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Irwin Naturals Secures $40 Million Financing Following the recent news of its acquisition of Braxia, Irwin Naturals has just announced $40 million in financing, with plans to expand its psychedelic medicine clinics and other operations. See here for more on Irwin Naturals’ expansion into psychedelics and see the full press release below. LOS ANGELES, Feb. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Home Gym Maker Tonal Looks for Buyer After Burning Through Cash Tonal, a celebrity-backed home fitness startup that saw its valuation balloon to $1.6 billion in 2021, has explored options including a sale, two people familiar with the matter said. Tonal-an even more upmarket alternative to Peloton-burned through cash last year after spending heavily on … Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Sleep Tourism Is Trending in 2023, With A.I.-Equipped Hotel Beds and Glamping Under Dark Skies Most of the trip-related conversations about sleep that she has with her clients involve their preferences and individual needs. Every person has internal and environmental sensitivities that affect their sleep, including temperature, sounds, aromas, textures, surfaces, and their physical and mental health. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

While the wellness industry booms, the FTC is cracking down on its marketing tactics There’s one social media ad I can’t seem to get away from. It’s a video montage of beautiful young people with great skin drinking some orange goop and promising a laundry list of its benefits, from stronger hair and nails to appetite suppression and a healthier immune system. Read More from…

People Science Raises $5.3 Million To Revolutionize The Way Alternative Medicines Are Studied People Science, a direct-to-consumer scientific research company providing a scaled research and development (R&D) platform for alternative medicines, today announced $5.3 million in a second seed round of funding led by Acre Venture Partners with participation from Bluestein Ventures, THIA Ventures and FORM Life Ventures. Read the article on Yahoo > Read…

Has the Goop bubble burst? The appetite for celebrity wellness is waning If someone were to ask you where they might be able to source some Psychic Vampire Repellent Spray ($27/£22), billed as “a unique and complex blend of sonically tuned gem elixirs”, or some $125,000 Hock Design Goldloft Dumbbells made of 18 carat gold, or a seat designed solely to steam-clean your vagina, the…

Despite 2022’s headwinds, women’s health startups did better than ever before TechCrunch conducted a vibe check to see where this sector stands, and found a prevailing sense of guarded optimism. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Zwift Continues to Level Up With $620M Investment In the world of at-home fitness apps, Zwift is carving its own path – and it has plenty of capital to do so. The company isn’t turning a profit yet, co-founder Eric Min told Bloomberg, but it has raised $620 million in funding from investors including Amazon’s Alex Fund, KKR and Co., and Permira Holdings. Read More…

Brain health Stress from the pandemic raised concerns about mental health in people of all ages, especially teenagers. Now, mindful practices are taking a biological turn as consumers are doing more to feed and pamper their brains. The stress of lockdowns during the pandemic aged teenage brains up to three years according to a study published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science late last year.…