Key Investor Signals
Paid app live on iOS and Android with 5,000+ installs
ObsessLess ships a subscription app on both stores. Google Play reports 5,000+ downloads, with a free tier and paid pro features after a seven-day trial.
Repeat founder with a 20,000+ OCD community
Before launching ObsessLess, CEO Mourice Schuurmans built and led an OCD advocacy community of more than 20,000 people focused on the same condition.
Selected for UtrechtInc’s Foundership programme
ObsessLess joined UtrechtInc’s Foundership programme, gaining support from the joint startup incubator of Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht and HU University of Applied Sciences.
Other Positive Signals
- Received a €35,000 grant after placing runner-up in the NN Social Innovation Startup Award.
Team
Mourice Schuurmans
Co-Founder & CEO
- Two-time Entrepreneur in Residence at Antler Amsterdam, first selected in 2023 from more than 3,500 applicants for a 56-person cohort.
- Previously co-founded an AI creator-economy startup and led it from concept to launch within three months.
- Founded and ran No-Code Collective from 2021 to 2025, bringing product-building experience to ObsessLess.
Adrian Pavel
Co-Founder & CTO
- Fourteen years as a software engineer across .NET, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and product-platform roles.
- Worked as a senior contract engineer at Shell from 2022 to 2024, building .NET APIs and platform tooling on Azure DevOps.
- Led development and QA teams at SoftVision and has run Dutch web-development consultancy Full Stack Spider since 2019.
Product
ObsessLess is a mobile app for people with OCD. Its AI companion, Ollie, delivers exercises based on exposure and response prevention (ERP) as well as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Users can follow daily sessions or access on-demand support during difficult moments. The app is available by subscription on iOS and Android.
Daily ten-minute guided quests
Each day the app sets one short exercise focused on intrusive thoughts, urges or compulsions. The sequence adapts to what the user has completed, so the next step is defined.
One-tap SOS for acute moments
A single button opens a voice-guided session for an obsession, an overwhelming feeling or a compulsion. It guides the user through resisting the ritual and staying with discomfort.
Community designed for OCD recovery
Members can share experiences, answer polls and view recovery stories. The community prevents reassurance requests, which can reinforce compulsive behaviour in people with OCD.
Market Overview
OCD is a persistent condition that often begins early and frequently occurs alongside depression or another mental disorder. Recommended care commonly combines cognitive behavioral therapy, especially exposure and response prevention, with medication when appropriate, but specialist delivery remains uneven.
Demand is shaped by the gap between recommended specialist care and real access. Dutch mental-health waits often exceed the national standard, while consumers already pay directly for mental-health apps. That creates a clear market for lower-cost support used while waiting for therapy or between sessions.
Around one in 40 US adults have OCD or will develop it during their lifetime.
Share of people with OCD who received any mental-health treatment during the previous year across ten surveyed countries.
Waiting places recorded in October 2024, with 57.5% exceeding the 14-week national Treeknorm limit.
Up from $7.48B in 2024, a 14.6% annual growth rate in Grand View Research’s estimate.
Comparable Outcomes
Twill
Twill began as Happify Health, offering self-guided digital programmes for emotional health and mental wellbeing directly to consumers before expanding through health plans and employers. DarioHealth acquired Twill in 2024 for $10 million in cash plus shares valued at more than $20 million when the transaction was announced.
SilverCloud Health
SilverCloud Health, a Trinity College Dublin spinout, built self-guided digital cognitive behavioral programmes for more than ten conditions including anxiety, depression and insomnia, delivered through health systems, insurers and employers. Amwell acquired SilverCloud in 2021. Its SEC filing puts the purchase price at approximately $210 million, comprising about $110 million in cash and $100 million in stock.
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Sources
This profile was built from public company materials, ecosystem sources, market references, and professional profiles.