Start-up MindMyths raising €500,000 to fund mental health app

The Sligo-based company was founded by Samaritans volunteer Mark Roddy

Mark Roddy

MindMyths, the virtual reality start-up that promotes positive mental health, is raising €500,000 to fund the development of its mindfulness software and target health services in Ireland and Britain.

The Sligo-based company, founded by Samaritans volunteer Mark Roddy, is partnering with the Limerick start-up Simvirtua to release a mindfulness health application for the Oculus Rift this summer.

The application it has designed and patented is a game-based learning environment, which combines virtual reality ...