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The six-person Santa Monica team is funded by a $1.5 million seed round led by Initialized Capital and Fuel Capital
People can sign up for early beta access here.During a long interview about the startup, Bader and his co-founder Sean Dadashi were cagey
This could become a whole new media format where outside creators or mental health professionals could produce and contribute their own
What Calm and Headspace did for making meditation more mainstream and accessible, Ikaria wants to do for mental health through online
togetherness.Ikaria already has a sizable closed beta going, which the startup plans to continue until it finds product fit, and it hopes to
know its official release timeline by the end of the year
payments for buying content
Perhaps one user could act as the sponsor and purchase an experience for their whole group chat
If an app understood who your mom is, it could give her messages special prevalence or remind you to contact her.Bader met Dadashi through
After just a few weeks of these meetups, they say they felt closer to each other than to most of their friends
starting a travel and lifestyle startup for mental wellness, called Somatic Studios
They tried working together on an app for sharing quotes from your friends but scrapped it.Together, the pair went on to research the rapid
of starting a mindfulness practice
the sad state of mental health from different angles
Talkspace offers a mobile connection to licensed therapists, though it can be pricey at $65 to $99 per week
There are also plenty of journaling products, gratitude practice apps and wellness podcasts out there
Ikaria is an app he can wake up feeling good about each day
relationship was very, very toxic and taxing for me
