Lifeforce, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of a clinically integrated health optimization platform, raised $12M in Series A funding.
The round was co-led by M13 and Peterson Ventures with participation by Ridgeline Ventures, Rosecliff Ventures, and Seaside Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth, expand its offering, and consolidate its market position.
Led by CEO Dugal Bain-Kim and Tony Robbins, Lifeforce provides an optimization platform that empowers adults to take control of their health, by combining data, tools, and expertise, as well as at-home diagnostics, access to expert functional medicine physicians and certified health coaches, and data-driven highly personalized care plans.
Members receive regular in-home diagnostic blood tests from registered phlebotomists covering the 40-plus biomarkers most important to physical, cognitive, sexual, and psychological performance. Results are then interpreted by a team of trained medical doctors to create a personalized program of scientifically validated lifestyle adjustments, nutraceuticals, and hormone and peptide therapies customized to each member’s biology and goals.
The company’s model was developed under the guidance of an expert Advisory Board including Dr. Mark Hyman, Head of Strategy and Innovation of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine; Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, Weight Management Expert and Associate professor at Harvard Medical School; Dr. Rudy Tanzi, Harvard Medical School Vice-Chair of Neurology and Massachusetts General Hospital Director and Dr. Kathryn Rexrode, Chief of the Division of Women’s Health in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital BWH and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
The company was incubated by M13’s in-house venture studio, Launchpad. It is additionally backed by some of the most influential figures in health and human performance including renowned author, life and business strategist, and Lifeforce Co-Founder Tony Robbins; technologist, physician, engineer, and Lifeforce Co-Founder Dr. Peter Diamandis; and professional tennis legend Serena Williams.
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23/05/2023