About Boston Angel Club is a firm with a union of successful entrepreneurs, high-profiled managers, and investors in both U.S. and China.  We focus on the businesses such as angel (seed) fund management, business incubation, and transnational investment/enterprise acquisition.  Boston Angel Club was registered in Boston, the capital city of Massachusetts State of the United States of America.  It was founded in 2014 by a group of people who had solid experience in entrepreneurship and innovation , and also had the interest and passion in investment to outstanding start-ups at early stages.  The Big Boston Area is well known as one of the most advantageous areas in the whole US or even the world, in a wide range of aspects such as high-tech R&D, entrepreneurship & innovation, and high-profile talent pool where the two world-class universities, MIT and Harvard, take the lead.  Based in the Big Boston Area, Boston Angel Club aims to explore and find excellent entrepreneurs, products, innovation, and technologies from the talent pool such as MIT and Harvard, and help the start-ups to grow, develop, and achieve business success.  The fields that we are interested in include: TMT, New Energy, New Materials, Environmental Technologies, Bio-tech, Data Analysis, AI, Mass Consumption, and etc.

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SleepScore Labs helps millions of people improve their sleep through unique insights grounded in data and science. The chosen sleep partner of some of the world's leading companies, SleepScore Labs enables them to improve their health & wellness offerings through data and science. A unique technology platform and the leading team in the sleep field support the mission to help hundreds of millions more people sleep better, live better and healthier.

SleepScore Labs specializes in sleep monitoring using advanced non-contact technology to track and improve sleep quality. Its flagship product, SleepScore, measures sleep quality through a sleep score and helps clients improve their sleep score through detailed sleep analysis, science-backed advice, and continuous reports of progress. The company also offers SleepScore Max, a sensor that enables the application to measure the quality and quantity of sleep without needing any wearable or bedside devices. These products are available through the company’s online shop, SleepScore Store. It also leverages its application to offer corporate wellness programs designed to improve employee health, well-being, and productivity through better sleep.

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SleepScore Labs and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) have entered into a partnership to innovate in the consumer sleep product space, focusing on scent-based solutions for improved sleep. This collaboration is backed by scientific research, including a study showing a scented pillow spray reduced the time participants spent awake at night, highlighting the potential of scent as a non-invasive aid for better sleep​​.

SleepScore Labs specializes in sleep monitoring using advanced non-contact technology to track and improve sleep quality. Its flagship product, SleepScore, measures sleep quality through a sleep score and helps clients improve their sleep score through detailed sleep analysis, science-backed advice, and continuous reports of progress. The company also offers SleepScore Max, a sensor that enables the application to measure the quality and quantity of sleep without needing any wearable or bedside devices. These products are available through the company’s online shop, SleepScore Store. It also leverages its application to offer corporate wellness programs designed to improve employee health, well-being, and productivity through better sleep.SleepScore operates on a B2B2C and a D2C model. As of <a href="https://validated.sleepscore.com/products/sleepscore-premium-subscription?variant=47277507150101&amp;selling_plan=688907485461">October 2024</a>, the SleepScore app was offered at a 3-month subscription of USD 29.99 or an annual subscription of USD 59.99.In April 2018, SleepScore Labs expanded its capabilities by acquiring Sleep.ai.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/35263">October 2024</a>, SleepScore Labs launched Sleep.AI, an evidence-based AI platform for sleep health. The platform aims to help companies transform sleep data into actionable insights for improving health and wellness outcomes.As of <a href="https://www.einpresswire.com/article/754281995/sleepscore-labs-launches-sleep-ai">October 2024</a>, the company's platform processes over 500 million hours of sleep, lifestyle, and environmental data and insights from 230+ scientific studies. It additionally can integrate insights from more than 500 wearables.Key customers and partnershipsIn <a href="https://www.sleepscore.com/news/wlt-software-announces-partnership-with-sleepscore-labs-to-transform-sleep-health-and-productivity-for-millions-of-american-employees/">September 2024</a>, SleepScore Labs partnered with WLT Software Enterprises, a developer of benefits and claims administration software solutions, to integrate SleepScore's Sleep Wellness Program into WLT's offerings.&nbsp;In <a href="https://newsroom.mattressfirm.com/press/mattress-firm-announces-strategic-partnership-with-sleepscore-labs-to-transform-sleep-in-america/">February 2021</a>, SleepScore Labs partnered with Mattress Firm, a leading mattress retailer, to allow SleepScore Labs to provide its sleep expertise and data to Mattress Firm for better product identification and customer experience. The partnership is expected to enhance the consumer’s overall sleep journey from selecting the appropriate mattress to ensuring regular high-quality sleep at home.

