Despite most employees not self-rating well on weight, eating, and exercise, and many having related goals, the vast majority (~80-90%) are not making significant progress on those goals.
Only half of employees are reporting positive overall health, with little change over time. This is despite all of the hard work across health & wellness to give employees more, better options to improve their physical and mental health.
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Online therapy provider Talkspace acquired Wisdo Health to integrate peer support and coaching into its mental health services. Wisdo is an artificial-intelligence-powered coaching and peer-to-peer support platform...
Simple, an AI weight loss app, raised $35M of equity and debt from Hartbeat Ventures and Liquidity.
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From the announcement:
- 20M downloads worldwide
- 800K+ active subscribers
- 17.5M pounds lost collectively
- $100M in revenue in 2024, up 64% YoY
In total, September featured $4B+ of deal activity - 18 buyouts and acquisitions worth $3B+ and ~$1.3B of disclosed fundraising across all Health & Wellness verticals.
Highlights included Oura Health's ~$900M Series E; David Lloyd Leisure's buyout for ~£2B; Remedy Meds acquiring Thirty Madison for $500M+; and Bloom Nutrition receiving a significant new investment.