Behavioral Health Business February 8, 2024
Mental health startup Headlight, formerly Sokya Health, raised $18 million in new funding. It also named Geoff Swindle, former chief business officer of PillPack and Amazon Pharmacy, its new CEO.
The new venture funding will help to fuel expansion efforts, including entering new markets and onboarding additional clinicians at the startup.
San Diego, California-based Headlight offers in-person or virtual mental health appointments and has locations in Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Texas and Washington.
The funds will be used to help the company expand into new states and hire hundreds of new therapists by 2025. Matrix and EPIC Ventures led the funding round.
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