Articles about Wellness

Husband-and-wife tech vets, with startup and Microsoft experience, venture into skincare

Garrett Vargas couldn’t shake the entrepreneurial itch. Vargas previously co-founded and was CTO at LegUp, a Seattle-based child care enrollment… Read More

Testing Sanctuary, ‘the most personal, immersive wellness studio experience in the universe’

For 80 minutes on Thursday, in the midst of another busy day at work, I was transported to a different… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Tech to Protect Challenge; cybersecurity panel; Beyond Bollywood

— The newest consumer electronic devices feature the latest technologies, but unfortunately the same can’t always be said about the… Read More

Women’s sexual health startup Joylux raises more cash, lands in Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop store

Joylux, a Seattle startup that aims to improve women’s sexual health with a wellness device, has raised an additional $7… Read More

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff invests in $25M round for Naveen Jain’s microbiome startup Viome

Viome, a wellness startup from entrepreneur Naveen Jain, has raised $25 million in funding from a crop of investors that… Read More

Is wellness ‘dead’? This Seattle-area company just raised $22M to revive it

Seattle-area health technology company Aduro has landed a $22 million investment to help company employees “be great at anything.” The funding,… Read More

Experts predict how big data (and family ties) will shape the future of health

It’s no secret that a rising flood of data, from the results of sophisticated genetic tests to the vital signs… Read More

Khosla Ventures leads $15M round in Naveen Jain’s Viome wellness startup, gets board seat

Khosla Ventures, the prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm whose interests range from biofuels to spaceflight, was revealed today as… Read More

Naveen Jain’s biotech startup Viome raises millions for personal wellness monitoring

Viome, the wellness monitoring service founded by Seattle-area tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, has raised $15 million this month in an… Read More

GeekWire recommends 6 wellness apps on New Day NW

There are so many health and fitness apps available today that it can be hard to make sense of the… Read More

Entrepreneur Naveen Jain offers a gut check with Viome wellness tracking service

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Seattle-area entrepreneur Naveen Jain is ramping up Viome, a wellness monitoring service that’s the first venture brought to… Read More

Seattle wellness tracking startup EveryMove acquired by personal health scanning company higi

EveryMove, a Seattle startup that helps employers incentivize employee wellness, has been acquired by health-tracking company higi. Chicago-based higi announced the… Read More

With ‘Pulse’ lube warming and dispensing device, Seattle startup aims to shake up bedroom technology

Most entrepreneurs don’t look to the bedroom as a place ripe for disruption. But Toaster Labs, a new startup out… Read More

Digital health insurance platform League raises $25M, eyes growth in Seattle and beyond

League, the Toronto-based digital health insurance platform with a presence in Seattle, announced Tuesday that it has raised $25 million… Read More

Limeade utilizes acquisition to launch wellness app that helps companies promote healthy habits

The fruits of Limeade’s first and only acquisition are starting to show. The Bellevue startup today launched a new mobile video… Read More

On-demand massage startup Zeel launches in Seattle region

“Seattle is a hotbed of innovation and tech, and Seattleites are health, tech and wellness-conscious.” Zeel CEO Samer Hamadeh thinks… Read More

Former Olympic track star: 10 tips for healthy employees and strong startups

Ja’Warren Hooker, a former Olympian and UW track star, sees a problem in big tech companies — employees aren’t healthy. Employees aren’t exercising enough. They aren’t sleeping enough.… Read More

KrowdFit raises $2.4M to reward people with cash for tracking their exercise and eating habits

Exercise regularly, eat better, and win cash — it’s a formula that’s working for one Bend, Oregon-based startup. KrowdFit has reeled in an… Read More

Self-improvement platform Mazlo raises $10M to help people ‘reach their potential’

Would you like to eat healthier? Be smarter about how you save money? Feel more confident about public speaking? Mazlo… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Provata Health helps employees get healthy with results-based wellness program

Dozens of employee wellness startups have emerged in the past decade as companies become more enlightened about the value of… Read More

Dr. Lee Hood’s scientific wellness startup Arivale raises $36M to improve health through genetics

A new startup in Seattle wants to be the Google or Microsoft of a new industry called scientific wellness, and now… Read More

Ex-NFL running back launches app that uses sports teams, stars to encourage healthy lifestyles

A former NFL running back is trying to create the Facebook for health and wellness. Robert Smith, a two-time Pro… Read More

App of the Week: Pillow promotes sleep accountability

Most of us need to get more sleep, but it’s easy to lure yourself into a false sense of how… Read More

Startup Spotlight: URGravity helps doctors, patients understand health device data to improve your well-being

After working in front of his computer all day long for decades in the tech industry, Ron Miller’s health wasn’t… Read More

Brooks Running starts online community with help from MapMyFitness

There are all kinds of ways companies today try to encourage people to exercise, be it through gift certificate incentives… Read More

This startup wants to help you save on medical bills by taking control of your health

There is already a bevy of health and wellness startups out there in a very crowded space. But a new Seattle… Read More

Corporate wellness company Keas snags $8M from Ignition and Atlas Venture

Keas, a corporate wellness program based out of San Francisco, has just received $8 million in funding from Ignition Partners… Read More

Former Olympic skier starts company that teaches young female athletes mental fitness

For the ten years Libby Ludlow spent racing down mountains as a U.S. Olympic skier, she never met with venture… Read More

Fast food study: Millennials are making the least-healthy menu choices

Last month, data from Placed told us how much America loves its fast food. Now we know a little more… Read More

The Most Valuable Pitches (MVPs) from Nike Accelerator Demo Day

Well, that was inspiring — both to the brain and the body. The Nike Accelerator Demo Day wrapped up Monday… Read More