We are HelloBetter
Our vision? To make effective psychological support accessible to everyone – at zero cost, with no waiting lists.
Our mission:
Mental health matters to all of us. Cases of mental illness are rising year after year. Yet help is often hard to find and waiting lists are long.
We believe it’s time for change.
From vision to reality:
From university research to successful Digital Health Application creator.
This is our journey:
Our research team has received the following awards:
Our founders:
Prof. Dr. David Ebert
Dr. Hanne Horvath
Dr. Elena Heber
Hannes Klöpper
Philip Ihde
Pierre Cantegril
Amit Gupta
Saman Hashemian
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Prof. Dr. David Daniel Ebert received his doctorate in psychology with summa cum laude in 2013 from Philipps Universität Marburg. He completed his German habilitation at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, where he still heads the Department of Digital Health today. He is president of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII), and has published over 160 scientific articles and written over 20 book chapters. At HelloBetter, David’s responsibilities include scientific quality assurance.
Founder & Chief Commercial Officer
Dr. Hanne Horvath completed her doctorate in psychology in 2016 as part of the GET.ON research project at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, for which she was awarded the Wilhelm Exner Prize for Psychology. At HelloBetter, Hanne is responsible for business development and services, as well as for expanding our partnerships with health insurance providers and organising psychologist support for our course participants. Hanne received her diploma in psychology from Universität Trier.
Founder & Chief Clinical Officer, Managing Director
Dr. Elena Heber completed her doctorate in psychology in 2016 as part of the GET.ON research project at Leuphana University of Lüneburg and was awarded a prize for excellence. Elena is responsible for the development and evaluation of our digital health products and heads our content and research department. Elena received her Diploma in Psychology from Universität Konstanz and was a research fellow at the University of Southampton.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director
Hannes Klöpper is responsible for strategy and investor relations. From 2011 to 2017 he co-founded and led the edtech start-up iversity (now part of Springer Nature), an online platform specialising in higher and professional development. Previously he co-authored the “The University in the 21st Century” after studying International Relations at Technische Universität Dresden, Liberal Arts at the European College of Liberal Arts, and Public Policy at the Hertie School in Berlin and Columbia University in New York.
Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director
Philip is responsible for finance and HR, as well as regulatory and legal affairs. Most recently, he was Head of Finance and Operations at Media4Care GmbH, a Munich-based tech start-up developing a tablet solution for dementia patients. After his studies he worked for BMW in Beijing and New York before taking over the Management at ROCK YOUR LIFE! GmbH, a nationwide mentoring network. He studied Technology Management at Technische Universität München.
Chief Marketing Officer
Saman is responsible for marketing and patient growth at HelloBetter. In over 12 years, he has supported various startups such as Delivery Hero, Babbel and 8fit in their growth. Recently, Saman built his own healthcare startup in the field of holistic care for people with chronic illnesses. He is convinced of digital care as a support to medicine. Saman holds a Master’s degree in International Management from Rotterdam (RSM) and Stockholm (SSE).
Chief Technology Officer
Amit is responsible for technical product development and infrastructure. Before joining the HelloBetter team, he was Director of Engineering at Curo Healthcare Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a solution to help diabetes patients manage their treatment plan. He was previously a senior engineer at Quovantis Technologies. Amit studied Engineering and Information Technology at Maharshi Dayanand University.
Chief Product Officer
Pierre is responsible for product concept and design at HelloBetter. He was previously responsible for these topics as Head of Product at 8fit, a leading fitness app startup. Before that he was CPO and then Managing Director of MONOQI’s B2B business unit. Pierre studied Management at the LSE and at the HEC.
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