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Alena

Neuroscience-based, digital therapeutic app

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1-20 employees
  • Healthcare
  • B2C
  • Mental health
  • Machine Learning
  • SaaS
  • Wellbeing
  • Science
Waterloo, London, UK

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Company mission

To help anyone, anywhere reach their full potential by empowering minds.

Led by a woman

50% female employees

Our take

Alena is a more personalised mental wellbeing companion than you might be used to. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of apps and websites aimed at improving users' mental health, but they often follow a one-size-fits-all framework, and don't take fuller advantage of innovations in technology.

Alena has built an intuitive platform that is focused on the individual and uses machine learning in order to match the user to the most appropriate plan for them. Alena competes with heavyweights like Headspace and Unmind, but is differentiating its product through a laser focus on personalisation, leveraging innovative tools at the intersection of psychology, computational neuroscience and machine learning.

Its team contains people who bridge the gap between computer science and psychology, and its wellbeing programmes are science-based and research-led. The company was founded as part of the prestigious Techstars incubation program.

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Benefits

  • Office at WeWork Waterloo with a hybrid approach - 3 days work from office, 2 days work from home
  • There is potential for publication depending on the quantity and quality of the work completed, and we would be happy to invite your supervisor to collaborate with us and be listed as a co-author on any publication
  • Work with a wholesome, diverse, and small team that is deeply motivated to solve high impact problems that make a real difference in the world, and see the impact you have on improving lives on a weekly basis. You will be working on groundbreaking science and on the application of that science to tech at scale
  • Regular socials: wellness sessions, team lunches, and more!
  • Join a growing early-stage, Techstars and VC backed startup

Company values

  • We are pioneers and aim to shape the future of mental health
  • We are passionate about supporting people in improving their wellbeing
  • We believe in earning trust by listening, helping, and being transparent
  • We will always respect our users privacy and never share their information without their consent
  • We only use technology for good
  • We believe that inclusivity enriches our team - we therefore foster an inclusive and diverse workplace

Leadership

Mandana Ahmadi

(CEO)

Through their Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience at UCL Gatsby, BSc in Physics, and their work at the International Brain Laboratory, they have spent their career seeking a deep understanding of the human mind.

Walther Doernte

(Co-Founder)

They have been actively supporting start-ups for over four years as an investor, advisor, or board member at over 30 early-stage start-ups.

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