What You Ought to Know:
– Bisu, Inc., a Tokyo-based digital well being startup that helps individuals enhance their well being and wellness by way of lab-grade testing at residence, right now introduced $3.2M in seed funding led by Korean biotech investor QUAD, with participation from ASICS Ventures Company, fifteenth Rock Ventures, Pacifico Investments, and SOSV.
– The funding will allow Bisu to carry to market Bisu Physique Coach, a conveyable “residence well being lab” for personalised diet and way of life recommendation by way of simple, correct urine and saliva testing. Bisu additionally reached an settlement with ASICS Company to collaborate on well being and health service initiatives.
Bisu Physique Coach: Bringing the Lab to Your House
Bisu Physique Coach consists of a disposable check stick and a reader that syncs with a companion smartphone app. The microfluidic “lab-on-a-chip” expertise used within the check stick permits dependable, exact and automatic measurements of a variety of biomarkers in simply two minutes. The app supplies suggestions on key diet indicators reminiscent of hydration, minerals and nutritional vitamins, and suggestions are personalised based mostly on the consumer’s objectives, dietary preferences, exercise, sleep and weight.
Bisu Physique Coach Availability & Pipeline
Bisu Physique Coach is at the moment in beta, with a pipeline of extra check sticks overlaying coaching depth, hormones, and pet and child well being. Bisu and ASICS will work collectively on future initiatives aimed to reinforce private well being and athletic efficiency. ASICS’ funding follows Bisu’s victory within the U.S. Sports activities & Health Business Affiliation’s startup competitors — one of many trade’s main occasions for which greater than 100 sports activities and health executives served as judges.
“This funding is a serious vote of confidence from a bunch of buyers who’re each tech-savvy, consumer-focused and globally minded,” says Daniel Maggs, Co-founder & CEO at Bisu. “We’re delighted to announce our collaboration with ASICS. ASICS shares our ardour for making stunning but scientifically rigorous merchandise within the spirit of Japanese craftsmanship, but can also be a contemporary, globally-recognized model,” says Wojciech Bula, PhD, Co-founder & CTO.