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Overview
Little Otter Health provides online mental health care for children aged 0-14 and their families through telehealth, offering therapy, psychiatry, and couple’s counseling. Families access care from home, guided by a proprietary family screening tool that assesses needs and creates a tailored care plan, with coordinated services and progress toward remission goals. The approach centers on the family and uses an expert clinician to deliver personalized plans, aiming to improve both child and parental mental health and track outcomes. The goal is to make pediatric mental health care accessible at home and to improve outcomes through timely, comprehensive, and preventive care.
About Little Otter
Industries
Healthcare
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Early VC
Total Funding
$35.7M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2019
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Hazel Health acquisition enables school-based mental health partnerships.
- 75% parental anxiety reduction positions it for employer benefits expansion.
- Clinically-validated ADHD treatments capture growing pediatric market share.
What critics are saying
- Hazel Health layoffs cut Little Otter clinicians within 6-12 months.
- Headspace Health erodes 50-70% revenue via AI personalization in 12-18 months.
- CMS Medicaid cuts eliminate reimbursements in 10 states by Q2 2026.
What makes Little Otter unique
- Little Otter delivers whole-family mental health care for children 0-18 via telehealth.
- Proprietary screening tool creates personalized care plans with higher remission rates.
- Co-founded by Dr. Helen Egger, ex-Duke Child Psychiatry Chief.
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Competitive salary
Equity
Health, dental, & medical
Remote-first working environment
Parental leave
PTO
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 2%1 year growth
↑ 9%2 year growth
↑ 8%SLS client Little Otter is acquired by Hazel Health. Silicon Legal represented Little Otter as they were acquired by Hazel Health. Little Otter is a digital mental health company that offers holistic, evidence-backed care for children 0-18 and their families.
Hazel Health has acquired youth mental health startup Little Otter, following its earlier acquisition of BeMe Health. Little Otter offers mental health services for children and families. Hazel Health also appointed Iyah Romm as CEO, though the timing is unclear. The company has raised at least $86 million, with a $51.5 million Series C1 round in 2022. Despite growth, Hazel Health laid off 11% of its staff to focus on automation and scaling services, ensuring no clinical roles were affected.
DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Little Otter Health, a trailblazer in providing mental health care to the entire family, has landed significant growth funding from Decathlon Capital Partners.
Little Otter, a San Francisco, CA-based company which specializes in digital whole-family mental health care, raised $9.5M in funding
Little Otter, the first digital mental health company to provide tools and treatment for both children and their families, today announced the close o
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About Little Otter
Industries
Healthcare
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Early VC
Total Funding
$35.7M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2019
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