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Litesprite’s game for managing depression gets an endorsement from Bayer’s startup accelerator

Litesprite had the vision years ago to use a mobile video game to help patients manage problems such as stress, anxiety, or depression. And it seems like we’re seeing more and more demand for something that can treat these problems, which afflict as many as 40 million Americans.

And that’s a reason that Bayer, the big pharmaceutical giant, selected Seattle-based Litesprite as one of a handful of startups from a field of 750 to go through an accelerator camp in Berlin. Litesprite is taking part in Bayer’s G4A Growth Partnership Track, a competitive program to create novel digital health solutions.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.