Arab Therapy Raises $2 Million to Expand Across the Middle East

Arab Therapy, the Jordan-founded digital mental health startup, has raised $2 million in a pre-Series A funding round to expand its Arabic-language platform across Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East.

The round was led by Manara Ventures, with participation from Anara Impact Fund and Value Makers Studio (VMS). Founded in 2021 by Jordanian entrepreneurs Dr Tareq Dalbah and Hekmat Al Hasi, the company is headquartered in Berlin and provides online therapy sessions with licensed specialists, alongside Arabic-language mental health resources and AI-powered support tools.

Arab Therapy serves both individuals and businesses through consumer and enterprise offerings, positioning its platform across personal wellbeing and workplace mental health. Its clinical framework is overseen by professionals from the University of Hamburg.

The new investment will be used to strengthen the startup's AI-enabled services while supporting its regional expansion, particularly in Saudi Arabia. The company says it is responding to growing demand for culturally and linguistically relevant mental healthcare in a region where access to Arabic-language mental health services remains limited despite serving more than 400 million Arabic speakers globally.

The funding follows a $1 million seed round raised in April 2024, led by Flat6Labs and Vision Health Pioneers, as the startup continues to scale its digital mental healthcare platform across the region.