Nutrigene
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Nutrigene was a personalized nutrition startup that combined the vitamin business with consumer DNA analysis. Founded by Min FitzGerald — launched out of Singularity, followed by a Google fellowship — with co-founder and CTO Van Duesterberg (a biotech and epigenetics PhD from Stanford), it sent customers tailor-made liquid vitamin supplements based on a lifestyle quiz and, optionally, a 23andMe DNA upload. Customers chose packages such as 'essentials,' 'improve performance,' or 'optimize gut health.' Nutrigene went through Y Combinator's winter 2018 class. No shutdown, bankruptcy, or acquisition has been publicly documented.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded and YC
Min FitzGerald founded Nutrigene out of Singularity; the startup went through Y Combinator's winter 2018 class with personalized liquid vitamins built on lifestyle quizzes and DNA analysis.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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