Aescape
New York, US · Founded 2017 · Delaware corporation · 78 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors
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Aescape provides on-demand personalized massage and bodywork services through an app-based booking platform, allowing customers to customize session duration, pressure level, music, and muscle group focus.
Also known as Aescape Recovery Inc.
Founders & leadership
Aescape was founded in 2017 by Eric Litman.
Board
Investors · 9
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$39.7M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2022–2025
- $6MSeed roundOct 2025 · 2 sources
Blumberg Capital (lead), Gradient Ventures (lead)
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries AJan 2025Source ↗
▶$33.7MraisedNov 2022 · 25 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Eric LitmanExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Jonathan ShulkinDirector
- Eric ChinDirector
- John LemaDirector
- Offering amount
- $34.1M
- Amount sold
- $33.7M
- First sale
- Nov 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Aescape (operating as Aescape Recovery Inc.) provides personalized bodywork and recovery sessions that customers book through an app or the company website. Sessions are delivered at host locations and range from 15 to 60 minutes, with customers choosing either a pre-set "Signature Session" or a custom program ("Create Your Aescape"). Each session begins with a scan that maps the user's body so movements can be targeted, and users can adjust pressure, audio and visuals in real time during the session. Sessions are performed fully clothed and without oils or other preparation.
The consumer offering is sold both as individual sessions and as multi-session packages — for example a three-session, 30-minute "Reset" package listed at $117.60 (from $147), a six-session, 45-minute "Recovery" package at $310.50 (from $414), and a twelve-session, 15-minute "Ritual" package at $243.60 (from $348) — alongside gift options and promotional discounts such as a 15% first-session code. In parallel, Aescape markets itself to businesses and to home/office buyers, with a partner program, published partner pricing and partner-specific FAQs and news, positioning the service inside venues where people train, stay and recover.
Business model
Aescape sells recovery sessions directly to consumers on a per-session and prepaid package basis, and also distributes through business partners that host the service at their venues; separate offerings are marketed for business, home and office settings.
Revenue comes from consumer bookings and multi-session packages and gift purchases (packages listed from roughly $117 to $414), plus a partner/business channel with its own published pricing.
Traction
The company reports more than 175,000 sessions delivered with 95% rated excellent, and a network of over 150 locations nationwide.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Aescape positions its service as consistent, precision bodywork available on demand, contrasting it with variable, appointment-based manual treatment; press mentions cited on its site include Elite Traveler, Mashable, Vogue and WIRED.
Stated differentiators include session-to-session consistency and personalization based on a body scan, targeted precision, a private and frictionless format (fully clothed, no oils or preparation), real-time user control of pressure and ambience, and wide availability through a nationwide location network.
Technology
Sessions use a body-scanning step that maps the user's body to guide precise, targeted movements, with in-session user controls for pressure, audio and visuals, and an app that handles location search, on-demand booking and session history so each session builds on prior ones.
Go-to-market
Direct-to-consumer booking via the Aescape app and website with location search by city, ZIP code or partner name, promotional first-session discounts and package/gift bundles, combined with a partner acquisition motion ("Become a partner") targeting businesses that host Aescape, and a separate channel for home and office placements.
Consumers seeking muscle recovery, mobility and tension relief on a recurring (roughly weekly) basis, plus business partners such as fitness, hospitality and recovery venues, and buyers of home or office installations.
Geography
United States, with the website citing more than 150 locations nationwide (a 140+ figure also appears on the page) available at venues where customers train, stay and recover.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureIn the news
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primary sources listed
- Aescapeaescape.co · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Aescape do?
- Aescape offers app-booked, technology-assisted bodywork and recovery sessions at partner locations across the US.
- Who founded Aescape?
- Aescape was founded by Eric Litman in 2017.
- Who are Aescape's investors?
- Aescape's investors include AlleyCorp, Alumni Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Crosslink Capital, FJ Labs, Alley Robotics Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Gradient Ventures and 1 more.
- How much funding has Aescape raised?
- Aescape has disclosed $39.7M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Aescape headquartered?
- Aescape is headquartered in New York, US.