Tech Must Disrupt the Mental Health Hotline Industry

Written by joshlee | Published 2020/03/26
Tech Story Tags: mental-health | startups | suicide | suicide-awareness | suicidal-thoughts | suicides-in-the-tech-community | disruption | hackernoon-top-story

TLDR $321 million raised across 26 deals in the second quarter of 2019, which is a 141% jump from last year’s $227 million raised during the same quarter. The use of meditation in the US has grown 3 folds from 2012–2017, making it as popular as yoga according to the Center for Disease Control. There are still critical problems that these startups can’t solve due to legal liability that they may have to take. These apps will not open their doors to you and limit your options to suicide hotlines or 911.via the TL;DR App
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Written by joshlee | Investor @PascalCapital, formerly @Google and @TripAdvisor. Interested in mental health & blockchain
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/03/26
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