The company claims users with ADHD noticed a “significant improvement” after using the browser. Sidekick was a 2020 Y Combinator cohort member, and in March 2021 it raised $2 million in a round led by Kleiner Perkins. Now there is a Sidekick, who’s pitch is that it’s a “productivity browser.” Today it’s launching a host of features geared to ADHD sufferers and the attention distracted more generally. Healios raised a £7 million ($9.9 million) Series A round to expand its platform across the U.K.

Ukrainian-originated startup Numo is an app for adults with ADHD that gamifies daily tasks and get support. Centered is a desktop app that provides an AI voice coaches to help ADHD sufferers stay focused, (with Pomodoro timers, calendaring, etc.) and also has “Buddy Sessions” between members and for productivity and ADHD coaches. Out of New York, Inflow, an app that supposedly helps members better manage ADHD through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) based support raised an $11 million Series A round led by Octopus Ventures. London-based HelloSelf matches patients with licensed therapists and covers a range of mental health conditions, including ADHD. However, there is still plenty of activity.

Venture capitalists put $1.4 billion into the European mental health sector in 2021, according to Dealroom data, but investment shrunk to $354 million last year as VCs took flight in the downturn, more generally. And the mental health space (of which ADHD is a part) took off a couple of years ago. faced a 42% growth in childhood ADHD diagnosis. Adults with ADHD are said to lose an average of 22 days of productivity per year. According to research, some 366.33 million adults globally had persistent ADHD symptoms in 2020. There’s definitely something going on out there. Was it the pandemic? Did everyone follow too many ADHD TikTokers? Have smartphones fried our brains? Whatever the case, there is a boom in ADHD tech solutions, from online drug deliveries to web sites and apps.

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