Interview

November 24, 2021

Brunch with Sifted: Amanda Feilding and Cosmo Feilding-Mellen on the psychedelic renaissance

There aren't many startup founders who've drilled a hole in their own skull to prove a point


Tim Smith

9 min read

When Amanda Feilding was 10 years old, she remembers witnessing liquid tears fall down the painted face of Jesus Christ, on a picture hanging in her local church. 

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Beckley Psytech
Feilding has been known to describe her body as her own personal laboratory for psychedelic research
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Amanda Feilding and her son, Cosmo Feilding-Mellen
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Cosmo Feilding-Mellen, CEO at Beckley Psytech
Cosmo Feilding-Mellen, CEO at Beckley Psytech
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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