Trends in China’s wellness market | Oura’s AI-powered future | Sweat-tech wearable Epicore raises $26M

Headlines in the Global Wellness Economy Global Wellness News™ | February 13th, 2025 Sweat-Tech Wearable Epicore Biosystems Raises $26M Epicore has secured $26 million in a Series B for its sweat-teach wearable brand to advance its platform and expand. Oura Co-Founder Predicts $100B Potential Fresh off a $5B valuation, Oura co-founder Petteri Lahtela thinks the smart ring maker is poised for exponential growth. New trends…

Pickleheads Closes on $2.5M Funding Round to Elevate the Game

Pickleheads Closes on $2.5M Funding Round to Elevate the Game Pickleheads, the platform where pickleball players can connect and organize pickleball games, announced the closing of a $2.5 million seed round, which the company will use to enhance the on-court experience for players through technology. Pickleball has been the fastest-growing sport for three consecutive years; however, it presents challenges with court shortages and long wait…

A tranquil boom: why real estate loves wellness hotels

A tranquil boom: why real estate loves wellness hotels Before it shuttered in 2022, the low-slung, midcentury Bearfoot Inn was an affordable and clothing-optional outpost for gay travelers to Palm Springs, California. Plasticky red loungers on the concrete pool deck faced a slab wall and then the San Jacinto mountains. According to a one-star online review, the proprietors argued with guests over the hot […]…

The Future of Wellness: 2025 Trends

Just released, the Global Wellness Summit’s The Future of Wellness: 2025 Trends report provides a detailed (130-page) forecast of the ten trends that will make waves in health and wellness in the year ahead. Inside the report, learn how we’ll see both “analog wellness” (a great logging off and seizing of pre-digital experiences) and a futuristic “augmented biology” for superhuman optimization as the polarization of…

How Is the Wellness Industry Tackling the Water Crisis?

Emerging from the keynotes and discourse on this topic at the 2024 Global Wellness Summit (GWS), Watershed Wellness is Trend #5 inside the GWS’s The Future of Wellness: 2025 Trends report, the latest edition of the longest-running global wellness trends report providing a detailed (130-page) forecast of the 10 trends that will make waves in health and wellness in the year ahead. Inside the report,…