Gainful is a New York-based personalized sports nutrition company that builds custom protein powders, hydration, pre-workout and performance supplements tailored to each customer's body, goals and dietary needs. Customers take an online quiz, get a formula matched to them by Gainful's algorithm and registered dietitians, and can chat with a real RD about it. Founded by high-school soccer teammates Eric Wu and Jahaan Ansari and incubated at Y Combinator, the brand grew from a dorm-room experiment into a profitable, multi-channel business now sold direct-to-consumer and in Target stores nationwide.
NeoLife International is a Santa Clara, California whole-food nutrition company founded in 1958 by Jerry Brassfield. For more than six decades it has built non-GMO supplements, weight-management products, skin care and earth-friendly home care that are sold through a network of independent distributors in over 50 countries. Its formulas are vetted by the NeoLife Scientific Advisory Board, founded in 1976 by toxicologist Arthur Furst, Ph.D. Today the founder's daughter, Kendra Brassfield, runs the company as CEO.