Uwill – a leading mental health and wellness solution for colleges and students – announced it has completed a $30 million Series A funding round. This investment validates Uwill as one of the nation’s fastest-growing EdTech companies and the preferred mental health partner of college leaders and students across the country. Education Growth Partners (EGP) – a private equity firm focused on providing growth capital in the education, workplace, and learning sectors – funded the investment.
Launched in 2020 to assist campus counseling centers as they face overwhelming student demand for mental health support, Uwill has quickly cultivated a reputation as a premier mental health solution serving over 1.5 million students worldwide.
In just 3 years, Uwill has built relationships with over 150 colleges and has achieved 9400% revenue growth making it one of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. And Uwill now supports public and private institutions and students in all 50 states, and partners with leading colleges and universities including Dartmouth College, Florida Gulf Coast University, and the University of Michigan.
Utilizing a proprietary technology and counselor team, Uwill has built a sophisticated student and therapist matching platform. And the solution offers an immediate appointment with a licensed counselor based on preferences, all modalities of teletherapy, a direct crisis connection, wellness events, real-time data, and support.
Uwill founder and CEO Michael London has spent his career leading highly successful edtech and social impact companies including Examity, Bloomberg Institute, EdAssist, and College Coach.
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“We have been particularly impressed by the company’s ability to work collaboratively with college leaders and existing mental health support to fill unmet needs on campus. Uwill’s solution offers high value to colleges and, most importantly, to students at a time when mental health is of paramount importance. The astounding impact and growth that Uwill has achieved in a short period of time cannot be overstated.”
- Andy Kaplan, Managing General Partner at EGP
“We built Uwill to provide students with immediacy, choice, and a frictionless experience to receive the mental health support they need in a way that works best for them. We look forward to collaborating with our clients and EGP to continue to remove barriers to mental health support and help as many students as possible. EGP’s focus and expertise in education makes them an ideal partner to support Uwill’s continued success.”
- Michael London, founder and CEO of Uwill
