Tapouts

About the offering

tapouts Company Summary tapouts is a mental health coaching platform for children delivering live, coach-led group sessions designed to build emotional resilience and coping skills. The company positions itself as filling the gap between passive wellness apps and expensive clinical therapy. The Problem Kids today face academic expectations, social comparison, performance anxiety, family stress, and constant digital stimulation at earlier ages than ever. Confidence erodes, anxiety rises, and emotional regulation becomes harder. Parents notice these shifts long before anything appears "clinical." An estimated 34-36 million children in the U.S. alone can benefit from early, non-clinical mental health support. Nearly 50% of child healthcare expenses are dedicated to mental health, yet the system typically responds only after problems become clinical. The Solution tapouts delivers live, 30-minute coach-led group sessions once a week. Sessions are interactive, social, and structured—kids talk, play, practice real skills, and learn alongside peers experiencing similar challenges. The model combines human connection with scalability, delivering early mental health support without waitlists, clinical barriers, or high therapy costs. Business Model Revenue comes primarily from direct-to-consumer monthly subscriptions for weekly live group sessions. Key unit economics include 85% of kids attending their first session, 72% of those families converting to paid subscriptions, average five-month platform tenure, $810 average lifetime value per family, and approximately 70% gross margins (enabled by small-group delivery model). The platform is HSA/FSA eligible. Traction The company carries verified badges for VC-Backed, Fast Growth (revenue growing 2x/year for at least 6 months), and $5M+ Revenue (earned over last 12 months). Specific metrics include $5.5M annual recurring revenue (based on January 2026 MRR), 174% year-over-year revenue growth from 2024 to 2025, 200,000+ kids scheduled across 28,500 live sessions, trajectory toward $7M ARR early this year (not guaranteed), and $7.4M raised from investors including top-tier VCs. Team CEO and Founder George Moringer is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, winner of 2 Cannes Lions awards, former Global CMO at DKMS, with education from Vienna University of Technology and University of Vienna. Founder Wolfgang Baier scaled businesses to multi-billion dollar levels as former CEO of LUXASIA (Deloitte Best Managed Company 5 years running) and Singapore Post (named Singapore CEO of the Year), was a Partner at McKinsey & Company for 10 years, and holds a JD from University of Vienna. Head of Efficacy Marissa leads clinical neuroscience research, was formerly a professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and CLU, held research roles at USC, Chapman University, and UC Irvine's Institute for Clinical & Translational Sciences, and holds a PhD from UC Irvine and BS from Cornell. Featured Investors Joyance Partners is a Notable Investor that invests in early-stage health and consumer companies using science and technology to cultivate joy. Alexander Stoeckel, Managing Partner, noted that kids actually show up and want to keep coming back, which impressed them about tapouts. Conrad E. Bon invested $510,000 as Syndicate Lead and was the company's first investor. Other investors include Dr. Helmut Marko, Michele Lamunière, M Venture Partners, Royce Hong, and Satori Neuro. Market Opportunity The non-clinical youth mental health and social-emotional learning market (wellness apps, school-based SEL programs, preventative support) represents an $80-90B global market by 2030, with $35-40B in the U.S. alone. Growth drivers include more children experiencing stress and anxiety at younger ages, parents seeking support earlier before challenges become clinical, and schools and employers investing more in preventative mental health. Growth Roadmap Near-term plans focus on coach training, curriculum refinement, and internal systems for reliable delivery at scale. Future expansion includes age-specific programs across key developmental stages, topic-specific courses (anxiety, social media pressure, confidence, financial literacy), and partnerships with employers, schools, and healthcare organizations. Distribution will broaden beyond D2C to include B2B and B2B2C channels. The company projects $100M+ annual revenue by 2030 (not guaranteed). Exit Potential The company references comparable outcomes from engagement-driven education and mental health platforms including Duolingo, Nerdy (Varsity Tutors), and Ginger. Potential exit paths include strategic acquisition by edtech, healthtech, or insurance/benefits leaders, or IPO as a category leader in kids' mental health. Current Fundraise tapouts is raising capital on Wefunder with a goal of $890,000, having raised $840,000 to date. Early bird terms are still available with $500,000 remaining at those terms. The minimum investment is $250. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA.

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