Polygon, a startup that provides digital evaluations for studying variations like ADHD and dyslexia, emerged from stealth Friday with $3.6 million in seed funding.
The seed spherical was led by Spark Capital and builds on a beforehand unannounced pre-seed led by Pear VC. In complete, the corporate has raised $4.2 million.
WHAT IT DOES
Polygon offers distant studying assessments and screenings for circumstances like ADHD, dyslexia and autism. The startup stated purchasers between the ages of seven and 50 can entry its providers.
Its focused psychoeducational analysis for studying and cognition prices $495, whereas its most in-depth evaluation for consideration and studying variations is $2,745.
WHAT IT’S FOR
Polygon stated it would use new funding to proceed to develop its platform and to broaden geographically. It at present operates in California.
“I wasn’t correctly assessed and recognized as very dyslexic till later in life, nicely after my early schooling years. Polygon is my try to create the service that I want I would had entry to as a toddler,” the corporate’s founder and CEO Jack Rolo stated in a press release.
“The capital we have raised has been used to construct our proprietary evaluation platform. We’re thrilled with the progress, however we’re simply getting began. Additional platform improvement, extra providers and nationwide growth will assist us present gold-standard studying variations providers to the mass market.”
MARKET SNAPSHOT
One other firm that gives distant studying evaluation and assist is Parallel Studying, which launched in December with $2.8 million in funding. Since then, the startup has employed new members for its management group and expanded into Illinois, Texas and Florida.
Cognoa, which is concentrated on digital diagnostics for behavioral well being, obtained FDA De Novo clearance final summer time for Canvas Dx, its software program designed to assist major care clinicians and pediatricians consider and diagnose suspected circumstances of autism amongst youngsters.
Different firms centered on studying and a spotlight variations embrace Akili Interactive, which makes a video game-like digital therapeutic for youths with ADHD and not too long ago introduced plans to go public, and Mightier, which introduced it had scored $17 million in Collection B funding in December.
