Wellness & Fitness Startups

Akin is a nonprofit serving children and families across Washington state, offering a spectrum of tailored support services to improve family health and well-being. It works with local organizations, schools, and community leaders to reduce barriers to care and address multi-generational inequity.

1 investor

Chill.com publishes wellness content focused on stress, recovery, sleep, and gut health, with references to supplements for supporting the body under sustained stress. The site addresses consumers seeking to manage burnout and recover from chronic stress.

1 investor

Chime Care is an in-home care agency that matches caregivers with clients based on ability, location, personality, and preference, offering services including visiting care, overnight care, live-in care, and respite care. The company provides a mobile app for real-time care monitoring, health tracking, and communication between families and caregivers.

1 investor

Chiropractic Economics is a trade magazine and news resource for doctors of chiropractic, covering practice management, marketing, financial planning, patient relations, clinical research, and wellness. It provides business and professional content aimed at chiropractors running their own practices.

1 investor

Chirp offers a family safety product through Chirp-enabled devices designed to help parents and guardians keep children healthy and safe online. It targets families managing their children's digital activity.

1 investor

Choice is an identity-verified marketplace connecting members with professional educators for consent-based intimacy and companionship services, including remote conversations, in-person meetings, and guided studio sessions. It offers verified profiles, encrypted messaging, and escrow-based payments, serving clients and professionals in Switzerland, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

1 investor

Christou 1910 makes compression legwear including socks and tights, bandages, finger pads, and insoles, based on compression science. Its product line (e.g. DAYS Fresh insoles and DAYS Comfy) targets consumers seeking body-supporting hosiery and foot care products.

1 investor

Fortell AI manufactures hearing aids that use artificial intelligence to improve speech comprehension in noisy environments, supported by clinical trials and fitted by audiologists.

1 investor

Chronicare offers a mobile app for people living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to log meals, medications, bowel movements, and symptoms, spot triggers, and generate reports for medical appointments. It also includes a patient community where IBD patients can connect with others on a similar journey.

1 investor

RETOUCH is a Japanese men's apparel brand that sells minimalist clothing such as its short-sleeve dry knit polo made from strongly-twisted cotton yarn. The brand operates a fitting store, RETOUCH by fifth, in Harajuku, Tokyo, and sells online in Japan.

1 investor

Cipla Health is a consumer healthcare subsidiary that sells branded over-the-counter health products including throat lozenges, cough remedies, probiotics, oral care, and wellness supplements. The company targets consumers seeking relief from common ailments and daily health support.

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CIPRA.ai develops an AI-based platform for precise diagnosis and management of chronic conditions including hypertension and diabetes for patients and health systems. The platform uses data-driven approaches to identify relationships between lifestyle factors and chronic disease outcomes.

1 investor

Circada develops circadian lighting products and systems that adjust light intensity, color, and wavelengths to align with the natural progression of the sun, aiming to support the body's circadian rhythm and health outcomes. The company also conducts research in clinical settings such as intensive care patient recovery and neuro-rehabilitation.

1 investor

Circadian Health develops technology solutions that optimize human health and performance through understanding and applying circadian science, with expertise in light's impact on biological rhythms.

1 investor

Circadian Positioning Systems develops circadian rhythm-based solutions aimed at optimizing human performance in mission-critical scenarios.

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Circe Scientific provides DMPK (drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics) and PK/PD consulting for biotech, pharmaceutical, and venture capital clients working in drug discovery and development. It supports research projects across inhaled, dermal, and oral drug delivery routes.

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Citizens of Soil offers a premium extra virgin olive oil subscription service focused on health benefits, specifically a monthly "Health Club" membership featuring high-polyphenol oils (over 750 mg/kg) sourced from certified organic and regenerative producers. The company caters to health-conscious consumers seeking nutritional benefits through early-harvest olive oils curated by the founder, an EVOO sommelier.

1 investor

Clanbeat provides a digital platform designed to support student self-development and mental health in educational settings. The company serves schools globally and combines technology with community-based approaches to foster lifelong learning and student wellbeing.

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Clara is an AI-powered primary care practice that pairs licensed clinicians with artificial intelligence to deliver personalized, proactive healthcare through virtual visits and secure messaging. The company serves patients seeking primary care and is based in San Francisco.

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Clarity App is an emotional support platform that connects people with trained non-medical listeners for anonymous, judgment-free conversations about their feelings. It serves individuals seeking mental and emotional support in India.

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CleanOS makes personalized electric toothbrushes with custom brush heads designed from individual intraoral scans. The device targets consumers seeking faster, more effective daily oral hygiene through automated cleaning adapted to each person's mouth shape.

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Clean Skin Club makes Clean Towels, single-use disposable face towels used after cleansing, with makeup removers, or to remove face masks, marketed as improving skin barrier health. The consumer skincare product is sold direct-to-consumer and backed by a clinical study conducted by Princeton Consumer Research.

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Clean Market operates a premium wellness retail space offering personalized health treatments and products administered by medical providers. The company focuses on delivering results-driven functional wellness services designed to optimize customer wellbeing.

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LifeMD operates an online telehealth platform that connects US patients with board-certified providers for video and message-based visits, prescriptions, and lab orders. It offers care across weight loss (GLP-1 treatments), women's and men's health, mental health, and urgent/primary care, with same-day virtual appointments.

1 investor