Nourishing ourselves.
Nurturing our world.
We started phytovive on a simple conviction: your health and the health of the world were never separate. They're one system, and it begins at the level of a single cell.
Longevity became a story about me. We think it's a story about us.
The wellness world has become fixated on “what's in it for me?” But that overlooks how connected the systems we're built on really are: our cells, our bodies, and our world.
phytovive begins with the oldest life on earth, the marine microorganisms that first filled the sky with oxygen and seeded every food chain that followed. The same lineage that made the planet breathable can help us live well now.
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Can a cell be well in a body that isn't? Can a body be well in a world that isn't? And can anything be truly good for me if it disregards, or worse comes at the expense of, others?
When we nourish and care for ourselves at a deep level, while extending that care to the collective, our communities and our world, the mutual benefit becomes inevitable. That's the foundation we hold precious, and what guides everything we do.
It's why our focus is on the bigger picture: exploring what marine microorganisms can do for human health, through clinical study and the field data our community helps us gather, and in areas well beyond it, from environmental remediation to biofuels. We have never wanted to be just a supplement company.
Alone, a single cell is invisible. Together, in bloom, they can be seen from space.
We're no different.
The why behind phytovive.
phytovive was founded by Daniella Hunter, a food innovator, restaurateur and hotelier with a long track record of bringing pioneering, sustainable ingredients to a wider audience. Through the Real Coconut Kitchen, Sana Foods, her eponymous lifestyle brand By Daniella Hunter, and the wellness-led hospitality of Sanara, she built her career around a foundational question: how can we nourish ourselves at a deep level, while caring for each other and nurturing our world?
At its heart, phytovive was born from that same philosophy of collective wellbeing: that caring for ourselves and caring for the world are, in the end, the same. It pairs rigorous marine science, a clinically-studied strain, and a real passion to see where this frontier can take us, for the health of ourselves and our planet.
Her wider work at daniellahunter.com.
The team building it.
Luca Hunter
Operations
Builds and runs phytovive's technical and operational backbone, an AI-native company, lean by design.
Kasey Kumaran Stark
Tech
Co-founder and CEO of a YC-backed AI company working with global CPG brands.
David Kumaran
Growth & Partnerships
A serial founder and investor in high-growth technology.
The science, and the people behind it.
A 25-year marine-biotech partner
The source
Our master strain comes from a marine-biotechnology laboratory in Spain that has spent more than two decades cultivating marine microorganisms to a clinical-grade standard.
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Scientific advisor
Scientific sign-off on our clinical and endpoint strategy, across our trials and citizen-science work.
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Advisory team
A founding group of clinicians and scientists in functional and longevity medicine.
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One master strain. One protocol. A story about us, and an invitation to be part of the first bloom.