Headspace is a digital wellness company that delivers meditation programs through a smartphone app. The company was founded by Andy Puddicombe, a former Buddhist monk, and Richard Pierson, a marketing and brand development professional. In addition to meditation, Headspace offers stress management programs, mindfulness activities, and sleep therapy solutions. Headspace also operates a business-to-business (B2B) focused “Headspace for Work” program with around 1,600 corporate customers as of January 2021, which has seen around 3x growth during 2020. Further, the company operates “Headspace for Health,” a program that develops US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved meditation tools to treat chronic diseases.In November 2022, the company launched a new platform that combines its product offerings with mental health platform Ginger’s <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/5119">an entity it merged with in August 2021 </a>. The platform combines Headspace Health’s meditation and mindfulness services with Ginger’s on-demand coaching, therapy, and psychiatry services, to offer enterprise clients an integrated solution for supporting their employees.In September 2022, the company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/12918">acquired fellow mindfulness platform Shine </a>for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition enhanced Headspace Health’s offerings and also helped grow Headspace’s member base. Select content from Shine was earmarked to be added to Headspace Health’s content library.In January 2023, the company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16052">expanded its geographical reach </a>to offer coaching, therapy, and employee assistance-related services to UK headquartered enterprise clients.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsAs of September 2024, the company has over 100 million users across 190 countries, with its brands “Headspace for Work” and “Ginger” being used by over 4,000 enterprises including Starbucks, Adobe, Delta Air Lines, Mattel, and Paramount. The company also partners with health plans, such as Cigna, to provide its services.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/36071">November 2024</a>, Headspace partnered with Hyatt, to help hotel guests improve their sleep quality while traveling. The collaboration featured a five-episode "Science Behind Sleep" video series filmed at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, offering research-based tips for managing sleep struggles.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/30378">June 2024</a>, Headspace partnered with Uwill, a mental health platform for colleges and students, to integrate Headspace's wellness services into Uwill's existing portal. The collaborative effort allowed Uwill's Urise program to incorporate Headspace's services, primarily meditation, yoga, and mindfulness offerings.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/27330">March 2024</a>, Headspace partnered with Meta to launch "Headspace XR," available for an upfront fee of USD 30. Headspace XR provided guided mindfulness and meditation exercises led by the same instructors familiar to regular Headspace users. The exercises covered activities such as breathing techniques, body scans, and mood tracking. Additionally, it incorporated a social element, including interactive metaverse-style gaming in vivid environments.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/19771">June 2023</a>, the company extended its partnership with with employee benefit management platform provider Virgin Pulse to integrate its platform with Virgin Pulse’s platform. The integration enabled employees enrolled in Virgin Pulse’s health benefit offerings to access the full suite of Headspace’s offerings as a part of Virgin Pulse’s Homebase for Health platform.

