Koa Health

koahealth.com ↗ ·Barcelona ·Series A

Koa Health is a digital mental health company providing clinical-first, evidence-based care combining therapy, digital therapeutics, and care management for conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, BDD, and OCD. It spun out of Telefónica's Alpha moonshot factory in November 2020 and has since raised an oversubscribed €30M Series A, serving employers, health plans, and partners with products developed alongside Harvard and Oxford researchers across 22 clinical trials and 56 patents. Legally headquartered in the Netherlands with main operations based in Barcelona, plus offices in London and Boston.

Founded

2020

Founders

Total funds raised

€30M

SectorsDigital Health, Mental Health, Digital Therapeutics, Healthtech Start-up MapHealthtech & Bio › Consumer & telehealth services

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Founders

Oliver Harrison

Founder & CEO

Global models 5

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Venture Debt · €24.1M

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Investors 8

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Ancora Finance Group

Led Series A 2020 United Kingdom

Wellington Partners Life Sciences

www.wellington-partners.com ↗

Led Series A 2020 Germany

MTIP

www.mtip.ch ↗

Series A 2020 Switzerland

Funding rounds 1

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2020-11-05	Series A	€30M	Wellington Partners, Ancora Finance Group +6 more

News 7

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Published	Article
2026-06-25	PsychPlus Acquires Koa Health ↗ Behavioral Health Business 2026-06-25
2025-10-21	Innovative Oxford child anxiety treatment to be rolled out internationally ↗ EurekAlert! 2025-10-21
2025-05-08	The Silent Mental Health Crisis: How Technology Can Bridge The Gap ↗ Forbes (Technology Council) 2025-05-08
2025-03-19	Koa Health expands anxiety digital tools for children and adolescents to the U.S. ↗ Koa Health / EIN Presswire 2025-03-19
2024-10-01	Interview: Dr Oliver Harrison, Koa Health ↗ Healthcare Business International 2024-10-01
2024-08-20	Koa Health launches mental health platform Koa Care 360 ↗ Startups Magazine 2024-08-20
2024-07-31	New therapies developed by Oxford experts offer online support for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders ↗ University of Oxford 2024-07-31