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Personalized Nutrition & HealthTechFounded: 2017HQ: London, UKFunding: $133M total raised

ZOE

What Happened

ZOE built one of the largest nutrition-science studies in the world (PREDICT) into a consumer product — at-home microbiome, blood-fat and blood-sugar test kits that generate a personalized dietary plan, backed by a genuine scientific research pedigree rather than just marketing.

Why It Matters

Building on PREDICT, one of the largest nutrition-science studies in the world, gives ZOE a research pedigree most consumer nutrition-testing products simply don't have — that's what separates it from a wellness gadget with a science-flavored marketing layer.

Built on one of the largest nutrition studies ever run — not just a wellness trend.

FET's Takeaway

Turning blood-fat and blood-sugar response data into a personalized dietary plan is the genuinely hard part — individual metabolic responses to the same food vary enormously, which is exactly the finding PREDICT itself helped establish.

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