GIMBHI’s daily mental health update — 12/10/25

🧬 SciNeuro raises $53M for neurodegeneration drug programs (Jacob Bell, BioPharma Dive) — 12/4/25
TL;DR: SciNeuro secured $53M to advance Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s drug research.

🧠 Deepinder Goyal’s Temple nears $50M seed for brain wearable (Shikhar Mehrotra, Smartprix) — 12/8/25
TL;DR: Temple may raise $50M at $125M+ value to build brain blood-flow tracking wearables.

🛰️ Neurodiverse-led Enabled Intelligence wins $708M Pentagon AI deal (Paula Tudoran, Yahoo Finance) — 12/7/25
TL;DR: Startup beats Scale AI for major Pentagon contract using a workforce skilled in complex data labeling.

🧠 Radial raises $50M to pursue novel brain-focused mental health treatments (Ngai Yeung, Endpoints News) — 12/9/25
TL;DR: Radial secured $50M to develop brain-stimulation and fast-acting drug approaches for mental health

💸 OpenAI launches $2M grants to study AI mental-health risks (StartupHub.ai Staff, StartupHub.ai) — 12/4/25
TL;DR: OpenAI will fund independent research to better understand mental-health risks and safety gaps in AI systems.

🧪 Wellcome provides £2M to strengthen UK oversight of digital mental-health tech (IPP Bureau, Indian Pharma Post) — 12/4/25
TL;DR: Funding supports MHRA and NICE efforts to build clearer, evidence-based regulation for digital mental-health tools.

🚓 NIMH funds $3.37M trial to improve first-responder mental health (IPP Bureau, Indian Pharma Post) — 12/1/25
TL;DR: A five-year study will test whether resilience training can reduce PTSD and stress in first responders.

🌿 Sergey Brin backs Soneira’s ibogaine trials with $15M investment (Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune) — 7/24/24
TL;DR: Brin funds research into ibogaine-based treatments for traumatic brain injury and related conditions.

🧬 Axoltis Pharma secures €18M to advance ALS drug NX210c (EU Startups Staff, EU Startups) — 12/2/25
TL;DR: Funding supports phase 2 trials of a peptide therapy aimed at repairing the blood-brain barrier in ALS.

💶 EIB and Angelini Ventures commit €150M to support EU health startups (The Pharma Letter Staff, The Pharma Letter) — 12/2/25
TL;DR: EIB and Angelini Ventures will each invest €75M to fund European biotech, medtech and digital-health startups.

🤖 Pune startups adopt AI tools to support employee mental wellbeing (Aashlesha Kakde, Pune Times Mirror) — 12/6/25
TL;DR: Pune’s tech founders are building AI-driven tools to help workers manage stress and burnout discreetly.

🧒 Handspring Health acquires Joon Care to expand youth mental-health services (Sahil Choudhry, Handspring Newsroom) — 12/9/25
TL;DR: Handspring adds Joon’s teen-focused clinicians and tech, expanding evidence-based care and coverage into Washington.

💼 Heard launches $42K grant program to help therapists start private practices (Business Wire Staff, Business Wire) — 12/9/25
TL;DR: Three therapists will receive funding and tools to ease the process of launching new private practices.

📱 Apple names free AI ADHD-support app as iPhone App of the Year (ZDNet Staff, ZDNet via StartupNews.fyi) — 12/5/25
TL;DR: Apple highlights an AI-powered ADHD aid as its top iPhone app for 2025.

🧩 NoPlex reports strong engagement for its ADHD-focused ‘chaos management’ app (EIN Presswire Staff, EIN Presswire) — 12/9/25
TL;DR: NoPlex shows above-average retention and adoption for an app built around ADHD and anxiety needs.

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