Israeli Gut Microbiome Analysis Startup DayTwo Raises $31 Million

DayTwo offers personalized nutrition optimization suggestions based on feces analysis, designed to reduce risk of diabetes and other metabolic diseases

Israeli gut microbiome analysis startup DayTwo Ltd. announced Wednesday it has completed a $31 million investment round. The series B round was led by Israel-based life sciences, healthcare, and technology venture capital firm aMoon, and Israeli venture capitalist Yahal Zilka's new fund, Ofek Ventures. Existing investors Johnson & Johnson, Seventure Partners, and Israeli basketball player Omri Casspi also participated. This round brings DayTwo's total funds raised to date to $48 million.

 

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Founded in 2015 and based in Tel Aviv, DayTwo offers personalized nutrition optimization suggestions based on feces analysis to determine gut microbiome DNA. According to DayTwo, the company's nutrition suggestions are designed to reduce the risk of diabetes and other metabolic diseases. In December, the company announced a plan to open a $5 million lab that will allow it to process over 100,000 feces samples a year. In March, DayTwo entered a partnership with one of Israel's largest health maintenance organizations to launch a blood glucose control service.

DayTwo CEO Lihi Segal. Photo: Smadar Kafri

 

DayTwo's service is currently available in Israel and the U.S., but CEO Lihi Segal told Calcalist Tuesday that the new funds will allow the company to enter new markets, with an emphasis on Europe and Asia—where she said diabetes is on the rise.