{"id":10680,"date":"2021-04-01T10:18:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T10:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/?p=10680"},"modified":"2023-08-24T07:34:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T07:34:48","slug":"umore-the-ai-powered-mental-wellbeing-tracker-becomes-the-first-uae-based-start-up-accepted-to-the-venture-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/umore-the-ai-powered-mental-wellbeing-tracker-becomes-the-first-uae-based-start-up-accepted-to-the-venture-city\/","title":{"rendered":"uMore, The AI-Powered Mental Wellbeing Tracker, Becomes The First UAE Based Start-Up Accepted To The Venture City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today,\u00a0uMore\u00a0announced\u00a0<\/a>it has joined,\u00a0TheVentureCity\u2019s Product-Led Growth Program<\/a>, an international venture acceleration program that focuses on product, growth and access to capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

uMore is a digital health screening and recommendation platform that uses machine learning and digital phenotyping to offer users accessible and personalised mental health care. The platform launched in Mid-December 2020, has over 3.000 users and is one of the UAE\u2019s<\/a> Top 50 apps under Health and Fitness. The platform is showing promising results, with early users show improvements with just two weeks of usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a TheVentureCity start-up, uMore will join a portfolio of over 70 industry-leading start-ups, including renowned names such as Cabify, Optimus Ride, Spotahome, 4iQ and RecargaPay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are very excited about the opportunity that TheVentureCity gives us, not only to validate our work but also to scale at super-sonic speed,\u201d said Maria de Freitas, CEO and CoFounder of uMore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon being accepted into the program, uMore received an investment of 120.000 USD, representing the first international investment in the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria added: \u201cWhat we\u2019re most looking forward to is that the program has a product-led growth approach, and that\u2019s strongly aligned with our values. At uMore, we learn by continuously iterating, which allows us to test our hypotheses in real-time. We invest in experiences to drive growth, and we prioritise impact over effort. We believe that together with TheVentureCity\u2019s global community of best-in-class, technology-focused mentors, the sky is the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TheVentureCity is led by CEO Laura Gonzalez-Estefani, an early employee of Facebook. The strength of TheVentureCity comes from the team of hyper-growth company operators, investors and past entrepreneurs that work with a hands-on, tailored approach during the 5-month Product-Led Growth Program.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited to partner with Maria and her team, investing their first ticket and getting to work with them closely on the first few months of their journey. In uMore, we\u2019ve found a great executional team that has shown relevant early traction and is committed to a mission in a market, mental health care, we deeply care about. We can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s next for uMore.\u201d said Fernando Dal Re Olleros, VP Product-Led Growth Program EMEA at TheVentureCity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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