Chiyo
Co-founder and CEO Irene Liu WG22 was inspired to start this meal delivery company when her mom sent traditional Chinese medicine meals to her aunt, who’d just had a baby. “After seeing what postpartum care looks like in Asia and other more ancient cultures, I wondered why this doesn’t exist in the U.S.,” Liu told TechCrunch. She wanted to build on the concept of food as medicine, offering personalized nutritional guides and curated meals delivered weekly, for comfort and support when women need it most. Chiyo tailors nutritional plans to fit each phase in a new mother’s life — fertility, prenatal, and postpartum — using a “first of its kind” research database. The company, featured in the New York Times and Bon Appétit, recently raised $3 million in funding.
