Equip, a startup providing virtual therapy for eating disorders, raises $13 million

A vanguard of virtual behavioral health startups are attracting investor interest. The latest: Equip, which provides online treatment for eating disorders, announced Wednesday it has raised a $13 million Series A round.

The round was led by Optum Ventures. New investor .406 Ventures joined, as did F-Prime Capital, which led the company’s seed round. Total investment in the company so far is $17 million.

Equip was founded in 2019 by Kristina Saffran and Erin Parks. Saffran was diagnosed with anorexia at age 10, and at 15, founded Project Heal, a nonprofit that works for equitable access to eating disorder treatment. Parks is a clinical psychologist who spent the last decade at the UC San Diego Eating Disorders Center.

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