Sefit health

What Sefit health does

Sefit health GmbH is a Swiss medtech startup founded in 2024 and headquartered in Reinach BL, Switzerland. The company is developing a gamified virtual reality (VR) training platform that operationalizes evidence-based exposure therapy for individuals with sensory processing sensitivity (Reizfilterschwäche), including people on the autism spectrum (primary segment), individuals with ADHD, and Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP). The product uses recorded real-life scenarios — public transport, offices, lectures, city walks — that reproduce sensory-overload situations, with adjustable difficulty levels intended to support gradual desensitization. After an initial period of therapist-guided sessions, the platform is designed to allow independent home-based training, increasing therapy frequency without the burden of travel.

The technical foundation combines immersive VR with exposure-therapy principles and gamification mechanics; no patents have been filed and there is no disclosed AI/ML component. Sefit has built domain input through collaboration with 80+ therapists and coaches, 30+ patient interviews and tests, 5 supporting therapists, and a senior advisory panel of four named psychiatrists including the former head of the Autism Center at PUK Zürich. Two pilot studies/cooperation agreements are in place with University Psychiatric Clinics in Basel (UPK Basel) and Zurich (KJPP Zürich).

Commercially, the company operates a B2B/B2B2C model routed through clinical partnerships with therapists, psychiatric clinics, and vocational integration centers (Berufsintegrationszentren). The revenue model is positioned as subscription/recurring with a per-patient licensing component for the home training module, but pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. To date, the company has received grant funding — most notably CHF 150,000 from Venture Kick in June 2025 — alongside Innosuisse First Ventures, InnoBooster, and DayOne Digital Health Nation grants. The company remains privately held, founder-led, and pre-commercial, with no disclosed revenue or paying customers.

Name

Sefit health

Legal name

sefit health GmbH

Website

https://sefit.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sefit health is a Swiss medtech startup developing a gamified VR platform that delivers personalized exposure therapy for sensory processing sensitivity, serving individuals with autism, ADHD, and HSP via psychiatric clinic partnerships and home-based training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Reinach

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. VR Training Platform (B2B/B2B2C): Revenue model centered on providing VR-based exposure therapy training through clinical partnerships. The platform is deployed via therapist/clinic relationships and potentially includes per-patient licensing or subscription components for the home training module.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sefit health develops a VR-based therapeutic platform that combines evidence-based exposure therapy with gamified virtual reality experiences for individuals with sensory processing sensitivity. The platform is targeted at clinicians treating patients with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and highly sensitive persons (HSP), enabling controlled, repeatable sensory exposure sessions in an immersive digital environment.

Product overview

Sefit health offers a single unified product: a virtual reality (VR) training tool for individuals with sensory overload. The solution combines evidence-based exposure therapy principles with gamified VR technology and other innovative technologies to enable personalized training in a safe, controlled environment. After initial sessions with a therapist, users can continue training at home using recorded everyday scenarios with progressive difficulty levels. The product targets people with Reizfilterschwäche (sensory processing sensitivity), including highly sensitive persons (HSP), individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASS), and ADHD.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VR Exposure Therapy Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Sefit enables therapy units at high frequency in familiar environment without travel times
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• KJPP Zürich (Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie der PUK Zürich)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity Psychiatric Clinic Zurich - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry providing pilot studies and clinical cooperation for VR therapy development and testing.
• UPK Basel (Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity Psychiatric Clinics Basel providing pilot studies and clinical cooperation for VR therapy development and testing.
• Verein Perspektiven – Autismus Therapie Zentrum ZürichsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutism Therapy Center Zurich providing patient perspective and therapy support for Sefit's VR solution development.
• Leben mit Autismus BaselsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPatient association in Basel supporting individuals with autism and contributing to Sefit's patient-centered development approach.
• Asperger-Hilfe NordwestschweizsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAsperger support organization in Northwestern Switzerland (Geltekinden) providing patient network and testing opportunities.
• aut idem (Coaching & Beratung Autismus und ADHS)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPsychology practice in Basel specializing in autism and ADHD coaching, providing expert testimonial and therapy insights for Sefit's solution.
• Praxis Dr. WaldersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPsychiatric practice in Liestal (Dr. med. Felix Walder) providing expert child psychiatry input and supporting VR therapy approach.
• Dr. phil. Jacqueline Buchli-KammermannsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFachpsychologin für Psychotherapie at Bäumleingasse Basel providing psychological expertise and therapy development support.
• Dr. med. Thomas GirsbergersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialist for Autism Spectrum Disorders with own practice in Liestal, providing expert psychiatry input and publishing patient books.
• Dr. Ronnie GundelfingersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer Director and Head of Autism Center at PUK Zürich providing expert psychiatry input and endorsing VR therapy approach.
• PD Dr. med. Evelyn HerbrechtsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerChief Physician and Deputy Director at UPK Basel Children's Clinic providing expert psychiatry input for autism spectrum therapy.
• BBI Züri WestminorOthersBusiness location in Zürich West area shown in collaboration network section.
• Kirja-Verlag & Kirja-EventsminorOthersPublishing and events organization in Basel shown in collaboration network.
• SO. AR-GEminorOthersOrganization at Klybeckstrasse in Basel shown in collaboration network.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• XRHealth: XRHealth is a US-based, FDA-cleared VR therapeutics platform that delivers clinician-supervised VR therapy for mental health, cognitive, and physical conditions. It directly parallels Sefit health's hybrid clinical-to-home VR exposure therapy model serving patients with anxiety and neurodiverse conditions.
• AppliedVR: AppliedVR develops FDA-authorized VR-based prescription therapeutics for chronic pain and anxiety, sold through clinics and direct channels. It is a comparable VR-prescription digital therapeutic deployable through healthcare providers with progressive, scenario-based exposure design.
• BehaVR: BehaVR builds evidence-based VR programs for mental and behavioral health, including anxiety, stress, and addiction. Its clinician-distributed VR therapy model and focus on longitudinal therapeutic programs makes it a direct comparable to Sefit health's progressive exposure model.
• Psious: Psious (formerly Psious, now part of the wider digital therapeutics ecosystem) provides VR exposure therapy environments for anxiety, phobias, and PTSD used by mental health professionals. It is among the closest analogues to Sefit health in mechanism (controlled VR exposure scenarios) and B2B clinic channel.
• XR Therapeutics (formerly Oxford VR): XR Therapeutics develops clinically validated VR therapy for mental health conditions such as psychosis and agoraphobia with both clinician-led and automated delivery. Its automated VR exposure therapy offering is a strong functional analogue to Sefit health's hybrid therapist-guided + home model.

Regional players

• MindMaze: MindMaze is a Lausanne-based digital neurotherapeutics company building VR/AR platforms for neurological rehabilitation and mental health. It shares the Swiss medtech ecosystem context and the VR-based therapeutic modality, but focuses on broader neuro-recovery use cases.
• HypnoVR: HypnoVR is a French company providing VR-based therapeutic applications for anxiety, pain management, and procedural sedation in clinical settings. It is a regional European peer with a similar B2B clinical deployment model for VR-mediated therapeutic outcomes.

Emerging players

• Limbic: Limbic offers a mental health technology platform used by clinicians and patients, including digital CBT-style tools. While not VR-based, it competes for the same clinical channel and mental health patient base that Sefit health targets through VR.
• Healium: Healium develops VR/AR applications for mental wellness, anxiety reduction, and stress management. It overlaps with Sefit health's emotional/sensory regulation use case but skews toward consumer wellness rather than clinical exposure therapy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sefit

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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