SonderMind Announces Acquisition of Uvize, Adding to Platform Aimed at Enabling Behavioral Health Professionals to Better Serve their Clients
Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) August 19, 2016 -- SonderMind, a fast-growing behavioral health company that provides consumers with accessible and convenient options for high quality mental wellness, announced today that it has acquired Uvize, Inc., a graduate of the Techstars Kaplan program, for an undisclosed sum.
SonderMind enables independent mental health therapists - such as psychologists, psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists, and licensed professional counselors - to start and grow their private practice with a variety of software and services. From flexible office space solutions to scheduling software to billing and insurance assistance, SonderMind allows behavioral wellness professionals to focus on providing the best care for their clients. In doing so, SonderMind is able to enhance the overall experience for consumers looking to address any number of behavioral health issues, including stress, relationship improvement, anxiety, depression and performance enhancement.
Uvize provides cloud-based mentorship software for organizations to accelerate and improve connections between mentors and proteges. The comprehensive platform features a mentor based community, one-on-one and group mentoring, mentoring by peers and advisors as well as mentor training. Uvize currently services more than 20,000 students and mentors at colleges and universities, a variety of business accelerators, and non-profit organizations.
SonderMind’s co-founder and CEO Mark Frank is excited about the opportunity to bring such a forward-leaning technology application into healthcare: “Uvize’s technology will enable SonderMind to continue to enhance our community of mental health therapists, while also introducing a first-class platform for those therapists to better engage with their clients in between therapy sessions.”
In addition to integrating Uvize’s technology into its own platform, SonderMind will continue to operate Uvize as a mentorship platform, servicing its growing customer base of academic institutions, Fortune 500 companies and non-profits. Uvize co-founder and CEO Dave Cass, who will remain an advisor and consultant, added: “We are very excited to join forces with SonderMind. This acquisition will dramatically increase the reach of our mentorship and education software. Our goal has always been to reach the largest number of mentors and proteges, with an affordable platform that increases the success of their mentor relationships - SonderMind will help further that goal.”
About SonderMind
SonderMind provides software and services for mental health therapists to start and growth their practice, while vastly improving the accessibility and experience for consumers seeking high-quality behavioral health services. The company combines a full-service software platform, flexible offering for counseling rooms and a variety of business services to allow therapists to focus on providing quality care for their clients. Consumers and patients looking for high-quality behavioral health services in an accessible and comfortable environment can find their perfect therapist at SonderMind.
For more information, visit http://www.sondermind.com, follow us on Twitter at @SonderMind and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SonderMind/
About Uvize
Since its founding in 2012 by several military veterans, Uvize has served thousands of mentors and proteges with the goal of making mentor relationships more successful. Uvize education partners include University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Stanford University, and campuses of the State University of New York as well the University of North Carolina system. Uvize is a graduate of Techstars - Kaplan Education Technology accelerator in 2013.
For more information on Uvize, visit http://www.uvize.com, follow us on Twitter @Uvize and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Uvize-153019591451334/
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