What mentalport does

mentalport GmbH is a German B2B SaaS company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, that sells mental health management infrastructure to medium and large employers across the DACH region with early internationalization into the United States. The platform unifies three modules into a single workflow: (1) an automated GBU Psyche (psychische Gefährdungsbeurteilung) that fulfills §§5, 6 ArbSchG and ISO 45003 obligations in a 7-step audit-ready process, (2) an AI-supported anonymous coaching app for employees with 24/7 access to certified coaches, and (3) a management dashboard surfacing aggregated health scores, team-level risk hot-spots, and intervention effectiveness aligned with CSRD reporting. Technically guaranteed anonymity (architecturally enforced rather than contractually promised), Microsoft 365/Teams and Slack deep integration, and HRIS connectors to Personio, Workday, and SAP HCM are positioned as core differentiators, with all data hosted exclusively on German servers under GDPR.

The company's revenue model is subscription-based, with a publicly disclosed entry price of €45/month and a Nulltarif-Modell (zero-tariff tier) that allows qualifying organizations to deploy full mental wellbeing management at no direct cost. Go-to-market blends consultative enterprise field sales — targeting HR, C-suite, and health & safety buyers with Works Council approval workflows — with a product-led self-serve trial for smaller teams, a referral program for coaches and organizational developers, and a content/SEO engine anchored on German regulatory search demand. Customers span IT services, consulting, eCommerce, healthcare, energy, tourism, and public sector, with named logos including arconsis, zeb, Stadtwerke Stade, Controlware, Medienanstalt RLP, Purelei, and Istari.AI; PwC is listed as a strategic partner. The company has raised approximately €1.07M across a 2023 seed round (Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz and arconsis) and a 2024 round of roughly $700K, and was profiled among Europe's Top 10 Employee Wellbeing Startups by eu-startups in 2025.

Name

mentalport

Legal name

Mentalport GmbH

Website

https://mentalport.health

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

mentalport (Kaiserslautern, Germany; founded 2022) provides a B2B SaaS platform for psychosocial risk management in DACH enterprises, combining automated GBU Psyche compliance per §§5,6 ArbSchG/ISO 45003, anonymous AI-supported employee coaching, and real-time management dashboards integrated with Microsoft Teams and leading HRIS systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workplace Mental Health Software

NAICS

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) Management (HLAEAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Behavioral & Mental Health Virtual Care (EAP/Teletherapy) (HLALADAB)

Keywords

• Workplace mental health
• Psychosocial risk assessment
• Employee wellbeing platform
• Corporate mental health
• GBU Psyche compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Kaiserslautern

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Monthly or annual subscription-based access to the mentalport platform including GBU Psyche assessment tools, management dashboard, and employee coaching app. Pricing scales based on organization size, with flexible models to accommodate different workforce scales from 10 to 10,000+ employees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

mentalport provides a SaaS platform for corporate mental health management that combines an automated GBU Psyche (psychological risk assessment per §5,6 ArbSchG and ISO 45003), an AI-powered employee coaching app with 24/7 access to certified coaches, and a real-time management dashboard. The platform is delivered with native Microsoft 365/Teams and Slack integration, with data hosted exclusively on German servers under full GDPR/DSGVO compliance.

