MiResource
Mental healthcare marketplace connecting patients with providers.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
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| - | investor investor | €0.0 | round |
| investor | €0.0 | round | |
$3.0m | Seed | ||
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
MiResource is a mental health marketplace that connects individuals to a network of mental health providers. The company was co-founded in 2017 by Mackenzie Drazan and Gabriela Asturias. Drazan's motivation to start the company came from a personal tragedy; her younger sister, Shelby, struggled to find appropriate mental healthcare and ultimately died by suicide in 2014. This experience led Drazan to dedicate her life to making mental healthcare more accessible.
The company's platform serves as a referral management tool for health institutions, such as university counseling centers and health insurance plans, to connect their members and patients with appropriate mental health services. For individuals, MiResource guides them through finding care that meets their specific needs, including therapy, medication management, and various treatment programs. The platform features a searchable directory of vetted providers that can be filtered by location, insurance, and specialty. Providers can have a free profile or upgrade to a premium subscription for enhanced visibility and more referrals.
Initially, MiResource focused on the university and college market, partnering with counseling centers to create localized provider networks for students. By 2021, the company had partnered with 25 university health systems, helping connect over 50,000 students to a network of more than 5,000 providers. The business model has since expanded to work with health insurance plans, aiming to connect their members to in-network care. In 2020, MiResource was awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a machine learning algorithm to better predict the right level of care for individuals. The company has raised $3 million in seed funding from investors including Draper Associates and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas.
Keywords: mental health marketplace, provider directory, mental healthcare access, patient referral management, therapy search, university mental health, health plan partnerships, care navigation, Mackenzie Drazan, Gabriela Asturias, behavioral health, telemental health, provider network, mental health startups, digital health platform, outpatient services, psychotherapy access, medication management, inpatient services, student mental wellness