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Calm is a digital wellness company which offers guided meditations to make people happy as well as mindfulness and sleep programs through a smartphone app. Its audio content is designed to strengthen mental fitness and address mental health challenges such as stress, anxiety, insomnia, and depression. The company started out as a website in 2011 where users were trained to stare at a screen and listen to waves on a beach for two minutes without touching their mouse. In February 2013, more content was added and the company launched a mobile app.&nbsp;In October 2022, the company launched a new clinical mental health offering called “Calm Health,” marking its expansion into the mental health space. The new solution provides condition-specific programs designed to bridge mental and physical care and includes tools for communication with providers and medication tracking. This solution was created for the company by Ripple Health, which was acquired by Calm in February 2022.As of 2024, Calm reported over 100 million downloads and more than 1.5 million five-star reviews. The app is available on iOS, Android, and desktop platforms. Calm operates on a freemium model with paid subscriptions unlocking full access to features. In 2023, an annual subscription cost USD 69.99, with monthly and lifetime options also available for USD 5.83 and USD 399.99, respectively. Key customers and partnershipsCalm offers content in English, Spanish, French, and German and operates Calm Business, a business-to-business (B2B) covering over 10 million employees across 3,500+ organizations as of September 2024.Calm gained significant traction in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdowns. It became the most downloaded digital wellness app during April 2020 with 3.9 million downloads worldwide, including 1.6 million downloads in the US. Kaiser Permanente, a large managed care service provider, provided Calm free for its 12.4 million members in May 2019. Calm also partnered with CNN on the 2020 US presidential election day to play the sound of rain hitting leaves on air, a marketing effort that went viral on social media. As of September 2024, the app had 150 million+ downloads.As of December 2022, the company has partnered with over 20 brands to collaborate and provide its services through sales partnerships. These brands include Xbox, Amazon, YouTube, Adidas, Fitbit, and American Express.&nbsp;In October 2022, Calm partnered with <a href="https://news.adidas.com/partnerships/adidas-and-calm-unite-to-progress-sports-performance-through-mental-wellbeing/s/48baf8f2-f856-4313-91cf-71bf7238faea">Adidas</a> to progress sport performances through mental well-being. Another partnership is with <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/20/lyra-partners-with-calm-to-bring-meditation-to-mental-health-service.html">Lyra Health</a> to combat stress and burnout and support resilience-building in the workplace.

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 Simple Habit is a guided meditation service provider, which offers bite sized, five-minute long meditation sessions through an app targeting people with busy schedules. The company also offers mindfulness, sleep, and wellness programs. As of November 2020, Simple Habit offered over 2,000 sessions designed to help users sleep, reduce anxiety, and get over relationship issues. The content is organized by occasion, such as commuting, going to sleep or preparing for a meeting. 
 
 
 In June 2022 the company launched its Sleep Habit app, a virtual sleep clinic that helps users improve the quality of their sleep. The app uses clinically validated approaches to improve sleep quality and treat issues such as insomnia via methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy. 
 
 
 As of September 2022, Simple Habit claims to have a 7 million users between both of its apps. 
 
 
 
 
 In November 2018, Simple Habit raised USD 10 million in a Series A round led by Foundation Capital, bringing the company’s total funding to USD 12.6 million. The company used the funds to expand its library of guided meditation sessions and to add audio content led by therapists and executive coaches. As of late 2018, the app was reported to sign up as many as 30,000 new users per week. As of November 2020, Simple Habit reported having helped helped over five million people reduce burnout through its app’s services.
 