Product overview

mentalport ist eine ganzheitliche digitale Plattform für psychische Gesundheit im Unternehmen, die mehrere integrierte Module zu einer unified Lösung verbindet. Das Portfolio umfasst die GBU Psyche (Psychische Gefährdungsbeurteilung) als zentrale Compliance-Komponente für die rechtssichere Dokumentation nach §§5, 6 ArbSchG und ISO 45003, die mentalport-App als KI-gestütztes Coaching-Tool für Mitarbeitende mit 24/7-Zugang zu personalisierten Coachings, sowie die Management-Plattform (Mental Wellbeing Management) als strategisches Dashboard für HR und Geschäftsführung mit Echtzeit-Risikoanalysen und ESG-Reporting. Ergänzt wird das Angebot durch den ROI-Check zur Berechnung des Business Case und das Nulltarif-Modell als revolutionäres Preismodell. Alle Komponenten sind nahtlos integriert in Microsoft Teams, Slack und gängige HRIS-Systeme (Personio, Workday, SAP HCM) und werden durch einen KI-Matching-Algorithmus für personalisierte Empfehlungen gesteuert.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GBU Psyche (Psychische Gefährdungsbeurteilung) Digital psychological risk assessment (GBU Psyche) for companies, fully automated and compliant with §5, 6 ArbSchG and ISO 45003. Covers anonymous surveying, evaluation, and measure planning in a 7-step process that is audit-proof and revision-safe.
• mentalport-App (AI Coaching App) AI-powered coaching application providing employees with 24/7 access to a personal coach supported by human counselors. Includes biofeedback integration and anonymous mood tracking for individual stress management.
• Management Platform (Mental Wellbeing Management) Real-time management dashboard for executives and HR with aggregated risk scores by project, team, or location. Provides strategic KPIs for preventive stress management with ESG reporting conformity (CSRD/ISO 45003).
• Assessments Psychological risk assessments with continuous management reports for strategic decision-making. Identifies mental stress and strain with automated intervention measures.
• ROI-Check Free validated ROI calculator per ISO 30414 and ISO 45003 standards. Shows individual savings and productivity gains with PDF export of the business case for management decisions.
• Nulltarif-Modell (Zero-Tariff Model) Cost-neutral Mental Wellbeing Management offering for qualifying companies. Provides full scientifically validated mental wellbeing implementation at no direct cost to the organization, without additional effort.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 60% reduction in psychically-caused absence days
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPwC is listed as a strategic partner of mentalport, appearing in the partner logos section of the website. The partnership positions PwC as a trusted strategic advisor for enterprises implementing mental health management programs. PwC's involvement provides credibility for enterprise deals and positions mentalport within the professional services ecosystem for compliance and consulting engagements.
• Laura BenkarthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOlympic footballer and German national team goalkeeper serving as brand ambassador (Markenbotschafterin). Laura Benkarth appears in marketing content demonstrating mentalport's capabilities including EEG brain pattern measurements and 'Lattenschießen mit Laura' challenge series. Her professional athlete status provides credibility for mental performance and stress management messaging.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kyan Health: Swiss-headquartered B2B mental health platform offering AI-driven mental wellbeing, coaching and analytics to European employers. Most direct competitor to mentalport, frequently featured alongside it in European employee wellbeing rankings, and serves the same enterprise HR buyer with overlapping functionality.
• OpenUp: Dutch B2B mental health platform providing on-demand psychological support, webinars and self-help tools to European employers. Directly comparable employee mental health offering with a similar mid-market and enterprise GTM motion across DACH and Benelux.
• Alleo: European employee wellbeing platform offering mental health coaching and corporate wellness programs. Named alongside mentalport in the BeBeez Top 10 European Employee Wellbeing Startups list, with overlapping ICP in HR decision-makers across DACH.
• Spring Health: US-based enterprise mental health platform combining precision matching, therapy, coaching and crisis support for global employers. Comparable in offering breadth and analytics sophistication; serves as the gold-standard US peer that mentalport would compete against in international expansion.
• Lyra Health: US enterprise mental health benefit provider connecting employees to therapists, coaches and digital self-care. Closest comparable in business model (B2B mental health benefit platform with measurement and reporting), and represents the scale benchmark for mentalport's enterprise ambitions.
• Modern Health: Global enterprise mental health platform offering therapy, coaching, meditation and crisis support across 200+ countries. Comparable in employer-focused delivery model and global scalability ambition, providing a relevant benchmark for mentalport's international roadmap.

Broad incumbents

• Calm Business: B2B arm of Calm, the consumer meditation and sleep app, offering enterprise wellness subscriptions. Broader incumbent in corporate mental wellness with a less clinically rigorous model than mentalport's GBU-focused approach, but competing for the same employer budget.
• Headspace for Work: B2B offering from Headspace Health targeting employer-sponsored mental wellness, combining meditation, therapy and coaching. Incumbent with much larger brand and library of content, competing for the corporate wellbeing budget but lacking mentalport's regulatory/GBU depth.

Emerging players

• Spill: UK-based employee therapy platform delivered via Slack and Microsoft Teams. Emerging player with overlapping delivery mechanism (workplace-native mental health via collaboration tools) but narrower scope than mentalport's full GBU/coaching/dashboard stack.

Others

• Personio: European HRIS leader for SMB and mid-market companies, currently a mentalport integration partner. Functions as both a distribution channel and a potential competitive threat if Personio bundles native wellbeing modules into its platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mentalport-psyhilfe
• Instagraminstagram.com/mentalport.app/?utm_medium=copy_link

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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