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The Company Behind the Stretchy Band Every Physical Therapist Owns
One rubber band changed how the world does rehab. Performance Health has spent the decades since turning recovery into an inventory - roughly 2,000 employees, $700 million in revenue, and a catalog that reaches from the training table to the VA hospital.
The $12 Million Gym Bet: Onelife Is Turning the Neighborhood Club Into a Third Home
Onelife Fitness is wagering that the winning gym is neither a bare-bones box nor an exclusive country club. Its growing network sells something more practical: enough equipment, classes, recovery and family infrastructure to make showing up the easy part.
Nori
Nori is an AI health coach that connects a person's scattered health data - Apple Health, Oura, Whoop, Garmin, Peloton, nutrition apps, medical records and lab tests - into one place and turns it into a personalized daily plan. Founded in 2025 by Chartable veterans Dave Zohrob and Harish Agarwal, the New York startup is part of Y Combinator's Fall 2025 (F25) batch and aims to make health optimization feel less like a second full-time job.
Betterguards Technology
Betterguards Technology is a German-engineered sports-tech company that builds adaptive ankle braces using a patented micro-hydraulic piston. Unlike rigid braces or taping, the BetterGuard moves freely with the athlete and stiffens only at the instant of a dangerous ankle roll, reacting several times faster than the human body. Founded in Berlin/Hennigsdorf and now with a New York operation, the company sells direct-to-consumer and has been adopted by athletes across the NBA, NFL, MLS, MLB, NCAA and Olympic programs after joining the 2022 NBA Launchpad cohort.
Marigold Health
Marigold Health is a Boston-based digital behavioral health company that combines certified peer recovery coaches with a 24/7 anonymous, text-based support community. Natural language processing scans member conversations to flag emerging needs and route human support where it matters most, helping people with mental health and substance use conditions stay engaged in recovery. Marigold contracts primarily with Medicaid and dual-eligible health plans under value-based arrangements, and became the largest provider of peer recovery supports in Delaware.
Gallus Detox and Recovery Services
Gallus Detox and Recovery Services is a physician-founded medical detoxification and addiction-recovery company that treats withdrawal from opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines and other drugs in upscale, hotel-like inpatient suites staffed 24/7. Built on the proprietary 'Gallus Method' developed by ER physician Dr. Patrick Gallus in 2011, the company uses IV and injectable medications and cardiac telemetry to make detox safer and more comfortable, and reports that roughly 87% of its patients step directly into aftercare - far above the industry norm. Now led by Chairman and CEO Warren Olsen after a 2019 acquisition by SCB Global Healthcare, Gallus operates inpatient centers in Colorado, Arizona and Texas plus outpatient (IOP) services.
Implus
Implus is a Durham, North Carolina-based consumer products company that builds and buys active-lifestyle accessory brands - insoles, performance socks, shoe care, home fitness, recovery tools and outdoor traction gear - and sells them through more than 60,000 retail outlets across roughly 60 countries. Founded in the late 1980s around the Sof Sole insole brand, it grew into a house of around 18 brands including SKLZ, Yaktrax, Balega, Spenco, TriggerPoint, Harbinger and RockTape, largely through a long string of acquisitions under private-equity ownership.
RecoveryLink
RecoveryLink is a Philadelphia-based digital recovery technology company that gives people in recovery - and the organizations that serve them - a platform for peer-based support at the touch of a button. It combines an electronic recovery record, asynchronous training, one-on-one telerecovery peer sessions, and live video group support into a single HIPAA-compliant suite. Founded by recovery scientist Robert Ashford alongside Chris Hart and Brent Canode, the company treats recovery as an individualized, data-informed process supported by both technology and human connection.
StretchLab Franchise
StretchLab is the original and largest one-on-one assisted stretching franchise, built on the simple bet that flexibility deserves its own studio. Trained specialists called Flexologists guide members through customized stretch sessions using techniques like PNF, supported by 3D body-scan technology (MAPS) and recovery tools such as NormaTec compression. Founded in Venice, California in 2015 and now owned by Xponential Fitness, StretchLab became the first assisted stretching brand to surpass 500 studios in North America.