psychiatry
The pre-seed will be used to expand the startup's clinical operations and research as well as improve its proprietary clinical protocols.
The startup plans to use the funds to expand to states with large TRICARE populations, like Texas, Florida and Virginia.
Iris works with providers like health systems and community health centers to offer telepsychiatry services and triage their patients to the right level of care.
The company also plans to expand geographically in 2022.
Psychiatry has long stood as one of the more subjective areas of care, but new technologies and large-scale data generation and analysis may offer a more quantifiable approach to mental health treatment.