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Michael Acton Smith: World’s Happiest App – The Founding Story of Calm | Slush 2021

06.12.2021 2,458 views
Published: 06.12.2021 Category: Startups and entrepreneurship Views: 2,458

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Since 2012, Calm has been on a mission to make the world happier and healthier by solving the global mental health crisis. The company’s growth to its current billion-dollar market-leader stature has been anything but linear. In 2014, Calm had less than $10K in the bank, and struggled to raise a Series A. By early 2018, Calm had bagged a meagre $1.5M in funding, compared to a whopping $70M raised by its primary competitor Headspace. Yet only a few months later, Calm was crowned the Apple’s App of the Year and since then has assumed a market leader position. On Slush stages, Calm’s Co-founder and Co-CEO Michael Acton Smith and Partner Paul Murphy of Lightspeed recount the incredible 9 year journey.

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