US-based on-demand therapist platform Talkspace has closed a $15m series B round that featured telecommunications firm SoftBank, TechCrunch reported yesterday.
The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners, the venture capital firm sponsored by financial services firm Wells Fargo, and also included Spark Capital, Metamorphic Ventures and TheTime.
Talkspace has built an app that allows users to connect to a licensed therapist on-demand. The company claims to have 300,000 users, who can send unlimited messages for a weekly fee of…