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Saeed Zeinali

Founder & CEO, NextStars, TranQool

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Saeed Zeinali co-founded TranQool, a Toronto platform that matched people with licensed therapists for $60 video sessions, with Chakameh Shafii and Babak Shahabi in 2015. TranQool stopped operating in October 2017, and HumanaCare acquired its technology and brand in 2018. Zeinali is now founder and CEO of NextStars, an advisory that helps companies expand into global markets.

Saeed hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Saeed co-founded TranQool, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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Quick answers

Who founded TranQool?

BetaKit reported on 2018-05-14 that Saeed Zeinali was a TranQool co-founder, alongside former CEO Chakameh Shafii.

What did TranQool do?

BetaKit, on 2018-05-14, described TranQool as "the Toronto-based platform built to remotely connect people to therapists."

What happened to TranQool?

BetaKit reported on 2018-05-14 that HumanaCare, a Markham-based employee health provider, acquired TranQool's technology and brand in a transaction that closed May 8, 2018.

What does Saeed Zeinali do now?

NextStars' own team page, checked 2026-09-25, lists him as "Saeed Zeinali — Founder & CEO, NextStars" and says he "previously founded and successfully exited mental health platform TranQool (acquired by HumanaCare)".

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