AKIPRESS.COM - Ami mental health platform was launched with the purpose to make menthal health care more accessible for employees in Asia through counseling sessions that take place on messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Forbes reported.

Cofounder and CEO Justin Kim developed the idea for Ami alongside CTO Beknazar Abdikamalov of Uzbekistan. Kim was previously a product owner at Korean billionaire Lee Seung-gun’s Viva Republica, which operates the finance superapp Toss, while Abdikamalov worked as a software engineer at Amazon.

Four months after its beta launch, Ami has closed a $3 million seed round from investors including Meta’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) team, an experimental app division marking the Facebook owner’s first early-stage startup investment in the Asia-Pacific region.

Joining Meta in the funding round are existing investors Goodwater Capital, Strong Ventures, January Capital and Collaborative Fund.

Ami has plans to expand across Asia by offering companies the ability to attract and retain top talent with a concrete mental health support platform.

During the registration process, users fill out a form detailing what stresses them out most often, and based on their responses, they will be paired with a practitioner who specializes in those issues.