TOKYO, September 15, 2026 – Ricoh Company, Ltd. today announced that it has invested in Intellect Company Pte. Ltd. (Co-founder and CEO: Theodoric Chew, hereinafter “Intellect”), a Singapore-based company providing a mental health platform for organizations, through its corporate venture capital (CVC) fund, the RICOH Innovation Fund Ⅱ.
As companies increasingly recognize that their people are a key driver of sustainable growth and competitiveness, employee well-being and mental health have become important management priorities. With more diverse ways of working and increasingly global workforces, employees face complex mental and physical health challenges, increasing the need for mental health support worldwide. At the same time, a global shortage of professionals providing such support is making it increasingly difficult to meet these needs. Organizations therefore need to go beyond conventional approaches, using digital technologies to provide mental health support tailored to individual needs, from prevention and early intervention to ongoing care.
Through RICOH Innovation Fund Ⅱ, Ricoh has identified “Unleash creativity” as one of its major investment areas and is promoting investment in and collaboration with startups. Based on its belief that physical and mental well-being is an essential foundation for people to perform at their best and unleash their creativity, Ricoh invested in Intellect.
Through this investment, Ricoh will support Intellect's business growth while deepening its understanding of mental health and well-being. As the first investment through RICOH Innovation Fund Ⅱ, the partnership will also explore opportunities for future collaboration, drawing on Intellect's expertise in individual and organizational well-being and Ricoh's workplace insights and data developed through its Workplace Experience business.*1
Intellect provides a comprehensive mental health platform for organizations, offering a broad range of support, including self-care, coaching, counseling and workforce well-being analytics. Its strengths include a real-time aggregated dashboard that provides visibility into workforce well-being and multilingual and multicultural capabilities that enable support for employees across diverse working environments and cultural backgrounds. Intellect's services are available in more than 100 countries and over 120 languages, serving more than 4 million users worldwide.
