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Business Insider
27-05-2025
- Health
- Business Insider
This startup wants to improve child gut health with personalized nutrition plans. See the pitch deck it used to raise $2.5 million.
Alba Health, a Swedish-Danish startup focused on gut health and personalized nutrition for children, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The startup was founded in 2022 by Eleonora Cavani, CEO, and Professor Willem Meindert de Vos, its chief scientific officer and a microbiome scientist with more than 800 research publications. By offering gut microbiome tests, personalized nutrition plans, and one-on-one calls with a certified children's nutrition coach, the startup is aiming to tackle a problem Cavani knows firsthand. "I grew up with a lot of allergies," Cavani told Business Insider. "I was that one kid that couldn't play outside with the others during the spring. I missed out on so many experiences." Cavani said that at age 27, severe eczema turned her "life upside down." After resolving her own eczema and chronic pain through gut-focused lifestyle changes, Cavani said she teamed up with de Vos to build Alba and help families address childhood gut health before problems emerge. Cavani told BI that de Vos's research shows the gut microbiome in the first years of life can help predict allergy risk later on. "Our long-term mission is to reduce the risk of allergies and eczema," Cavani said. "But right now, we help families make better choices in their children's and their family's diet and lifestyle for the best start in life." She added, "We don't diagnose or cure allergies. What we do is help families with wellbeing — and nothing we offer should replace going to doctors." Alba's clinical approach is backed by over 1,600 scientific publications and its own study, which, in partnership with top universities, tracks the gut microbiome development in more than 300 Swedish families. The seed round was led by Unconventional Ventures, with support from Exceptional Ventures, Voima Ventures, Noaber, Bust, and the founder of Oura Ring, a smart device company. "In the next five years, gut health has the potential to become the new sleep," said Oura founder Petteri Lahtela, referring to the recent boom in sleep tracking technology. Alba plans to use the fresh funding to grow its digital platform, invest in further clinical research, and reach more families across Europe and the UK. Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health Alba Health
Straits Times
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Maresca fumes as Betis get 48-hour Conference League final advantage
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca said on Tuesday that he was unhappy after LaLiga accepted a request from Real Betis to move their final league game forward two days to Friday, giving the club more time to prepare for the Conference League final. Chelsea visit fellow Champions League hopefuls Nottingham Forest for their final Premier League game of the season on Sunday, two days after Conference League final opponents Betis play Valencia. "I'm not happy, 100%, you cannot allow another team 48 hours more when you play a European final," Maresca told reporters. "(Either we play Friday) or they play Sunday like us. I don't know if it is from LaLiga, the Premier League or UEFA, but if you ask people in this room if it is normal to play a final where another team has 48 hours more to prepare, it is not normal." Maresca also confirmed that Filip Jorgensen would start in goal for Chelsea in the Conference League final. The 23-year-old Swedish-Danish keeper has started all but one game in the competition. Spaniard Robert Sanchez has been Chelsea's first-choice keeper in the Premier League, playing 31 games this season. "Filip is going to play the final because he played all the competition. It will be unfair now if he doesn't play the final. For sure, Filip is going to play because he deserves to play," Maresca said. Strikers Christopher Nkunku and Marc Guiu remain doubtful for the showdown in the Polish city of Wroclaw on May 28 due to injury. "Guiu and Nkunku are in the sessions but are still not 100%," Maresca said. "For each game, we try to play our strongest XI. In the Conference League, we have played with different players and we will see for the final," he added. Chelsea, fourth in the Premier League with 66 points, are chasing their first trophy under Maresca. The West London club appointed the Italian in June after he guided Leicester City to the English Championship title in his first season in charge. The final is also a chance for Chelsea to add another major European trophy to their collection, having won the Champions League, Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup and Super Cup all twice each. "The main target is to win a European competition with Chelsea. It's important for the club at this moment, for the fans, for everyone, because it means we are going in the right direction," Maresca said. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Star
20-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Jorgensen to start for Chelsea in Conference League final, says Maresca
