Online therapy service Talkspace agrees to merge with a SPAC in a deal worth $1.4B that provides Talkspace with $250M in funding
Online therapy provider Talkspace has agreed to merge with Hudson Executive Investment Corp., the blank-check firm run by former JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive Doug Braunstein.
Sources: Talkspace is working with an adviser on a possible sale; a deal would value the company at about $1B according to a source
Bloomberg : Tweets: @msnabilaahmed Tweets: Nabila Ahmed / @msnabilaahmed : Talkspace, the online therapy app promoted by celebrities including Michael Phelps and Demi Lovato, is working with an advis...
Former staff at therapy-by-text app Talkspace say the company provided burner phones to write fake app reviews and doesn't adequately respect client privacy
a sort of Uber-for-therapy app—finds....that the “needs of a VC-backed start-up to grow quickly can sometimes be in conflict w/the core values of professional therapy.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Han...
Talkspace and other teletherapy companies are working to scale their businesses during the pandemic, including working with insurance companies and regulators
David Pierce / Protocol : Tweets: @ericstoller and @mcwm Tweets: Eric Stoller / @ericstoller : Talkspace (teletherapy app) was built for a moment like this pandemic https://www.protocol.com/... Mike ...
A look at recent statements by tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce, regarding racism in America after George Floyd's death
Evan Spiegel's letter to Snap staff: https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Meg Graham / @megancgraham : Talkspace says it's ending its partnership agreement with Facebook following the company's decisio...
Talkspace, whose app connects people with licensed mental health therapists for counseling through text and video chat, raises $50M led by Revolution Growth
- Talkspace also signs deal with UnitedHealth's Optum unit — Online counseling expands as U.S. faces mental health crisis Tweets: @stevecase , @mhdempsey , and @shaig Tweets: Steve Case / @stevecas...
Talkspace therapists reveal major issues with the therapy-by-text service, which blurs employee/contractor distinction, and has a problematic anonymity policy
Inside the messy world of anonymous therapy app Talkspace — The therapist had been working for Talkspace, a popular text-based therapy app … Tweets: @biocuriosity Tweets: Cat Ferguson / @biocuriosit...
Talkspace raises $9.5M Series A led by Spark Capital for therapy-by-text sessions; IBM's Watson to help determine the best patient-therapist match
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