Over 50 % of university students suffer from mental health issues, and nearly 40 % feel that the support provided by their university is not enough (source: THL). According to our user research, many avoid seeking help due to the stigma associated with mental health problems.

We are both graduating soon from Tampere University and we wanted to create a service, that we ourselves would have benefited from. We also had seen through our friends at university, that there is not enough support.

This gave Olivia the idea to start Stigma Technologies Oy with her friend Ronja. Our studies in Human-Technology Interaction and Software Engineering, combined with minors in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Psychology, enabled us to combine entrepreneurship with studies.

Our company's development began in the HUBS entrepreneurship studies at Tampere University, and continued in TRES's Summer Founders program. In addition, we are in The Dock program of the City of Tampere.

We hope that we can help students with their mental wellbeing and to increase knowledge about mental health.