An Inclusive Mental Health Company

The easiest way to improve your mental health.

Meet the app that offers personalized and relatable mental health support. 👩🏿🦱👩🏾🦳👩🏽🧕🏼👩🏻
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Hi, We’re Mendu!

Over 88% of those who need mental health support belong to communities with limited access to care. Yet, mainstream products and services don’t cater to everyone’s needs. That’s not how it should be! That’s why we’re creating digital therapeutic for us, so that we can celebrate life and rise together. Our mission is to create a mental health system that recognizes that not everyone experiences life the same way, and embraces those differences.

We value

Considerate

Prior to 1993, women were not included in clinical studies. As a result, a lot of healthcare products and services are not designed to cater to meet everyone’s needs. Our mission is to ensure that people from all walks of life are represented in healthcare products. As research evolves mendu continues to stay true to it’s mission to provide personalized mental health care.

Intersectional

Our goal is to enable people who historically have had limited access to care, to embrace their unique past and become the heroines of their own stories. We want them to feel empowered to manage any condition that comes their way. We believe that it's time for people who have historically been invisible to take center stage.

Relatable to you

We want people to see and hear themselves in our product. We understand that the challenges we face are rooted in our unique realities, and those realities should be reflected in our product. Our goal is to create a space where everyone feels seen and heard in a product that resonates .

Born out of a shared experience

Mendu is a startup founded by humans who believe that mental health support can be intersectional.

So, you know how sometimes therapists just don't get you? That's what happened to Demi and Regina. They were both seeing therapists who couldn't relate to their cultural backgrounds, and specialized programs had insane wait times. On top of that, the regular stuff out there just didn't cut it for their unique needs.As they chatted about their experiences, Demi and Regina realized that everyone's problems are different, and they should get tools and exercises tailored to their individual experiences. Demi's from the Caribbean while Regina has Chinese heritage. They come from different worlds, with different values and triggers, so it made sense that their challenges were one-of-a-kind.They wanted information, tools, and exercises that spoke to their unique experiences. And boom! Mendu was born.

Meet the Mendu team

Regina Zheng

Co-Founder &
CEO
Psychotherapist

Demetria Fortson

Co-Founder &
CEO
‍Neuroscientist

Leonardt Liu

Chief Data Scientist
AI / Data Science & NLP Specialist

Bruno Temporim Carneiro

Product Design
Mental Health Expert

Mmiri Mbah

Chief Legal Officer

Lilian Kendi Arandu

Digital Media Manager
Psychology B.Sc.

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