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Intellect, the Singapore-based psychological well being platform that now serves over three million customers in 20 international locations, is preparing for a brand new part of development after placing a strategic partnership with IHH Healthcare, Asia’s largest personal healthcare group. IHH Healthcare will work with Intellect to develop and customise digital psychological well being packages for its sufferers, company purchasers and workers.

IHH Healthcare additionally made an funding into the startup, with out disclosing the quantity. IHH Healthcare is Intellect’s first strategic investor. Its other backers embrace Tiger Global, Y Combinator and Insignia Ventures.

Founded in 2019, Intellect’s markets now embrace Malaysia, Singapore, India and Hong Kong. Its platform presents telehealth teaching, providers like remedy or psychiatry and psychological well being screening that may be performed on-line or in-person at an Intellect clinic. It additionally has self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy-based packages. Intellect has a client app, however focuses totally on enterprise clients who supply its platform to their workers as a wellness profit.

IHH Healthcare’s Ashok Pandit with Intellect founder Theodoric Chew

Intellect CEO and founder Theodoric Chew advised TechCrunch that the startup has been in contact with IHH Healthcare for some time due to its management place in its markets, and began exploring partnership alternatives during the last 12 months. One objective is to supply a bigger continuum of care from preventative to specialised care throughout the areas that the businesses serve. Chew stated IHH Healthcare and Intellect will deal with APAC first, however different areas, too.

So far, IHH Healthcare’s work with Intellect have included a pilot initiative with maternity sufferers at Gleneagles Hospital Singapore, and plans to supply the platform to company purchasers of IHH Singapore’s iXchange and IHH’s workers.

In a press release, IHH Healthcare group chief technique and enterprise growth officer Ashok Pandit stated, “Mental health issues affect one in every four persons. We are pleased to invest in Intellect, a market leader in this rapidly growing category, to boost their growth and enhance access to millions more people who require support, care or treatment.”