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- Detroit Venture Partners and Union Heritage Ventures helped Chiyo, a maternal nutrition company, complete a $3 million financing round.
- Chiyo provides nutritional care for each stage of a woman’s reproductive life cycle and has raised a total of $3.4 million in funding.
Several venture capital companies, including Detroit Venture Partners and Union Heritage Ventures, helped Chiyo, a maternal nutrition company, complete a $3 million financing round. The funding will fuel Chiyo’s mission of providing better maternal nutrition. Chiyo’s backers include Aimee Song, Jing, and Vanessa Dew, among others. Chiyo offers stage-based and symptom-specific nutrition programs across fertility and postpartum recovery, rooted in nutritional science and Eastern food therapy.
With the latest funding, Chiyo plans to build its digital platform for personalized customer self-guided content and nutrition programs, scale its distribution through clinics, and invest in additional research that proves food is medicine. The company’s personalized nutrition platform aims to provide better personalized nutrition curricula, guidance, and community coaching. Chiyo’s vision is to revolutionize maternal nutrition and support for new parents in America, and the funding will help them achieve this goal.
Co-founder and CEO of Chiyo, Irene Liu, emphasizes the importance of food-as-medicine for different life stages of a woman’s health journey. Co-founder and chief culinary officer Jennifer Jolorte Doro, as a mother and certified nutritionist, is dedicated to helping customers thrive in their motherhood journey. With the investment, Chiyo aims to reach a wider audience and provide comprehensive support to mothers across America.
