HealthifyMe
| File:HealthifyMe Logo.png | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Genre | Health informatics, Physical fitness, Nutritionism |
| Founded | January 2012 |
| Founders | Tushar Vashisht Mathew Cherian Sachin Shenoy |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Tushar Vashisht (CEO), Sachin Shenoy |
| Website | www |
HealthifyMe is an Indian digital Weight loss platform that provides fitness services. Developed for both Android and iOS platforms, the application provides calorie tracking, water tracking and on-the-cloud fitness coaching. In addition to these, the app takes the gamified approach to keep users motivated.
Users with premium subscription get to choose from a team of in-house nutritionists, fitness trainers and Yoga coaches, who are certified by international organizations and certifications such as International Sports Science Association (ISSA), American Council on Exercise (ACE) and others. Through this, HealthifyMe combines human assistance with wearable technology as the app syncs with activity trackers.[1][2]
The company, founded by Tushar Vashisht,[3] Mathew Cherian and Sachin Shenoy,[4] is based out of Bangalore, India. HealthifyMe raised $6 million as a part of their Series-A round in April 2016[5] from IDG Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners & Blume Ventures.[6]
History
Started in 2012, CEO & Founder, Tushar Vashisht says that it was his personal weight loss after working for Unique Identification Authority of India (UID) in 2010 that spurred him to start HealthifyMe. He along with Mathew began putting together a list of foods and their calorie values as they attempted to build a service that would help people eat and live healthier.[7] A year into establishing HealthifyMe, Sachin joined the team as Co-Founder and Head of Engineering.[8]
On 1 May 2015, HealthifyMe along Godrej Nature’s Basket, Manipal Hospitals, Medanta, Apollo Centre with launched the HealthifyIndia movement, aimed to pledge Indians to a healthy lifestyle while bringing attention to lifestyle disorders.[9]
On 17 June 2015, it was announced that HealthifyMe closed its pre-Series A round with an undisclosed amount from a group of individual investors. This was clubbed along with the investment funds from handset maker Micromax earlier.[10][11][12][13]
On December 2015, the app was awarded the Google Play Top Developer Badge. In addition to this, HealthifyMe was chosen as one of Google Play’s “Best Apps of 2015” and a 'Made in India' feature on the App Store.[14]
Partnerships
HealthifyMe also works in partnership with various medical institutions such as Medanta, Apollo Hospitals and Manipal Hospitals, with the aim to treat and prevent clinical obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular problems and other lifestyle diseases.[15]
The company has also made its presence in the corporate wellness space, serving clients like Philips, Cognizant, Unilever, PMC and General Electric.[16]
See also
References
- ^ "HealthifyMe to hire more coaches and reach 50L users". Deccan Herald. 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Track calories in Indian curries with HealthifyMe". Daily News and Analysis. 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Tushar Vashisht - Co-Founder and CEO @ HealthifyMe". CrunchBase. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Sachin Shenoy - Co-Founder and Head of Engineering @ HealthifyMe". CrunchBase. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "HealthifyMe raises Rs 40 crore from IDG Ventures, Inventus Capital & Blume Ventures". The Economic Times. 10 May 2016.
- ^ "IDG, Inventus, Blume back HealthifyMe". The Times of India. 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Quantifying Indian food, with indigenous software". The Economic Times. 12 January 2016.
- ^ "HealthifyMe: Working out in smartphone generation". Business Standard. 3 July 2016.
- ^ "Health minister launches new campaign to make India fit". Daily News and Analysis. 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Micromax kicks off ecosystem plan with app investment". Mint (newspaper). 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Micromax invests in health & fitness app HealthifyMe". Consumer Reports. 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Micromax invests in Bengaluru-based HealthifyMe". The Economic Times. 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Micromax-backed startup HealthifyMe successfully completes second round of funding". Boy Genius Report. 18 July 2015.
- ^ "A weight loss startup's journey to winning over Google and Microsoft". Tech in Asia. 11 February 2016.
- ^ "HealthifyMe: An app for healthy living". The Sunday Guardian. 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Is Indian Healthcare ready for Big Data and Analytics?". Consumer Reports.
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