“I’m Sid Desai, the founder of Novobeing. My journey began when I witnessed the profound stress and anxiety my father faced during his cancer treatment. This personal experience ignited my passion to create a solution that combines my expertise in mindfulness with cutting-edge technology to improve mental well-being. Our team includes a COO with a successful exit from a previous digital well-being startup, and tech experts from Meta, Penumbra, and Sony Entertainment. We came together with a shared vision to revolutionize mental health care through immersive experiences. We validated our idea by partnering with leading research institutions like Harvard and Penn, conducting clinical trials that demonstrated significant reductions in stress and anxiety. These trials provided strong evidence of our platform’s effectiveness and paved the way for further development. Execution of our idea involved building a comprehensive platform with over 40 immersive experiences, and securing partnership contracts with 6 hospitals, including 2 paid contracts ($180K). We’re patent-pending and have exclusive license to evidence-based mental wellbeing programs from Harvard. Our greatest need to help us get fully launched/commercialized is (1)securing additional funding to expand our platform, enhance our technology, and scale our reach to more healthcare providers and patients.”