| Intro | Founded mental wellness app for people in Thailand |
| A.K.A. | Eix |
| Is | Businessperson |
| From | Thailand |
| Type | Business |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 1988, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Age: | 32 years |
Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch (Thai: กัญจน์ภัสสร สุริยาแสงเพ็ชร์), nicknamed Eix (อิ๊ก), is a dentist and tech entrepreneur, founder of Ooca, an app to help those suffering from mental illness. She was listed on the BBC 100 Women for 2018.
Background
Prior to founding Ooca, Suriyasangpetch served as a military dentist in the Royal Thai Army.
Company
Suriyasangpetch founded the smartphone app Ooca in 2017 to connect Thai patients with psychiatric help remotely, through video chats on mobile devices. She claims it served a gap in mental health care, describing that there are roughly 40x fewer psychologists available to those living in Thailand than in other parts of the developed world.
Awards and honors
- 2018 BBC World 100 Women
- 2017 – World Summit Award for Ooca