grievy
What is your idea about?
At grievy, we help mourners worldwide with a trustworthy, low barrier, and instant digital solution for their grieving process and well-being. With validated methods based on cognitive-behavioral psychology, our users learn healthy strategies to cope with their grief. Our approach is deeply rooted in the belief, that grief is highly individual - our app provides personalized self-therapy plans with immediate access to experts.
Gründungsjahr: 2021
Hochschule an denen ihr studiert/arbeitet und Fakultät/en: Universität Bielefeld, Fachhochschule Aachen, Universität zu Köln (WiSo-Fakultät)
How did you get together as a team?
The founding team consists of Nele Stadtbäumer (CEO), Daniel Bachmann (CTO) and Aenis Chebil (COO).
The three founders are united by the vision, the ability and the goal to create trustworthy, low-barrier and instant digital solutions to support mourners.
Nele Stadtbäumer is a psychologist with many years of theoretical and practical experience in computational life sciences and mental e-health. Daniel Bachmann complements the team with his extensive skills in app development, software development and IT strategy. Aenis Chebil rounds out the team perfectly with his theoretical and practical skills in strategy and business development.
The founding team got to know each other in a project seminar at the University of Applied Sciences Aachen, led by Prof. Christian Drumm and Prof. Matthias Eggert. There, the first prototype of the grievy app was developed.
Since then, everyone has been working determinedly and ambitiously on the implementation of grievy.
How did you come up with your idea?
There is a personal story behind the idea of grievy.
When Nele Stadtbäumer (CEO) was suddenly confronted with the death of her father in 2019, she not only experienced strong grief from her and her family, but was also confronted with a conservative, non-digital industry that could no longer meet the demands of current generations.
As a psychologist and researcher, she explored the question, "What do people in grief need and where are gaps in care?"
Through nearly 150 structured interviews with mourners, bereavement counselors and funeral directors, the idea for grievy grew out of the need for support for mourners that current services do not address.
From the idea arose a value-adding business model, behind which the team stands with full heart, knowledge and verve.
What are you studying/working or what have you studied?
Nele Stadtbäumer completed her master's degree in psychology at RWTH Aachen University in 2018. She is expected to complete her PhD in January 2023. In her doctoral thesis, she developed prediction models for quality of life of cancer patients, as well as mobile applications to support them.
Daniel Bachmann completed his bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences in October 2022.
Aenis Chebil graduated from FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences with a bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems in August 2021. Aenis is in the penultimate semester of his Masters in Information Systems at the University of Cologne and has paused it for the time being when the team starts full-time in September 2022.
Funfact
In the beginning, the grievy app not only covered the topic of grief counseling, but also helped with organizational tasks that arise after a death.
The business model behind grievy was to charge a commission for arranging flower sales and funeral cards.
What is your idea about?
At grievy, we help mourners worldwide with a trustworthy, low barrier, and instant digital solution for their grieving process and well-being.
With validated methods based on cognitive-behavioral psychology our users learn healthy strategies to cope with their grief. Our approach is based on the belief that grief is highly individual - so our app provides personalized self-therapy plans with immediate access to experts.
In Germany alone, around three million people mourn the loss of someone close to them every year. Research shows an urgent need for measures to support mourners.
Grief after a death is the most commonly reported traumatic event and significantly increases the risk of mental illness across the lifespan. However, current support services no longer meet the needs of current generations: Existing offers such as discussion groups or individual coaching are subject to time and space dependencies, have a high inhibition threshold for initial contact, long waiting times or high costs and are primarily aimed at older target groups.
A new era of support for mourners.
With grievy, this is exactly where we come in. Our app is accessible at all times, functions reactively and proactively, is cheaper than many existing support services and lowers the inhibition threshold for those affected to seek support. With grievy, we are uniting tech and grief support to launch a new era of support for mourners.
How did you get together as a team?
The founding team consists of Nele Stadtbäumer (CEO), Daniel Bachmann (CTO) and Aenis Chebil (COO). The three founders are united by the vision, the ability and their goal to create trustworthy, low-barrier and instant digital solutions to support mourners.
Nele Stadtbäumer is a psychologist with many years of theoretical and practical experience in computational life sciences and mental e-health.
Daniel Bachmann complements the team with his extensive skills in app development, software development and IT strategy.
Aenis Chebil completes the team with his theoretical and practical skills in strategy and business development.
The founding team got to know each other in a project seminar at the University of Applied Sciences Aachen, which was led by Prof. Christian Drumm and Prof. Matthias Eggert. There, the first prototype of the grievy app was developed.
Since then, the team has been working determinedly and ambitiously on the implementation of grievy.
How did you come up with your idea?
There is a personal story behind the idea of grievy.
In 2019, when Nele Stadtbäumer (CEO) was suddenly confronted with the death of her father, she not only experienced strong grief from her and her family, but was also confronted with a conservative, non-digital industry that could no longer meet the demands of current generations.
As a psychologist and researcher, she explored the question, "What do people in grief need and where are gaps in care?" Through nearly 150 structured interviews with mourners, bereavement counselors and funeral directors, the idea for grievy grew out of the need for support for mourners that current services do not address.
The idea evolved into a value-adding business model, behind in which the team puts a lot of heart, knowledge and verve.
What are you studying/working or what have you studied?
Nele Stadtbäumer completed her master's degree in psychology at RWTH Aachen University in 2018. She plans to complete her PhD in January 2023. In her doctoral thesis, she developed prediction models for quality of life of cancer patients, as well as mobile applications to support them.
Daniel Bachmann completed his bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences in October 2022.
Aenis Chebil graduated from FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences with a bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems in August 2021. Aenis is in the penultimate semester of his Masters in Information Systems at the University of Cologne and has paused it for the time being, when the team starts full-time in September 2022.
Funfact
In the beginning, the grievy app covered not only grief counseling, but also helped with organizational tasks that arise after a death. The business model behind grievy was to charge a commission for arranging flower sales and funeral cards.
Digital grief support without long periods of waiting or high costs
In Germany alone, each year around three million people mourn the loss of someone close to them. Research shows an urgent need for measures to support mourners. Grief after a death is the most commonly reported traumatic event and significantly increases the risk of mental illness across the lifespan.
However, current support services are no longer meeting the needs of current generations: Existing offers such as discussion groups or individual coaching are subject to time and space dependencies, have a high inhibition threshold for initial contact, long waiting times or high costs and are primarily aimed at older target groups.
With grievy, this is exactly where we come in. Our app is accessible at all times, functions reactively and proactively, is cheaper than many existing support services and lowers the inhibition threshold for those affected to seek support.
With grievy, we are uniting tech and grief support to launch a new era of support for mourners.