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Global Wellness News™ | October 26th, 2023

Signos raises $20M to sprinkle AI fairy dust on the weight-loss industry | TechCrunch

Signos, a metabolic health platform that utilizes a unique AI-engine with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to offer real-time data and recommendations

Getting Into This Fitness Trend Is Simple. Just Pack a Bag.

The activity, involving walking with a weighted backpack, is finding converts of all ages and strength levels.

Weight Loss Startup Calibrate Is Changing Hands

Weight loss company Calibrate – which sells a program combining GLP-1 drugs with personalized metabolic health coaching – announced a legal restructuring of its business. The startup, which recently had two major rounds of layoffs, has struggled amid GLP-1 drug shortages and mounting user complaints.

Backed by Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, Thoughtful wants to combat loneliness

VCP Ventures funded the seed round.

F45 Reveals $372M Loss as CEO Plots Plan Forward

While F45’s restated financials paint a grim picture of big losses and pending legal squabbles, CEO Tom Dowd sees promise.

Hamburg-based foodtech GoodBytz secures €12 million to lead a nutritional revolution through robotics

GoodBytz, a German foodtech that develops robotic kitchens which enable professional chefs to effortlessly amplify and reproduce their capabilities, has raised €12 million in a Series A investment round
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