Milestones

2024. 04

Completed KPM SoCal BBT Batch 8

Evan completed and graduated from a five-year business training and mentoring program

2024. 05

Founded Candid, LLC

Started with the goal of preventive mental health and healing environmental trauma

2024. 05

[Project 1] SoundV

Launched a project combining CBT and AI to support people with anxiety disorders

2024. 08 – Present

Joined the Gumshoe Venture Exit Hour community

Sharing commercialization and investment strategy through a global network of founders and investors

2024. 11 – 2025. 07

Built the core dream team

• 2024. 11: Hyun Moon joined as Co-Founder & CTO (KPM SoCal BBT Batch 6)
• 2024. 12: Taewon Kim joined as Head Engineer
• 2025. 04: Joy Kim joined as UX/UI Designer
• 2025. 07: Jonathan (pseudonym) joined as Advisor (CBO)

2025. 01

Angel investment from Lifetree Development

2025. 01 – 2025. 04

[Project 2] Vent

• Built an AI journaling app that playfully reframes stressful situations for teens
• Field-tested with John Oliver Secondary School in Canada and local school counselor Anne Alvares

2025. 05 – 2025. 07

[Project 3] Frenslor

A multi-agent service where users choose AI counselors with different personas and talk via text or voice chat

2025. 07 – Present

[Project 4] Candid Space (flagship)

A mental fitness app powered by agentic AI that deeply understands the context of users' concerns and guides them through personalized CBT practice

• 2026. 02: Candid Space v1.0 closed beta
• 2026. 04: Candid Space v2.0 launched on the iOS App Store
• 2026. 10: Candid Space v3.0 major update released

2025. 10

Delaware Incorporation (Candid Space, Inc.)

Converted to a Delaware corporation (Candid Space, Inc.) and issued stock to expand a global mental health ecosystem and raise investment

2025. 12

Graduated from Founder University Cohort 11

Completed a global accelerator program and validated business viability

2026. 07 – Present

[Project 5] Talk2Kid

An AI tool that analyzes parent–child conversation audio to give parenting feedback and help parents improve their own language habits

2026. 10 – Present

[Project 6] My Gratitude Journal

Launched a self-management app that builds positive thinking habits through gratitude journaling once or twice a day and a 60-day challenge (iOS, Android)

• Includes an AI counselor for one-on-one conversations in moments of crisis

2026. 10 – Present

[Project 7] Candid Note

A B2B healthcare solution that listens in on clinician–client sessions in real time and uses HIPAA-compliant de-identified transcripts to auto-generate progress notes and support intervention goal-setting