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Danish Startup Helping People With Autism and ADHD Raises Investment From Founders Of Kahoot

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Digital startup Tiimo, which provides visual aids to support people affected by autism and ADHD, has reached its crowdfunding goal of €340,000. 

The Copenhagen-based firm is currently running an investment campaign on crowdfunding platform Seedrs and is overfunded by 107%, having raised €366,000 of funds. 

It’s also received personal investment from the founders of the $1 billion Nordic edtech company Kahoot, Jamie Brooker and Johan Brand, as part of a wider 625,000 funding round.

With this investment, Tiimo hopes to increase its subscriber base to 10,000, expand its presence in English-speaking countries and further develop the product over the next two years. 

Founded in 2015, the firm is on a mission to innovate the process of diagnosis and treatment in ADHD and autism. It has developed an iOS and Android app that helps users comprehend time and maintain routine daily. 

Helene Lassen Nørlem, CEO and cofounder of Tiimo, said: “Our crowd-equity campaign has been integral to raising awareness around ADHD and autism, while also providing an opportunity for investors to join Tiimo on our important mission. 

“We are honoured and excited to bring Jamie and Johan onboard. Not only do they share our value-based entrepreneurship, but we have so much to learn from them and their journey to over 1 billion total users with Kahoot!.”

According to Tiimo, the current diagnosis and treatment process for autism and ADHD is “complex and largely analogue”. The firm said it wants to change things by “using machine learning to collect and analyze real-time feedback on users’ daily mood, routines and symptoms to recognize positive and negative patterns”.

Since launching five years ago, the app has been named the “Best Social Impact Startup in Denmark” by Nordic Startup Awards and been downloaded more than 20,000 times by users in 55 countries.

The app, which currently gains 2000 signups and 400 new subscribers every month, provides features such as visual countdown timers that help users better comprehend time and motivating reminders to promote stability. 

Jamie Brooker added: “We love what Tiimo are doing. Their behavior design-led and human-centered approach is very aligned with how we work.

“Tiimo are on a really important mission, they're a natural fit for We Are Human's portfolio. We’re excited to support Tiimo.”

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