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Significo and the health app nobody opens
The hard part of digital health is getting people to come back. Significo builds the recommendations, software and treatment pathways that give them a reason to.
Journey wants to reach you before you ask for help
The workplace mental health company began with meditation. Its bigger bet is that the hardest part of getting care happens before the first appointment.
The Wellness App That Learned to Read the Benefits Manual
Grokker began by putting yoga teachers on a screen. Fourteen years later, it is trying to solve a stranger corporate problem: employees cannot use benefits they cannot find.
Perkbox found a better business in saying thank you
A failed group-buying venture became an employee benefits platform. Now, after joining forces with Vivup, Perkbox is putting supermarket savings, workplace recognition and mental health support behind the same login.
Plumm wants payroll to pay for peace of mind
When employers squeezed wellbeing budgets, Plumm moved into the software they still needed to buy. Its bet: put therapy, people management and payroll on the same bill.
Drake International’s 75-Year Bet: Build the People Pipeline Before the Jobs Disappear
The Canadian staffing pioneer began by fixing the expensive mismatch between full-time payrolls and fluctuating work. Seventy-five years later, it is betting that the next recruitment advantage is not a bigger résumé pile - it is a better path from education to employment.
MindFi
MindFi is a Singapore-based corporate mental health platform that helps global employers care for their people. Through a single app it offers on-demand therapy and coaching, 24/7 text and chat support, guided self-care programs, and community support, matching employees to culturally relevant, multilingual providers. Founded in 2017 and a Y Combinator Summer 2021 company, MindFi positions itself as an APAC-first alternative to Western employee-assistance programs, blending clinical care with wellbeing analytics for HR teams.
لبيه | Labayh
Labayh is a Saudi digital mental-health platform that connects Arabic-speaking users with licensed psychologists, psychiatrists and counselors for private, remote therapy delivered through its mobile app. Founded in 2018 by Basim Albeladi after his own experience with PTSD, the platform offers one-on-one sessions, group support, therapeutic programs, self-assessments and a corporate wellbeing product, and has grown to more than a million users served by a large network of licensed specialists across the MENA region.
Morsl
Morsl is a Sydney-based food-tech company that installs automated, self-service micro markets - unattended 24/7 cafes - inside Australian workplaces. Founded in 2018 by former Credit Suisse director Karla Borland, Morsl gives employees affordable access to fresh meals, salads, better-for-you snacks and drinks via scan-and-pay kiosks, positioning itself as a healthier, tech-enabled alternative to traditional vending machines and canteens.
Thrive Global
Thrive Global is a behavior change technology company founded by Arianna Huffington in 2016 to help end the stress and burnout epidemic. It embeds science-backed 'Microsteps' - tiny, sustainable habit changes - directly into the daily workflow of employees at more than 200 organizations across 160+ countries, pairing behavioral science with AI to improve health outcomes and productivity for frontline workers and executives alike.
Keep Company
Keep Company is a Bethesda, Maryland based B2B platform that helps employers build meaningful human connection at work through cohort-based group coaching, 1:1 coaching, mentoring, and peer pods. Founded in 2022 by a former partner-track lawyer and a startup brand executive, it began by tackling burnout and attrition among working parents and caregivers - a group that can make up the majority of a workforce - and has since grown into a broader platform for connection and engagement across the employee lifecycle, backed by patented matching technology and a behavioral-science curriculum.
Overalls
Overalls is a New York-based benefits company that gives every employee a dedicated LifeConcierge - a real human expert amplified by AI - to handle the personal to-do list that piles up during the workday, from booking childcare and navigating a medical bill to planning a trip or dealing with home repairs. Founded in 2021 by insurtech veteran Jon Cooper at venture studio Redesign Health, Overalls pairs concierge services with financial-protection products under the thesis that reducing life's off-the-clock stress makes people more focused and productive at work. It sells to employers as a supplemental benefit and counts Reddit, Patreon, Coterie and BeatBox Beverages among its customers.
BetterUp
BetterUp is a San Francisco-founded human transformation company that pairs certified human coaches, behavioral science, and AI to deliver personalized professional and leadership development at enterprise scale. It coaches employees at hundreds of companies and government agencies, blending one-on-one coaching, assessments, and data-driven insights, and has increasingly moved toward AI-powered coaching that runs around the clock.
Alexi Robichaux
Alexi Robichaux is the CEO and Co-Founder of BetterUp, the human transformation platform he started in 2013 after a soul-searching walk along the Camino de Santiago. He built BetterUp from a two-person idea into a $5 billion company with 2,800 employees and over $628 million in total funding, pioneering digital professional coaching for enterprises including Google, Salesforce, and NASA. A former product executive at VMware who once struggled with imposter syndrome and public speaking anxiety, Robichaux turned his personal journey with coaching into a mission to make elite professional development accessible to everyone.