Calm (company)

Calm
Private
Founded 2012 in San Francisco, US
Founders
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
Area served
 Worldwide
Products
Number of employees
  • 12 (2017)
Website calm.com

Calm is a software company based in San Francisco, California, which produces mindfulness meditation products. These include a digital service offering mindfulness-based guided meditations, and Sleep Stories, which are available online and via an app.[1][2][3][4]

History

Calm was founded in 2012 by Michael Acton Smith and Alex Tew.[5] Smith founded the children's entertainment company Mind Candy and creating the online game Moshi Monsters.[6][7] Tew launched his first startup company The Million Dollar Homepage in 2005.[8] Tew and Smith later develop their idea of an online meditation product.[9]

As of 2017, Calm had raised $1.5M in angel investments and was run by a small team in San Francisco.[10]

Calm was Apple's "App of the Year" in 2017.[10]

The mobile app has had over 30 million downloads.[1]

Product

Calm produces mindfulness meditation products, which are accessible to users through various channels: the company’s website, a book, and its primary product, a mindfulness meditation app, available on iPhone and Android devices.[11][12]

The app features both meditation tools and sleep aids. The meditation area of Calm offers a quick breathing exercise, a daily meditation that teaches mindfulness, several multi-day programs targeting specific issues or goals, and unguided and guided meditation sessions.[13][14]

The “Sleep” area of the app gives users access to an audio feature called Sleep Stories – bedtime stories for adults. On December 1, 2016, Calm launched an initial range of 23 different sleep-inducing stories, mixing words, music and sound-effects, with the aim of helping adult listeners to sleep.[15]

Publications

  • Calm: Calm the Mind. Change the World (Penguin, 2015), Michael Acton Smith, ISBN 978-0241201954

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Unbearable Irony of Meditation Apps". Wired. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  2. ↑ Rosenbloom, Stephanie (2017-01-24). "Head Trip: Meditation Apps for Travelers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  3. ↑ Hamman, Brian. "How to Pick a Meditation App". Well. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  4. ↑ Eaton, Kit (2016-05-04). "The Smartphone Way to Inner Calm". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  5. ↑ "Calm.com, Inc.: Private Company Information -". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  6. ↑ "The Moshi Monster millionaire who wants to send you to sleep". Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  7. ↑ "Moshi Monsters founder: 'I was Mr Stress, now I'm Mr Calm'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  8. ↑ "BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The million-dollar student". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  9. ↑ Smith, Michael Acton (2016-03-17). Calm: Calm the Mind. Change the World. Penguin UK. ISBN 9780241284506.
  10. 1 2 Levy, Ari (26 March 2018). "This meditation app is now worth $250 million and has Trump-related stress to thank". CNBC.
  11. ↑ TIME. "7 Mindfulness Apps To Help You Refocus". Time. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  12. ↑ "How Mindfulness Can Help You Sleep Better". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  13. ↑ Dredge, Stuart (2016-05-26). "Five of the best meditation apps". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  14. ↑ Pinola, Melanie. "Calm.com Trains You to Meditate in Two to Twenty Minute Sessions". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  15. ↑ Buhr, Sarah. "That one time I was tucked in by a startup". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
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