Ami

Ami is a platform for improving mental health, which was created by residents of Uzbekistan Beknazar Abdikamalov and Aziz Murtazaev together with their partner from Singapore Justin Kim. With the help of the service, owners of companies in Asian countries will be able to improve the mental health of their employees. The project includes online consultation sessions that will help make mental health care more accessible.

History

2022: Attracting $3 million of investments

At the end of May 2022, it became known about the investment of $3 million in Ami. Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia, as well as a number of other investors (Goodwater Capital (which supported Kakao, Coupang and Viva Republica), Strong Ventures, January Capital, Collaborative Fund, etc.) have invested in a startup founded by Uzbeks in the field of mental health.

We are impressed with the passion and talent of the Ami team and look forward to supporting them in order to give people in Asia another way to maintain their mental health, "said Sunita Parasuraman, head of investment at Meta.

Ami platform to improve mental health raised $3 million

Ami plans to expand operations in Asia, giving companies the opportunity to attract and retain the best specialists through its mental health support platforms. Ami also offers its platform to startups, which are often forced to work in a more stressful environment and make great efforts to retain highly qualified employees. Ami plans to work outside Asia by the end of May 2022 are not reported.

According to the founders of the startup, Ami the idea for creating such a platform appeared after the pandemic, since the report of the World Health Organization (WHO) for March 2022 says that the level of depression and anxiety worldwide has increased by 25%.^[1]

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