London-based mental health startup Thalamos has raised €1 million to digitize the Mental Health Act.
The seed round was backed by the Conduit Impact EIS Fund managed by Ascension, angel investors including Syndicate Room and a private Seedrs crowdfund.
Founded in 2018 by Arden and Ross Tomison, Thalamos gives people who are sectioned under the Mental Health Act quicker and safer access to vital treatment by enabling their care to be organized digitally.
It replaces the outdated system of paper forms that are currently used to arrange care.
The platform provides digitized versions of the forms required for admission, treatment, transfer, and discharge under the Mental Health Act.
The company claims it is reducing the risk of error by up to 89%.
This allows the most vulnerable patients to access life-saving mental health treatment sooner.
It currently works with seven mental health care providers, giving over 40,000 practitioners access to the digital tools needed to speed up access to care for those in crisis.
The investment comes at a time when the number of people being sectioned under the Mental Health Act continues to rise.
The funding will be used by the company to expand their team and strengthen their product, helping them to support a growing number of mental health care providers as they work to better support patients, clinicians, and systems.
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