# Amanda Rees

> Amanda Rees is the co-founder and CEO of Bold, a Los Angeles based digital fitness platform that delivers personalized, science-based exercise programs to help older adults build strength, ease pain, and prevent falls. A Princeton-trained chemical and biological engineer who is also a longtime dance and tai chi instructor, Rees built Bold after spending most of her twenties caring for her grandmother and discovering how few preventive tools existed for aging well. Bold partners with Medicare Advantage plans and has raised about $27 million in total funding, including a $17 million Series A.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Bold
- **Organizations:** Bold (agebold.com), The 11th Hour Project (Schmidt Family Foundation), Dalai Lama Fellows
- **From:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BSE, Chemical & Biological Engineering (also studied dance), Princeton University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Bold, a digital platform delivering personalized exercise programs to older adults, Raised roughly $27 million in total funding, including a $17 million Series A, Secured backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Primetime Partners, and GingerBread Capital

## Career timeline

- **—** — Earned a BSE in chemical and biological engineering from Princeton University while training in dance
- **—** — Named a Dalai Lama Fellow; conducted research at Stanford, Princeton, and UCLA
- **—** — Managed the renewable energy portfolio at The 11th Hour Project, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation
- **—** — Spent most of her twenties as a family caregiver for her grandmother; began teaching balance and chair yoga classes at Bay Area retirement communities
- **2018** — Co-founded Bold with Hari Arul to deliver science-based exercise programs for older adults
- **2020** — Bold scaled as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for at-home fitness
- **—** — Bold announced $7 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Khosla Ventures, Primetime Partners, and GingerBread Capital
- **2023** — Raised a $17 million Series A; total funding reached roughly $27 million
- **2024** — Featured in STAT, Fitt Insider, and other outlets on fall prevention, ageism, and 'movement is medicine'

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Bold, a digital platform delivering personalized exercise programs to older adults
- Raised roughly $27 million in total funding, including a $17 million Series A
- Secured backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Primetime Partners, and GingerBread Capital
- Built Medicare Advantage partnerships to offer Bold's programs free to eligible older adults
- Named a Dalai Lama Fellow
- Certified fitness instructor for over a decade across dance, yoga, indoor cycling, and tai chi

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Featured in STAT discussing fall prevention, ageism in healthcare, and the idea that movement is medicine.
- **2024-03** — Appeared on the Fitt Insider podcast as co-founder and CEO of Bold.
- **2023-09** — Bold's Series A round of $17 million; total funding reached approximately $27 million.

## Links

- Website: https://agebold.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/areesbold
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/age_bold?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agebold

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Last updated: 2026-06-14