Irene Liu
Co-Founder & CEO
Location / Year Founded / Industry:
New York / 2022 / Women's Health
What is Chiyo
Chiyo is the first nationwide meal delivery service specializing in fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum care rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western nutritional science.
What It Matters
Chiyo’s evidence-based, food-as-medicine solutions, which is already HSA/FSA reimbursable and working towards being covered by health insurance, contain ingredients that address everything from tissue repair, blood replenishment, and dispelling the uterine lining to supporting hormonal health and milk supply.
Why You Should Care
The American pregnancy journey, which emphasizes bi-monthly clinical follow-ups but not daily wellness, fails to address maternal health holistically (just one example: rates of gestational diabetes and preeclampsia continue to rise across every maternal age group, leading to worsening outcomes for both mom and baby). Meanwhile, postpartum care is non-existent, with women left to take care of themselves for the first 6 weeks after giving birth before seeing their OBGYN. The big vision is not only to fundamentally change the standard of U.S.-based maternal care, an $18B opportunity, but build the go-to nutrition source for women from the start of their menstrual cycle ($114B) through menopause ($93B).