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Naya Health

A company that developed health tech products for both babies and mothers.

Company Information

Description

Naya Health reinvented nutrition for both babies and families with ingenious products and game-changing insights. Naya Health Co., was a seed stage company developing digital, consumer-focused health products that would revolutionize the well-being and lifestyle of mothers and babies. The company's initial product was a first-of-its kind, radically improved breast pump for nursing moms. Naya Health helped modern mothers reach their breastfeeding goals by offering products that integrate into a mom’s busy life.

Legal Name

Former Legal Name(s)

Company Reputation

Entity Type

Private limited company

Ownership Status

Operational Status

Inactive

Founded Date

1 Jan 2013

Operational Duration

5 years

Shutdown Date

2018

Last Financing Round

Seed Round

Total Raised

USD 4.6M

Last Financing Date

25 Apr 2016

No. of Funding Round(s)

No. of Investor(s)

No. of Employees

1 - 10

Total Revenue

Post-money Valuation

Market Capitalization

Stage of Development

Validation

Transactional Model Type

B2C

Defensibility Moats

Procedural knowledge, Brand, Willingness to experiment,

City

Redwood City

State/Province

California

Country

United States

Industry

Health, Wellness & Fitness

Categories

Big Data, Hardware, Nutrition,

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Reasons for Shutdown

Lack of Funds

The company struggled to raise further funding.

Naya Health, which was backed by almost $5 million in funding from angel investors and venture funds including Tandem Capital, struggled to raise further financing.
The founders had been working to find a way behind the scenes to either raise enough capital to face the increase in manufacturing costs or find the company a new home.

Poor Technology

Consumers were unhappy with their products being faulty

Naya had specific technical issues with its products, and users were disappointed with lackluster responses from customer service.

Direct Competitors and Similar Companies

Note: Direct competitors are defined by similarity score of more than 40%, while similar companies are defined by similarity score of less than 40%

No.	Image	Name	Similarity score	Description	Industry	Categories	Location	Ownership status	Entity type	Stage of development	Transactional model type	Defensibility moats	Last financing round	Total raised	Post-money valuation	Last financing date	No. of funding round(s)	No. of investors	Investors	Total revenue	Market capitalization	No. of investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	Competition	Management	No. of employees	Company reputation	Contact info	Operational status	Operational duration	Shutdown date	Founded date	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Ticker
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Investors

No.	Name	Investor type	Description	Location	Preferred investment stage(s)	Stages invested in	Assets under management (AUM)	Investment range	Investment sweet spot	Preferred investment focus	Preferred investment geography	No. of investments	No. of lead investments	No. of follow-on investments	No. of co-investments	Portfolio companies	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of failed investments	Loss on investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	No. of funds	Limited partners	Co-investors	No. of partners	Partners	No. of employees	Management	Board members	Founders	Investor reputation	Contact info	Entity type	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Founded date	Ticker
1.	Astarte Ventures	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.	Astia Angels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3.	EXXclaim Capital	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4.	Fred Moll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5.	Healthfundr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Hedgewood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7.	Jan Rydfors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8.	Jeff Goldshine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9.	Kimberly Vogel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10.	Maurice Ferre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Leadership

No.	Image	Name	Previous designation	Previous company	Previous biography	Previous profile type	Previous location	Experience	Education	Reputation	Current company	Current designation	Current biography	Current profile type	Current location	No. of investments	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of board seats taken	Contact info
1.		Janica Alvarez (Pebley)	Co-Founder & CEO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Naya Health	-	Janica Alvarez is the co-founder and CEO of Naya Health, responsible for company leadership, product vision and strategy, and operations and manufacturing excellence. Beginning with reinventing the breast pump and bottle, Janica’s mission for Naya Health is to create better experiences for moms through a range of early-infant nutritional products and services. Prior to Naya Health, Janica spent 10-plus years leading teams in healthcare and clinical research, including at biotech giants Genentech and Gilead Sciences. She was responsible for the launch and management of the review and approval by the FDA of a dozen revenue-generating oncology and HIV therapies in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Janica holds multiple patents and has a BS in Biology and Chemistry from Weber State University and studied Clinical Bioethics at Union Graduate College and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.		Jeffery Alvarez	Co-Founder & Sr. Director of R&D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Naya Health	-	A medical device industry leader, Jeff has over 12 years of experience in fast paced medical device startups, including highly technical field of surgical robotics. Most recently Jeff co-founded Naya Health, a company focused on both digital and hardware consumer medicine solutions for families. Jeff was also instrumental in starting and building Auris Surgical Robotics where as the Director of Product Development, he evolved a pre-seed idea into a VC backed, clinical utilized surgical robotic platform. His responsibilities included procedure development, surgeon training, championing product & both building and leading a development team of 8 engineers. Jeff was a technical and project lead at Hansen Medical (HNSN), the world leader in flexible robotics. Jeff holds an MBA from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Funding

No.	Financing date	Financing round	Total amount raised	Post-money valuation	Financial viability	Fundraising target amount	Remaining target amount	Financing type	No. of investors	Board seats	Lead investors	Entity type	Financing status
1.	25 Apr 2016	Seed Round	USD 3.9M	-	-			-	7	-	-	-	Completed
2.	1 Jul 2015	Seed Round	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
3.	27 Nov 2014	Angel Round	USD 700K	-	-			-	14	-	-	-	Completed