Pleso Therapy raises €1.2M to grow in Europe

Pleso Therapy, a European mental health platform that uses AI to match users with the right therapists, has raised €1.2 million to strengthen its presence across Europe.

Pleso Therapy, a European mental health platform that uses AI to match users with the right therapists, has raised €1.2 million to strengthen its presence across Europe.

Pleso Therapy offers a therapist-patient matching system with a transparent pricing model of a single flat rate. Co-founded and led by a licensed psychotherapist, it checks every therapist carefully. Patients get easier access to therapy, and therapists get a steady place to work.

“Our mission is to offer therapists a stable, accessible income source, and patients high-quality, affordable, and easy-to-access services. With our successful investment round, we’ll leverage our partners’ expertise and resources to accelerate expansion across Europe, including the Baltics, where we aim to become one of the leading online therapy platforms,” said Oleksandr Bondariev, CEO and co-founder of Pleso Therapy

Investors include TA Ventures, an early-stage fund that backed DeepL, along with Vchasno.Group, Ukrainian boxing world champion Oleksandr Usyk and BADideas.fund from Riga.

“Mental health is one of the top priorities in modern Europe. Pleso Therapy brings together a rare combination: a strong team, a clear social mission, and advanced technology. This is more than just a digital platform: it’s a complete ecosystem for psychological support. At TA Ventures, we’re proud to support this project and are confident in its potential to fundamentally transform the way mental health is addressed across Europe,” said Viktoriya Tihipko, Managing Partner at TA Ventures.

The money will pay for growth into new European markets. The aim is to lead in CEE, including the Baltics. As part of its growth strategy, the company already works with local Latvian and Baltics talents, and plans to expand its team with IT developers and product specialists.

"Oleksandr is a top 1% founder. Each new generation is more open to therapy, so this market will keep growing. Pleso became a market leader with very little funding, launched quickly in new countries, kept the best therapists and wins customers faster than its competitors. They plan to grow from a marketplace into data-based services for specific groups of customers, and I am very optimistic about the company's future," said Ben Leblois, General Partner at BADideas.fund

Pleso is also building an offer for companies that want to pay for their employees' therapy. It plans new features to make therapy more personal.

“The Baltics market is undersupplied, and we see a huge demand in providing a consumer-friendly solution with a clear pricing model for both consumers and businesses willing to support their employees. There are great local individual providers, but the B2B segment demands a unified solution: we offer a tech platform with affordable prices and great selection of verified and only accredited therapists. It is personally crucial for me to build a company which truly cares. We want to provide personalized and friendly solution at scale” explains Oleksandr Bondariev, CEO and co-founder of Pleso Therapy

Pleso currently operates in Poland, Romania, and Ukraine, offering a therapist-patient matching system powered by AI and supported by trained human guides. Pleso interviews each therapist and checks their education, experience and practice. Fewer than 10% are accepted.

Since launch, over 25,000 users have received care via the platform, with close to 200,000 therapy sessions delivered to date.

The founding team includes Oleksandr Bondariev (CEO), Anna Lissova (Chief of Therapy), Oleksii Yakubenko (CTO), and Vitalii Marchenko (Head of Engineering), combining deep expertise in business, technology, and psychotherapy.