Optimind Acquires MindSetting Institute to Integrate Three-Pronged Approach to its Business and Become Industry Leader in Psychedelic Enhanced Psychotherapy

Optimind Pharma Corp. (CSE: OMND) an emerging provider of psychedelic therapies focused on improving the everyday quality of life for individuals who suffer from PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses or disabilities announces today its acquisition of MindSetting Institute, a leader in psychedelic enhanced therapy training and educational programming.

The completion of this acquisition introduces a new market opportunity for Optimind which will generate new revenue streams and allows the Company to bring evidence-based training and education for healthcare professionals into the psychedelics. By age 40, about 50% of the Canadian population will have or have had a mental illness.¹ Yet psychedelics in mental health and wellness are not an established component of existing healthcare professional curriculum and training. Optimind will now be able to adapt MindSetting’s proprietary Therapeutic Reset of Internal Processes (TRIP) Protocol™ into education programs and courses designed to align to university standards for curriculum.

TRIP Protocol™ incorporates ketamine into psychotherapy practices. Bringing this psychotherapy into Optimind clinics will provide personally-customizable treatment for patients with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorders while mitigating treatment-related risks through a multidisciplinary approach to PEP. The protocol is currently being used by over 60 practitioners all over North America to treat their patients.

The acquisition was completed pursuant to an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) with Beatrice Society. Pursuant to the APA, the Company has issued a total of 22,500,000 common shares to the vendor which are subject to the following release terms:

(i) 11,500,000 common shares are subject to a time release escrow as follows: (A) 5,343,750 are released on January 17, 2023; (B) 1,968,750 are released on March 17, 2023; (C) 1,968,750 are released on June 17, 2023; and, (D) (B) 1,968,750 are released on September 17, 2023; and

(ii) 11,500,000 common shares are subject to earn-out milestones as follows: (A) 2,812,500 common shares; (B) 5,625,000 common shares; and (C) 2,812,500 common shares, with each of three earn-out milestones related to continued development of the protocols and courses for the acquired assets and intellectual property.

The MindSetting assets acquired by Optimind include course modalities, including fully asynchronous, online synchronous and hybrid learning opportunities. The core TRIP course will build the foundation for a fully scalable program as new mental health protocols can be created and aimed to equip clinicians with the foundational understanding of the MindSetting TRIP Protocols™. Due to the asynchronous nature of the course, and the simplicity of the teaching, there is tremendous potential to launch in new markets outside of North America, where customer demand for PEP greatly outpaces the supply of qualified practitioners. The psychedelics industry is a new and underserved market – with the acquisition of the MindSetting Institute, Optimind can now access additional verticals in this new market, with the opportunity to grow at a global scale.

MindSetting Institute is an industry leader in increasing access to quality psychedelic therapy through practitioner training. Dr. Tatiana Zdyb, founder of MindSetting Institute and clinical psychologist and entrepreneur with over 25 years of studying psychedelic medicine, developed these psychedelic enhanced psychotherapy training courses, including the MindSetting TRIP Protocol™, to treat patients with disorders such as treatment-resistant depression.

Acquiring MindSetting Institute completes Optimind’s three-pronged strategy to deliver leading psychedelic enhanced therapy. From the ReadyToGo clinic in London, ON, to Psilocybin research via its joint venture with Manitari Pharma, and now leaning into the educational aspect of TRIP Protocol™, Optimind is leading the future of psychedelic therapy.

Optimind Pharma is an emerging provider of psychedelic therapies. From specializing in prescribing medical cannabis, ketamine-assisted treatment, and other psychedelic-enhanced psychotherapy modalities, Optimind Pharma helps individuals suffering from PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses and disabilities.

Optimind exists to combine the power of psychedelic medicine with the science of psychology to provide legal psychedelic enhanced psychotherapy in a safe, controlled environment.

MindSetting Institute is a leading player in practitioner training for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and the creator of the MindSetting™ TRIP Protocol. MindSetting delivers accessible education and training in psychedelic psychotherapy to registered clinicians across Canada and contributes to further developing treatment protocols and research on their efficacy. MindSetting’s growing network of protocol-certified practitioners will allow for expansion with consistency in both the therapeutic process and post-integration analysis.