Tiramisu provides a platform, solutions and services centered around communities, wellbeing and impact. Its mission is to rethink digital technologies, and particularly social networks, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing, which is reflected in the name as well: Tiramisu literally translates to “pick me up” in Italian.

Our aim is to turn social networks from a potential amplifier of unhealthy behaviour into a preventive mental health tool that is more accessible to youth.

The idea for the business was generated in 2020, where the project, under the name “Community Heroes'' emerged as one of the winning solutions at the EUvsVirus hackathon. The two co-founders, Maike and Khalid, went on to refine the solution and its targeting, building the first version of the app and testing it with first users.