Companies · Sports & Fitness
New York · NY, USA · Sports & Fitness · founded 2017 · https://gainful.com/
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Gainful — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Gainful: limited disclosed financing to assess.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.
Gainful is one of 214 Sports & Fitness companies tracked from New York, NY, USA, on record since 2017. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 14% of sector peers), and in the long tail by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%
operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy
Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst”
Personalized Performance Nutrition
Gainful is performance nutrition that unlocks your full potential. We provide personalized products and 1:1 Registered Dietitian support to empower active people to reach their unique goals by transforming their health. Founded in 2017, Gainful is backed by some of the world’s best venture investors (including Y Combinator, BrandProject, and Courtside VC). Our current products are Personalized Protein, Personalized Hydration, Personalized Pre-Workout, and our line of Performance Boosts (Collagen, Creatine, and Fiber).
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
No round amounts on record to chart.
No staged rounds to sequence.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 214 companies in Sports & Fitness. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 14% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 14% of peers (estimate).
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
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Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Gainful is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 305 Fitness, Inc. | Sports & Fitness | Series A | $12.5M | $118.8M | same sector |
| 716 Sports Complex LLC | Sports & Fitness | Series A | $7.4M | $21.0M | same sector |
| Adventure Sports Parks, Inc. | Sports & Fitness | Pre-Seed | $625K | $2.5M | same sector |
| Aequus Sports, LLC | Sports & Fitness | Series A | $16.5M | $52.6M | same sector |
| Affiliated Sports Fans, LLC | Sports & Fitness | Pre-Seed | $990K | $11.0M | same sector |
| Agent Sport, Inc. | Sports & Fitness | Series B | $23.3M | $79.3M | same sector |
| Agile Sports Technologies, Inc. dba Hudl | Sports & Fitness | Series D+ | $223.9M | $2.1B | same sector |
| Alpha Fitness LLC | Sports & Fitness | Pre-Seed | $300K | $6.9M | same sector |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainfully, Inc. | Other Technology | Series A | $152.6M | 72% |
| Nutrigene Personalized liquid supplements based your health data | — | — | — | 71% |
| Locale Organic and gourmet high-protein meals, designed for longevity. | — | — | — | 70% |
| FreshRealm, Inc. FreshRealm is revolutionizing the food system by making fresh food at scale possible. Discover our end-to-end solutions for fresh food manufacturers. | Ecommerce / Retail | Series D+ | $156.5M | 70% |
| Gaingels Seismic Therapeutics LLC | Pharma | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | 70% |
| Gaingels You LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $856K | 70% |
| Gaingels TFH LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $7.2M | 69% |
| Gaingels Curebase LLC | Other | Pre-Seed | $2.7M | 69% |
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