about us — synappro

01 · our story

It started in a flat in London, in 2024.

synappro began when Jenny Halseid's mental health was so low she could not leave her flat. An unemployed recent graduate, she could not afford therapy, so she turned to wellness apps.

The market was broken. Expensive yearly subscriptions, claims built on pseudoscience, and personal data tracked and sold.

So she learnt how to code and built the wellbeing app she needed: free to use, based on science and confidential. Since then synappro has grown beyond apps into sounds and sessions, bringing wellbeing into busy places rather than waiting for people to seek it out.

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02 · mission and vision

Wellbeing should not be a privilege for the few.

Our mission is to make science-based wellbeing genuinely accessible to everyone, whatever their budget, background or prior knowledge. We translate research into something people can feel, use and build habits around.

Our vision is a world where caring for your mind and body is woven into everyday life: into the spaces we inhabit, the routines we keep, and the communities we belong to.

03 · our expertise

Built on medical expertise and lived experience.

Jenny Halseid holds a BA in music production and sound engineering and an MSc in the psychology and neuroscience of music, where she specialised in anxiety. She taught herself to design and build apps and websites from scratch, and is completing a level 6 diploma in machine learning.

Dr Ernest Wong is a medical doctor, statistician and researcher with a diploma in medical education. He evaluates the research behind everything we create, and makes complex findings easy to understand.

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04 · what we build

Three ways in.

apps

science-based mobile apps

Free, evidence-based apps for daily wellbeing. No subscriptions, no pseudoscience, no personal data tracking.

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sounds

for focus and calm

Original music created in-house, using research into the musical characteristics associated with relaxation and focus.

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sessions

for groups and spaces

Facilitated workshops and ambient display technology, for workplaces, charities, healthcare and community settings.

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05 · how we work

Accessibility over exclusivity. Evidence over trends.

01

accessibility

Everything we make is free or fairly priced. The wellness industry runs on premium pricing, so the people who need support most are the ones who can least afford it. That is the wrong way round.

02

science

Everything we create is grounded in peer-reviewed research and evaluated by someone qualified to assess it. There is a lot of noise in this space, and most of it is not backed by evidence.

03

clarity

Understanding why something works changes your relationship to it. When you know what is happening in your body, you are far more likely to look after it. That is what turns knowledge into habit.

06 · our name

synappro =
synapse +
progress

synappro is named in honour of neuroplasticity: the brain's ability to rewire itself in response to knowledge, habit and experience.

synap(se)

The junction between two neurons, where one nerve cell passes a signal to the next. Thought, memory, movement, breathing and sleep all depend on signals crossing synapses.

pro

Progress. Repeat an action and new synapses form while existing ones strengthen. With the right knowledge and consistent practice, we can reshape how we think, feel and respond.

Understanding the science of your own mind and body is what motivates lasting change. That knowledge, turned into small daily habits, is what builds a life with more peace and energy.