Mental Health Self-Care Startup ‘Shine’ Raises $5 Million In Investor Funding

Shine, a mental wellness message application, raised $5 million in investor funding. Shine plans to use the funding to add more staff and launch the application on Android. The free app provides daily text message meditations, affirmations, and audio content called “Shine Stories.” The Shine app for iOS is a free download with some selection of its audio available to free users. The Shine website notes that users can “unlock the full library for $4.99 per month, billed as an annual subscription of $59.99, or $7.99 per month if paid monthly.”

The company launched in 2016; the . . .