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Food-as-medicine startup Chiyo helps postpartum moms with nutrition after raising $3 million

Unlike other meal service providers that want you to be customers for life, Chiyo’s goal is to get you off of its program.

“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. Why aren’t we using functional food in this way for a really important lifestyle if your body keeps changing?” Liu started her career at Bain & Co., understanding the economics of food systems, and then worked for a nonprofit on the south side of Chicago, setting up local grocery routes. “From all of that work, we are out to prove the ROI on investing in nutrition and health care cost savings so that eventually this program can be reimbursed and not have to be out-of-pocket,” Liu said.

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