• Berlin-based and Jordan-born digital mental health startup Arab Therapy has raised $2 million in a pre-Series A round led by Manara Ventures, with participation from Anara Impact Fund and Value Makers Studio (VMS).
• Founded in 2021 by Jordanian entrepreneurs Dr Tareq Dalbah and Hekmat Al Hasi, Arab Therapy provides Arabic-language mental healthcare through online therapy sessions with licensed specialists, mental health content and AI-powered tools.
• The startup operates across B2C and B2B models, targeting Arabic-speaking individuals as well as corporate customers.
• Arab Therapy will use the funding to expand in Saudi Arabia and across the wider Middle East as it scales its AI-enabled mental healthcare offering.
• In April 2024, Arab Therapy closed a $1 million seed funding round, led by Flat6Labs and Vision Health Pioneers.

Press release:

Arab Therapy, an AI-powered mental health platform, has closed a $2 million pre-series A funding round led by Manara Ventures, with participation from Anara Impact Fund and VMS.

The Berlin-based company, founded by Jordanian entrepreneurs Dr Tareq Dalbah and Hekmat Al Hasi, will use the investment to expand across Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East region.

The platform offers a mental health content library, Arabic AI tools, and online therapy sessions with licensed specialists. Its clinical framework is supervised by professionals from the University of Hamburg. Arab Therapy serves both individual consumers and enterprises through B2C and B2B models.

The company addresses a significant gap in mental healthcare for over 400 million Arabic speakers globally, where culturally and linguistically appropriate services remain scarce despite growing demand.