European mental health platform “Pleso Therapy” that uses AI to match users with the right therapists, has raised €1.2 million to strengthen its presence across Baltic countries. The company is receiving regional growth support from investors, including BADideas.fund, which focuses on the Baltic market.
Pleso currently operates in Poland, Romania, and Ukraine, offering a therapist-patient matching system powered by AI and supported by trained human guides. The newly raised funds will support expansion into Baltic countries and new European markets. As part of its growth strategy, the company already works with Baltic talents and plans to expand its team with IT developers and product specialists.
The platform is committed to high-quality service, and the therapist selection process is highly rigorous, involving interviews, verification of education and experience, and an assessment of professional practice – less than 10% of therapists are added to the Platform. Since the launch in 2021, over 25,000 users have received care via the platform, with close to 200,000 therapy sessions delivered to date.
At the same time, Pleso is also working to provide B2B offering to companies in search of simple, scalable solutions to support employee well-being. Pleso also plans to launch new features that will make therapy more personalized, intuitive, and effective.
“Our mission is to offer therapists a stable, accessible income source, and patients high-quality, affordable, and easy-to-access services, but the Baltic market is undersupplied. We see a huge demand in providing a consumer-friendly solution with a clear pricing model for both consumers and businesses willing to support their employees. There are great local individual providers, but the B2B segment demands a unified solution – we offer a tech platform with affordable prices and a great selection of verified and only accredited therapists,” explains Oleksandr Bondariev, CEO and co-founder of Pleso Therapy.
This funding round has attracted several high-profile investors, such as TA Ventures, a global investment fund investing in early-stage tech startups with projects including DeepL. Other investors include Vchasno.Group, local investor BADideas.fund, which contributed approximately EUR 300,000, and ALTUM, backed primarily by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
“Pleso Therapy is more than just a digital platform — it’s a complete ecosystem for psychological support. At TA Ventures, we’re proud to support this project and are confident in its potential to fundamentally transform the way mental health is addressed across Europe,” said Viktoriya Tihipko, Managing Partner at TA Ventures.
“The company has established a leadership position with barely any funding, and demonstrated a smart playbook for launching quickly in new markets, developing a moat around quality therapist talent and retention, and outpacing competition in customer acquisition through clever acquisition and monetization strategies. Their vision to evolve bey ond a geo-bound marketplace and expanding into data-based, productized services suggests strong potential for company’s future growth,” said Ben Leblois, General Partner at BADideas.fund
About the “Pleso Theraphy”
Pleso Therapy offers a therapist-patient matching system with a transparent pricing model of a single flat rate. The platform is committed to high-quality service, including rigorous therapist verification. It improves access to therapy while providing professionals with a structured, supportive environment to deliver care.
The founding team includes Oleksandr Bondariev (CEO), Anna Lissova (Chief of Therapy and licensed psychotherapist), Oleksii Yakubenko (CTO), and Vitalii Marchenko (Head of Engineering), combining expertise in business, technology, and psychotherapy.
