “By the combination of our intensive nationwide attain with Uwill’s targeted technological investments, we purpose to reinforce the assist and assets obtainable 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 mentioned it will use to speed up its development 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 school college students and younger adults is Mantra Well being, which raised $22 million in Collection A funding in 2022.