Dr. Helen Egger, co-founder and Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of Little Otter was named to Forbes’ 50 Over 50: Entrepreneurs list. What an honor!

As the youth mental health emergency continues, startups and established education companies want to build or integrate social-emotional learning into their products. Investment activity indicates that energy and momentum is there.

Little Otter, a children’s mental health startup that launched in 2021 and has raised a total of $26 million to date, is trying to ease those strains and support families’ mental health needs. Little Otter reports that it has experienced 40% month-over-month growth, with more than 10,000 families using the company’s proprietary assessments and 85% of families experiencing clinical improvements within six treatment sessions.

On January 6, 2022, Little Otter is announcing one of the largest Series A rounds for a children’s mental health company at this stage, $22 million led by CRV.