Bravr

English Version (Deutsche Version unterhalb): As 2024 comes to an end, we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come while preparing for Bravr’s big launch in 2025. It all started in May at the Generation-D competition, where we realized we had outgrown our student team days. In July and August, Technical University of Munich Startupberatung and UnternehmerTUM XPLORE welcomed us, giving us our first real support. By September and October, we were getting advice from SSHB (Social Entrepreneurship Akademie) and BayStartUP. At Bits&Pretzels, we met Felix Schneider, who became our cofounder. He’ll finish his PhD in Neuroscience in early 2025 and brings years of research expertise. Then November and December took us even further. We won the Gründungspreis Rheingau-Taunus 2024 for Best University Startup. At the dgppn - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde Hackathon, we connected with more than 50 psychotherapists—40 of them eager to try our product. None of this would have happened without our mentors: Dr. med. Iris Hauth and Prof. Dr. Oliver Pogarell (LMU Klinikum München) for medical insights, plus Marius Lux (TUM Startupberatung), Lisa Schebitz (XPLORE), and Sophia Ostler (BayStartUP) for prepping us for the next step. We’re only getting started—and 2025 is just around the corner. Let’s become Braver together! Deutsche Version: Während sich das Jahr 2024 dem Ende zuneigt, werfen wir einen Blick zurück, was wir in den vergangenen Monaten erreicht haben in unserer Vorbereitung auf die Gründung von Bravr im nächsten Jahr. Beginnend im Mai beim Generation-D-Wettbewerb, bei dem wir feststellten, dass wir aus unseren Studententeam-Tagen herausgewachsen sind und Bravr in die Realität umsetzen wollen. Im Juli und August nahmen uns die TUM Startupberatung und UnternehmerTUM XPLORE in ihre Programme auf und boten uns erste professionelle Unterstützung. Im September und Oktober erhielten wir die Möglichkeit, von SSHB und BayStartUP beraten zu werden. Bei Bits&Pretzels lernten wir Felix Schneider kennen, den wir als Mitgründer für Bravr gewinnen konnten. Er schliesst Anfang 2025 seinen PhD in Neurowissenschaften ab und bringt jahrelange Forschungserfahrung mit. Im November und Dezember konnten wir weitere Erfolge erzielen. Beim Gründungspreis Rheingau-Taunus 2024 gewannen wir den Preis für das beste Hochschul-Startup. Beim DGPPN-Hackathon kamen wir mit mehr als 50 Psychotherapeuten in Kontakt - 40 von ihnen wollten unser Produkt ausprobieren. Das alles wäre ohne unsere Mentoren nicht möglich gewesen: Dr. med. Iris Hauth und Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Pogarell danken wir für die medizinischen Einblicke, sowie Marius Lux (TUM Startupberatung), Lisa Schebitz (XPLORE) und Sophia Ostler (BayStartUP), die uns auf den nächsten Schritte mit BRAVR vorbereitet haben. Wir stehen erst am Anfang - und das Jahr 2025 steht vor der Tür. Let's become Braver together!

Mental health in times of crisis — just one of the vital topics being explored at the ongoing DGPPN Congress by dgppn - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde, with Bravr right at the heart of it all. Over the next few days, our team members David Schmidt (孙達撫), Felix Schneider-Soupiadis, Johannes von Richthofen -v.G., and Nele Rosenkranz will represent Bravr at the DGPPN Congress in Berlin. Today, we had an inspiring discussion with our mentor, Dr. med. Iris Hauth, to evaluate the next steps in our journey. Starting tomorrow, David, Felix, and Johannes will participate in the two-day Mental Health Hackathon, organized by The Hackathon Company. This is an incredible opportunity to collaborate with like-minded professionals in the psychology & medical sector. We hope to gather fresh insights for Bravr and meet experts that want to bring innovation into therapy. We are thrilled to Become Braver Together with the DGPPN audience! 🚀

Meet me at Bits & Pretzels 2024 🥨 🚀 I'm representing Bravr, where we develop tools to help doctors and psychologist in providing a better psychotherapy. Looking for new MedTech connections and inspiring talks so if you're there too, let's chat and see how we can improve the world. #Bits24

Mission, Vision and Motto Hello There. Last time we introduced our idea. This week we will be giving a brief introduction to our Mission, Vision and Motto as a social startup: Our #Mission “Become Braver.”  We all carry fears and burdens, but we believe that by facing them head-on, we can grow stronger. Our Mission is to empower individuals to conquer these challenges, fostering courage in every step. Our #Vision “We want to improve the lives of millions of people, by giving therapists the tools they need, to provide personalized psychotherapy and accelerate the therapy journey.”  Therapy is not done alone. Patients rely on their therapist to guide and support them on their journey. Our Vision is to be the support of every therapist, by providing them with the tools and insights that help them in providing better care. Our #Motto “Become Braver Together.” By uniting our Mission and Vision, we support both those who confront life's challenges and the therapists who guide them. Together, we empower one another to achieve our dreams and overcome our fears, because courage is strongest when shared. Now that you know more about our Mission, Vision and Motto, come join us on our journey and let's “Become Braver Together”.

The Idea Hello There. Last time we introduced us with printf(“Hello World”); Today we will be talking a bit about our #idea. Our idea stems from personal experiences, in which we noticed that #psychotherapy is not using the possibilities of the 21st century. To give an example: Say you had an accident driving at night and developed a phobia. In therapy you would normally use exposure therapy to help treat your #phobia. This would mean your therapist would need to take a nighttime drive with you, but that is impossible. So instead, they can at maximum show you an image or a video of someone driving at night. At least that is the status quo. We at BraVR want to change that. Using high fidelity #VR we can bring any situation into the therapist office. But we can do more, combined with #biofeedback and data analytics, we can determine the stress level of the patient, identify stress focus points and perform diagnostics in real time. In later stages we plan to use procedural generation to create custom scenarios for each patient and adapt them to the patient’s responses in real time. This enables a more personalized therapy; it gives therapist the tools to see the patient’s responses & adept the therapy in real time and to quantify the therapy success. To summarize we want to provide the tools the therapists need to provide better care to their patients. If you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments or take a look at www.bra-vr.com. Keep an eye out, as we will be talking about our Mission, Vision and Motto in our next post. “Become Braver Together”.  Your BraVR Team. #bravr #startup #therapy #psychology

printf(“Hello World”); In programming, "Hello World" is the first command most people write when they start their programming journey. It's a simple beginning that marks the start of something much larger. Similarly, we are embarking on our own journey and are eager to share who we are and what we aim to achieve. With these words, we at BraVR, want to say, “Hello World”. You might have asked yourself, what does BraVR mean? The short answer is “BraVR” stands for the combination of “#Braver” and “#VirtualReality”. We pronounce it as Braver. It embodies our mission to empower individuals to face their #mentalhealth challenges, using Virtual Reality and modern diagnostics technologies. We want to help millions of people to improve their therapy journey, by giving therapist the tools they need to provide better therapy.  Stay tuned as we dive deeper into who we are, what we do, and the exciting future we envision for #psychotherapy, or visit us at www.bra-vr.com.  “Become Braver Together”. Your BraVR Team. #bravr #healthcare #startup #innovation