TikTok is announcing today that it’s taking a couple small steps to try and help people who are affected by eating disorders. To do this, it’s partnering with the National Eating Disorder Association (or NEDA) to have an eating disorder awareness week, and implementing two new features that aim to provide resources and support to those who need it.
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San Diego startup Equip, which uses a telehealth platform to bring a top quality outpatient treatment for eating disorders to more people virtually, has raised $13 million in Series A venture capital funding.
The new financing, announced this week, builds on the $4 million in seed funding that the female-founded company received after opening its doors in 2019. Equip plans to use the money to expand its geographic reach, continue building its clinical team, further develop its technology platform and launch programs with more insurance companies to grow the business.
Kristina Saffran, who recovered from anorexia as a teenager and founded the nonprofit Project Heal at the age of 15, launched the company with Dr. Erin Parks, a clinical psychologist and researcher at UC San Diego’s Eating Disorders Center.