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Aston Villa v Chelsea - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - February 22, 2025 Chelsea's Filip Jorgensen reacts Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith/File Photo (Reuters) - Filip Jorgensen will start in goal for Chelsea in the Conference League final against Spanish side Real Betis, manager Enzo Maresca said on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Swedish-Danish keeper has started all but one game in the competition. Spaniard Robert Sanchez has been Chelsea's first-choice keeper in the Premier League, playing 31 games this season. "Filip is going to play the final because he played all the competition. It will be unfair now if he doesn't play the final. For sure, Filip is going to play because he deserves to play," Maresca told reporters. Strikers Christopher Nkunku and Marc Guiu remain doubtful for the showdown in the Polish city of Wroclaw on May 28 due to injury. "Guiu and Nkunku are in the sessions but are still not 100%," Maresca said. "For each game, we try to play our strongest XI. In the Conference League, we have played with different players and we will see for the final," he added. Chelsea, fourth in the Premier League with 66 points, are chasing their first trophy under Maresca. The West London club appointed the Italian in June after he guided Leicester City to the English Championship title in his first season in charge. The final is also a chance for Chelsea to add another major European trophy to their collection, having won the Champions League, Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup and Super Cup all twice each. "The main target is to win a European competition with Chelsea. It's important for the club at this moment, for the fans, for everyone, because it means we are going in the right direction," Maresca said. (Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
Reuters
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Jorgensen to start for Chelsea in Conference League final, says Maresca
May 20 (Reuters) - Filip Jorgensen will start in goal for Chelsea in the Conference League final against Spanish side Real Betis, manager Enzo Maresca said on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Swedish-Danish keeper has started all but one game in the competition. Spaniard Robert Sanchez has been Chelsea's first-choice keeper in the Premier League, playing 31 games this season. "Filip is going to play the final because he played all the competition. It will be unfair now if he doesn't play the final. For sure, Filip is going to play because he deserves to play," Maresca told reporters. Strikers Christopher Nkunku and Marc Guiu remain doubtful for the showdown in the Polish city of Wroclaw on May 28 due to injury. "Guiu and Nkunku are in the sessions but are still not 100%," Maresca said. "For each game, we try to play our strongest XI. In the Conference League, we have played with different players and we will see for the final," he added. Chelsea, fourth in the Premier League with 66 points, are chasing their first trophy under Maresca. The West London club appointed the Italian in June after he guided Leicester City to the English Championship title in his first season in charge. The final is also a chance for Chelsea to add another major European trophy to their collection, having won the Champions League, Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup and Super Cup all twice each. "The main target is to win a European competition with Chelsea. It's important for the club at this moment, for the fans, for everyone, because it means we are going in the right direction," Maresca said.
Straits Times
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Jorgensen to start for Chelsea in Conference League final, says Maresca
Jorgensen to start for Chelsea in Conference League final, says Maresca Filip Jorgensen will start in goal for Chelsea in the Conference League final against Spanish side Real Betis, manager Enzo Maresca said on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Swedish-Danish keeper has started all but one game in the competition. Spaniard Robert Sanchez has been Chelsea's first-choice keeper in the Premier League, playing 31 games this season. "Filip is going to play the final because he played all the competition. It will be unfair now if he doesn't play the final. For sure, Filip is going to play because he deserves to play," Maresca told reporters. Strikers Christopher Nkunku and Marc Guiu remain doubtful for the showdown in the Polish city of Wroclaw on May 28 due to injury. "Guiu and Nkunku are in the sessions but are still not 100%," Maresca said. "For each game, we try to play our strongest XI. In the Conference League, we have played with different players and we will see for the final," he added. Chelsea, fourth in the Premier League with 66 points, are chasing their first trophy under Maresca. The West London club appointed the Italian in June after he guided Leicester City to the English Championship title in his first season in charge. The final is also a chance for Chelsea to add another major European trophy to their collection, having won the Champions League, Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup and Super Cup all twice each. "The main target is to win a European competition with Chelsea. It's important for the club at this moment, for the fans, for everyone, because it means we are going in the right direction," Maresca said. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
