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Gainful (YC W18) — Personalized performance nutrition

Gainful is performance nutrition that unlocks your full potential. We provide personalized products and 1:1 Registered Dietitian support to empower active people to reach their unique goals by transforming their health.

Gainful is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2018 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Personalized Performance Nutrition. The founder listed is Jahaan Ansari (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 8, 2017).

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Gainful

New accelerator entry · 2017-11-08 · the record

Winter 2018
batch
30
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2018
Announced2017-11-08
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size30
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Food and Beverage
SectorsConsumer, E-commerce
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedNew York City, NY
HiringNo
Sitehttps://gainful.com/
Founded2017

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Gainful is performance nutrition that unlocks your full potential. We provide personalized products and 1:1 Registered Dietitian support to empower active people to reach their unique goals by transforming their health. Founded in 2017, Gainful is backed by some of the world’s best venture investors (including Y Combinator, BrandProject, and Courtside VC). Our current products are Personalized Protein, Personalized Hydration, Personalized Pre-Workout, and our line of Performance Boosts (Collagen, Creatine, and Fiber).

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