Jukka Laakso
CEO & Co-Founder
Leads strategy, fundraising and the path from research to a regulated product.
Built across disciplines
A cross-disciplinary team that uniquely combines neuroscience, clinical psychology and game development — the three fields a precision digital therapeutic for depression demands.
Why this mix
Three fields, one product
Most depression treatments come from a single discipline. Meliora can't. Treating the cognitive roots of depression through a video game means clinical rigor and engaging design have to live in the same room — so our founding team spans neuroscience, psychology and game development, and we hire for that intersection rather than against it.
Founders & leadership
The people
Lauri Lukka
Chief Psychology Officer & Co-Founder
Owns the clinical and psychological foundations behind Meliora's design.
Sami Lehtinen
CTO
Builds the adaptive engine and platform that personalize every session.
Anna Lecue
Lead Game Designer
Shapes the immersive narrative and play that sustain patient adherence.
Advisors & science
Guided by experts
Clinical Psychiatry Advisor
A practicing psychiatrist guiding clinical safety, trial design and how Meliora fits alongside existing depression care.
Neuroscience Advisor
A cognitive neuroscientist advising on the fronto-parietal mechanisms Meliora targets and how to measure them.
Game Design Advisor
A veteran game designer helping balance therapeutic intent with the engagement that drives daily play.
Regulatory Affairs Advisor
A digital-health regulatory specialist mapping our route toward clearance as a software-based therapeutic.
Investigational — not yet cleared by regulators.
How we work
What we value
We hold two standards at once: clinical credibility and craft. Evidence comes before claims, and a treatment is only as good as a patient's willingness to return to it — so we measure both symptom outcomes and engagement, and we let neither slide.
We're a small, senior, cross-functional team. People here move between disciplines, take ownership end to end, and care more about helping patients than about being right. If that sounds like you, we're hiring.
Want to build this with us?
We're growing our cross-disciplinary team across engineering, clinical, design and operations.