Post-COVID Potentials in Mental Health & Wellness Entrepreneurship
(2022) ENTN19 20221Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- We aimed to map out the landscape of the Swedish mental health and wellness technology market in order to show that there is a growing community of mental health entrepreneurs focused on innovation, particularly in post-covid times. Prior to our work, the Swedish Mental Health Tech sector had not been mapped out or explored.
We gathered information on Swedish Mental Health Tech businesses from public databases to get a better view of the state of the industry. We interviewed six founders, three men, and three women, to understand more about the issues they encounter.
Despite the fact that the Well-Tech category contains the most businesses, we discovered that Med-Tech receives the most funding. Companies that target the overall... (More) - We aimed to map out the landscape of the Swedish mental health and wellness technology market in order to show that there is a growing community of mental health entrepreneurs focused on innovation, particularly in post-covid times. Prior to our work, the Swedish Mental Health Tech sector had not been mapped out or explored.
We gathered information on Swedish Mental Health Tech businesses from public databases to get a better view of the state of the industry. We interviewed six founders, three men, and three women, to understand more about the issues they encounter.
Despite the fact that the Well-Tech category contains the most businesses, we discovered that Med-Tech receives the most funding. Companies that target the overall well-being of their consumers obtain the greatest investment. Pre-seed and seed-stage companies do not attract many investments. We found that education and past personal experience in mental health boosted entrepreneurial motivations. The Swedish startup ecosystem was critical in the early phases of the company's development. In order to obtain investments, communicating the value proposition well was inevitable. We discovered gender disparities in obtaining funding. The founders' vision of the future was a driving force behind their success. (Less)
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- author
- Vikuk, Katalin LU and Matanom, Pakjira LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- ENTN19 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Mental Health Tech, entrepreneurial motivation, stimulating factors, ecosystem, mental health.
- language
- English
- id
- 9085325
- date added to LUP
- 2022-06-08 15:05:46
- date last changed
- 2022-06-08 15:05:46
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abstract = {{We aimed to map out the landscape of the Swedish mental health and wellness technology market in order to show that there is a growing community of mental health entrepreneurs focused on innovation, particularly in post-covid times. Prior to our work, the Swedish Mental Health Tech sector had not been mapped out or explored.
We gathered information on Swedish Mental Health Tech businesses from public databases to get a better view of the state of the industry. We interviewed six founders, three men, and three women, to understand more about the issues they encounter.
Despite the fact that the Well-Tech category contains the most businesses, we discovered that Med-Tech receives the most funding. Companies that target the overall well-being of their consumers obtain the greatest investment. Pre-seed and seed-stage companies do not attract many investments. We found that education and past personal experience in mental health boosted entrepreneurial motivations. The Swedish startup ecosystem was critical in the early phases of the company's development. In order to obtain investments, communicating the value proposition well was inevitable. We discovered gender disparities in obtaining funding. The founders' vision of the future was a driving force behind their success.}},
author = {{Vikuk, Katalin and Matanom, Pakjira}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Post-COVID Potentials in Mental Health & Wellness Entrepreneurship}},
year = {{2022}},
}