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July 11, 2013 08:10 pm GMT

Breakthrough Grabs $5M From The SocialPlusCapital Partnership, First Round And More To Bring Mental Health Therapy Online

Screen shot 2013-07-11 at 7.41.48 AMToday, 67 million Americans are living with some sort of diagnosable mental illness, yet nearly 35 percent receive inadequate care and 50 percent receive no treatment whatsoever. For one of the biggest problems in healthcare, it's also one of the least discussed. The reasons are many, ranging from the stigma that comes with mental illness and the cost to the poor access and low distribution of quality care providers.BreakThrough launched in 2009 to help address the lack of adequate care by helping to bring, affordable mental health therapy online. Today, the startup is announcing that it has raised $5 million in series A financing led by The Social+Capital Partnership, with participation from First Round Capital and Great Oaks Venture Capital.

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