Quick Pulses of Full Conversation: Tachyons, Soundbites, Takeaways..
Harnessing the Parasympathetic Nervous System
And the reason for that is, as you guessed, is that because what we are doing is to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, In any situation in which the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system is helpful, this is where our product is helpful. So it can be anxiety and PTSD, but also ADHD, as you mentioned..
Camigo: Easing the Mental Health System Load
So with this, eventually, do you see this as, you know, someone is at a psychiatrist, a counseling office, and they get a prescription? Is there an element for that as well? Yes, I want to say about that, actually, exactly when you spoke. What's good about Camigo is that it doesn't require a prescriber, so it doesn't add a load on the system. Because another problem that we didn't yet talk about is how much the system is overloaded, and there are huge shortages in mental health clinicians, in clinicians in general, but especially in mental health clinicians. So one of the things that the healthcare system likes about Camigo is that it doesn't require a prescription on one hand. On the other hand, we do see, and this is something that I think is amazing to see about the US, about the healthcare organization, clinicians in the US
The Challenge of Saying Yes in Venture Capital
Well, I think this is a good example of thinking through how we make a decision to invest. You asked before, what was it about a deal that was different? And yeah, I mentioned she's super energetic, very passionate, and that's very, very clear. But the statistics show that You know, we say no most of the day, right? Most of the people I meet, I don't end up investing in. And really the sad truth is that if I would say no to everyone I meet, I would be right most of the time.
The Inspiration Behind Calmigo
Fast forward a few years later, after he used to be mainly at night for me at this period, and I used to wake up the person that is now my husband to help me stop the panic attacks. And one Saturday morning after a terrible Friday night of many attacks, I woke up and he said, how come that I need to wake him up to help me stop panic attacks if everything he knows about anxiety I taught him? I told him what to tell me when I'm having a panic attack. So why I cannot do it by myself? And at the same moment, I understood that when we are so overwhelmed, we are not able to do even things that we are well trained in. Today, I know to explain the science. Back then, it was just kind of my understanding of what's going on with me. And also at the same moment, I decided that what I want to do in life is to create products that people can take with them everywhere they go. and use it in order to calm yourself down without being dependent on medication or on other people. So this was kind of this Saturday morning and how it all started. After that, of course, came a long research. First of all, we understood that my personal story is not so personal. It's actually the story of 30% of the US population. So this was one moment. And also, we learned that what I felt As a name, it's called avoidance behavior and so forth. So first of all, the first thing was to understand, is it really a problem or is it just my problem? And then also to look for a solution of how we can create this product that will really enable people to calm down themselves in just a few minutes, also during this kind of very stressful moment that they are so overwhelmed, they are not really themselves.
Invitation for Startups and Unique Investment Support
So I'll start by saying that if you are a founder and you listen to us and you are at early stage, so don't miss this invitation to reach out to Renana. If you want, reach out to me and I'll connect you to Renana because it's definitely something that the change our company looks like and the support that we receive from Grove and especially with Renan. I was spending a lot of time with me in general. It's something that I think is unique and also the way that they look at investments.
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