# Malekeh Amini

> Malekeh Amini is the Founder and CEO of Trayt Health, a patient-centric behavioral health platform powering 25 statewide mental health programs and covering 10 million+ lives across the US. A Harvard MBA and USC-trained engineer with 25+ years in digital health, she built Trayt after personally navigating the fractured US mental health system with her son. The company raised $7.17M in April 2026 and was selected by Kentucky's KyCOMPASS program to power maternal mental health access statewide.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Trayt Health
- **Organizations:** Trayt Health, Wings Learning Center (Chairman of the Board), Baylor College of Medicine (Fundraising Board), Harvard Business School (Class Fund Chair), Iranian American Women Foundation
- **Nationality:** American (Iranian-American)
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Communications (Cognitive Science), University of Southern California, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of Southern California, Master of Science, Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, MBA, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Founded Trayt Health, now powering 25 statewide behavioral health access programs across the US, Platform covers 10 million+ lives through 24+ health systems and 30,000+ providers, Raised $14.7M+ total funding including $7.17M April 2026 round

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), advising pharmaceutical, biotech, health insurance, and hospital companies
- **Early career** — Consultant at Parthenon Group, continued healthcare strategy advisory work
- **Pre-2013** — Senior Vice President of Products & Business Development at Base Health, connecting medical science breakthroughs to healthcare organizations
- **2013** — Founded Trayt Health (initially operating as Project XXIII / PediaConnect / AVA Health), driven by personal experience navigating her son's neurological and psychiatric care
- **2022** — Trayt Health raised $7.46M Series A from DigitalDx Ventures and Vajra Investments
- **2023** — Speaker at HLTH and Behavioral Health Tech conferences; Trayt Health named as leader in statewide behavioral health programs
- **2024** — Featured at Behavioral Health Tech 2024; participated in Kennedy Forum 90-90-90 vision podcast with HLTH
- **2026-04** — Trayt Health raises $7.17M new funding; KyCOMPASS selects Trayt Health to power Kentucky's maternal mental health access program statewide

## Achievements

- Founded Trayt Health, now powering 25 statewide behavioral health access programs across the US
- Platform covers 10 million+ lives through 24+ health systems and 30,000+ providers
- Raised $14.7M+ total funding including $7.17M April 2026 round
- Selected by KyCOMPASS to digitally power Kentucky's maternal mental health access program (2026)
- Chairman of the Board at Wings Learning Center, a school for students with autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities
- Fundraising Board member at Baylor College of Medicine
- Class Fund Chair at Harvard Business School
- Speaker at HLTH, Behavioral Health Tech, and national healthcare conferences
- Recognized as a leader in accelerating behavioral health treatment from access to intervention

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Trayt Health raises $7.17M in new funding from DigitalDx Ventures and Vajra Investments, bringing total raised to $14.7M+
- **2026-04** — KyCOMPASS selects Trayt Health to digitally power Kentucky's statewide maternal mental health access program
- **2025-01** — Featured on HLTH's 'The Beat' podcast discussing the 90-90-90 vision for mental health alongside The Kennedy Forum
- **2024** — Speaking at Behavioral Health Tech 2024 on 'The AI-First Blueprint: How to Build BH Operations that Scale'

## Links

- Website: https://trayt.health
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/malekehamini
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv1-x3gqtMY

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Last updated: 2026-05-13