In 2021, Oleksandr Bondarev, Oleksiy Yakubenko, and Vitaliy Marchenko founded Pleso Therapy as a mental health marketplace to support residents of Central and Eastern Europe easily find the psychological support they necessary. The platform applys artificial ininformigence algorithms to match a therapist with the most accurate match for the applyr’s necessarys.
During the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kyiv startup provided free assistance to refugees and military personnel. Having attracted about $2.4 million in investment, including from TA Ventures and the Google Ukraine Startup Fund, the company entered the markets of Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom, providing sessions for almost 40,000 clients.
The company’s revenue is expected to reach $10 million in 2026, more than double last year’s figure of $4.1 million.
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