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Performance Kitchen | Food Is Medicine®
Performance Kitchen | Food Is Medicine® is an Austin, Texas company that produces chef-crafted, dietitian-approved Medically Tailored Meals designed to help manage chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and renal disease. Founded in 2011 as a healthy consumer food brand sold in more than 10,000 retail stores, the company pivoted to lead the Food Is Medicine movement, delivering ready-to-eat meals that are increasingly paid for by health insurers and delivered directly to members' homes. Led by Chairman and CEO Mark Walker, a CPA and founder of athlete-backed Dugout Ventures, Performance Kitchen operates nationwide production and distribution reaching roughly 98% of the U.S.
Kickoff
Kickoff is a New York-based remote fitness and nutrition coaching platform that pairs clients with certified personal trainers and registered dietitians who deliver custom workouts, meal guidance, and daily text and video check-ins. Founded in 2019 by CEO John Gardner, the company set out to make elite-level personal coaching affordable, and more recently has moved to have its dietitian-led training covered by health insurance so many clients pay little or nothing. Kickoff has attracted more than 20,000 coaches and raised roughly $11M from investors including 645 Ventures, FJ Labs, and Expa.
Gainful
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.
Oshi Health
Oshi Health is a virtual-first gastrointestinal care clinic that gives the roughly one in four Americans living with digestive disorders fast access to a coordinated team of GI providers, registered dietitians, behavioral health specialists, and care coordinators. Available in all 50 states as an in-network benefit, Oshi pairs unlimited virtual visits and messaging with evidence-based, whole-person treatment - an approach a national health plan's analysis tied to 92% symptom improvement, 98% patient satisfaction, and more than $10,000 in medical cost savings per patient over six months.