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Insight Timer is a company which offers guided meditation, yoga, and sleep programs through a smartphone app. It also offers free interactive live sessions with teachers, performers, and therapists through the app and web. The company’s business-to-business (B2B) offering, “Circles for teams”, targets enterprise customers to help bring employees together to practice group meditations, chat with each other, and recommend content. In October 2020, Insight Timer began offering free, daily live yoga classes from instructors based on a pay-what-you-can model.Insight Timer's core offering is its extensive free content library, which includes over 140,000 guided meditations, talks, and music tracks from thousands of teachers and experts worldwide. The app features a customizable meditation timer, allowing users to set session lengths and choose from various ambient sounds and ending bells.The majority of the content is available for free, and users can sign up for a premium version priced at USD 9.99 per month or USD 59.99 per year, as of August 2024. Premium users get access to content such as Insight courses and the ability to download content. This subscription unlocks additional features such as offline listening, the ability to fast-forward and rewind meditations, and access to over 1,000 in-depth courses on various topics. The app also offers live events, including yoga classes and meditation sessions, as well as a community space where users can connect with like-minded individuals and join discussion groups.Insight Timer collaborates with meditation teachers, psychologists, neuroscientists, and experts from institutions such as Stanford, Harvard, and the University of Oxford to provide content for its platform and with musicians to offer ambient and relaxation music. Insight Timer has positioned itself as a platform that supports its content creators with a revenue-sharing model that distributes 50% of course income to teachers. As of 2022, the app reported having approximately 12,000 teachers and yoga instructors contributing content to its platform. As of November 2020, the app had a 16% 30-day retention rate, more than double the average retention rate of 7.7% for top 100 apps in Apple’s App Store.&nbsp; Key customers and partnershipsThe app had over 29 million users as of September 2024. In April 2021, Insight Timer partnered with <a href="https://www.vondereurope.com/magazine/brand-partnerships-insight-timer">Vonder</a> to provide curated content, including different wellness classes and weekly group meditations. The company had also partnered with <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gisele-bundchen-partners-with-insight-timer-to-encourage-millions-to-meditate-for-free-301126987.html">Gisele Bündchen</a> in September 2020 to encourage people to meditate for free.

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 Big Sky Health is the developer of the Oak Meditation breathing app. Oak Meditation offers guided and unguided meditations, sleep meditations, meditation timers, yogic exercises for breathing, animated instructions, and music tracks. The company is headed by Mike Maser, an entrepreneur who was diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Most of the companies services are offered free of charge with in-app purchases ranging from USD 5.99 to USD 38.99.
 
 
 
 
 In addition to Oak meditation, Big Sky also offers a fasting app called Zero and an alcohol moderation app called Less. In May 2020, Big Sky raised USD 8 million in Series A funding in a round led by Greycroft with participation from existing investors True Ventures and Trinity Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to USD 12.2 million. Big Sky Health expects to use the funds to expand its staff and boost customer acquisition.
 
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Apps that provide relaxation, stress reduction and non-therapeutic mental health support via meditation-related techniques.

These apps aim to increase users’ body and brain functions including memory and attention to detail with microlearning, gamification, and journaling techniques.

Helps users analyze and address sleep disorders with wearable tech, music and sound therapy, and storytelling.

Apps that provide virtual training programs, track workouts, and provide guides for nutrition.

Companies that use GenAI as a core part of their product offering for Digital Wellness

Some digital wellness providers provider VR/AR experiences for meditations

Some companies offer personalized care/meditation plans, workout regimens, or treatments for sleep disorders

Offers app-based platforms that improve health and wellness

Wellness providers use GenAI to enhance their solutions

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SleepScore Labs, a company specializing in sleep science and wellness, has introduced Sleep.AI, a new artificial intelligence platform developed with evidence-based research to promote sleep health. The platform aims to assist other companies in converting sleep data into practical input for enhancing overall health and wellness consequences.

Sleep.AI has processed more than 500 million hours of data related to sleep, lifestyle, and environmental factors, offering insights drawn from over 230 scientific studies. The platform has the capability to integrate insights from over 500 wearable devices, normalize the gathered data, create predictive models, and offer a range of APIs that companies can use to expand their services. Furthermore, an SDK is included in the platform, permitting integration with health and wellness applications for extended services, and research and development tools for product innovation.

According to SleepScore Labs, Sleep.AI can provide valuable assistance to businesses in conducting market research, developing prototypes, providing scientific validation, and generating promotional content that is backed by solid evidence.

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 SleepScore initially acquired Sleep.AI in <a href="https: 
//www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sleepscore-labs-acquires-sleepai-300626863.html"> April 2018 </a> to integrate its product, enabling its users to know if they snore or grind their teeth during sleep. However, with this product update, the company appears to be focused on more advanced applications to deliver optimized sleep health for consumers.

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