S1, EP 11: James Murray, CEO & Cofounder, Therify "Inclusive mental health benefit for companies"

Seed Stories (Season 1) hosted By Jon Dishotsky

Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from the James Edward Murray, CEO and Cofounder of Therify - https://therify.co Finding the right therapist is never an easy task, but it gets even harder when, as a person of color or someone with disabilities, there are few or no people sharing your experience available. Therify hopes to change that with a network of providers from and catering to marginalized populations. “It just makes a ton of sense,” co-founder James Edward Murray told TechCrunch. The problem is super simple: Not everyone can find therapists they feel comfortable with, since the process of finding one isn’t particularly convenient to begin with, and when you add in some important personal preferences, it can be nigh impossible. https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/07/therify-hopes-to-build-a-more-diverse-and-inclusive-therapist-network-with-1-3m-seed-round/ Therify recently raised $1.3M from SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund, Looking Glass Capital, Y Combinator of course, Flexport, True Culture Fund and K5 Global, plus a raft of individual investors including former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao, Jack Altman from Lattice and others. Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward.