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Kiwi Biosciences

Patent-pending enzymes to break down common dietary triggers

fodzyme.com
HQ: Boston, MA, USA
1-10
Healthcare

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 30, 2026

Overview

Kiwi Biosciences is the company behind FODZYME®, a patent-pending enzyme powder for FODMAP-related digestive symptoms. It sells primarily as a consumer health supplement, with additional clinician/provider distribution and support resources.

Primary product

FODZYME®

Founded

2020

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Team size

10-20

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Biotechnology

Sub-industry

digestive health enzyme supplements

Offices

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Business model

direct-to-consumer ecommerce
subscription
clinician/provider referral
wholesale to providers
marketplace retail via Amazon
B2B clinician support program

Funding

Stage

Seed

Total raised

$1.6M

Latest round

Seed VC · Oct 2021

Latest amount

$1.5M

Seed VC

Oct 2021

$1.5M

Pre-seed

Aug 2021 · Y Combinator

$125K

People & investors

Leadership

Anjie Liu

Co-Founder & CEO

David Hachuel Gurska

Co-Founder & COO

Jocelyn Wells

Head of Clinical Strategy & Partnerships

Erin Lipsman

Head of Customer Experience & Retention

Shalaka Samant

Founding Scientist

Investors

Acacia Venture Capital Partners
Emily Leproust
Jude Gomila
North South Ventures
Savage Seed
Surf Club Ventures
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Mission-driven, science-backed, customer-support-heavy, and collaborative with clinicians. Public hiring and help-center materials suggest a small, fast-moving team with a strong emphasis on education, transparency, and practical customer support.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

Public job posts emphasize benefits such as 401(k), health insurance, education stipend, flexible vacation, and remote/flexible roles; I did not find reliable public salary bands.

Benefits

30-day risk-free guarantee
free U.S. shipping
HSA/FSA eligibility
subscription savings
first-order discounts via quiz or clinician referral
dietitian onboarding / consultation support
bulk discounts
provider samples

Product & market

Pricing

Premium consumer supplement sold as one-time purchase or subscription, with clinician discounts, quiz discounts, and provider/wholesale channels.

Differentiators

  • —powder is mixed directly onto food instead of swallowed in a capsule
  • —targets fructan, GOS, and lactose directly
  • —includes fructan hydrolase, a rare/first-commercially-available fructan-targeting enzyme
  • —peer-reviewed clinical and in-vitro evidence is publicly cited
  • —certified low-FODMAP by Monash University and FODMAP Friendly
  • —clinician support and referral programs

Technology

Shopify
Cloudflare
Amazon Web Services
Google Analytics
Klaviyo
Gorgias
Google Search Console
jQuery
Google Fonts
Meta/Facebook ads

Customers

people with IBS
people with FODMAP sensitivities
people with lactose, fructan, or GOS intolerance
dietitians and gastroenterologists
clinician-referred patients
direct-to-consumer supplement shoppers

Competitors

Microbiome Labs FODMATE
Beano
Digestive Advantage
Enzymedica FODzyme
Casa de Sante enzyme products

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

≈$1.2M ARR (2024 estimate)

Estimated monthly visits

126K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

hello@fodzyme.com+1 (857) 425-3616

Latest news

How this digestive enzyme powder helps relieve IBS, gas and more

USA Today · Jul 2026

Mainstream consumer coverage describing FODZYME as an attention-getting option for people with IBS/FODMAP sensitivities and explaining how the powder works on food before digestion.

How FODZYME helps reduce IBS, gas and more

El Paso Times · Jul 2026

Another recent consumer article describing the product mechanism, common trigger foods, and why the powder format differs from capsule-based enzyme supplements.

FODZYME Review: How I Ate a High-FODMAP Meal With Zero Bloat

A Gutsy Girl · Jul 2026

A detailed product review discussing FODZYME's fructan/GOS/lactose targeting, powder delivery, and comparison with other digestive enzyme options.

DDW 2026 takeaways

FODZYME clinician blog · Jun 2026

Company clinician blog summarizing digestive disease conference takeaways and highlighting newer clinical evidence and the product’s differentiation around fructan hydrolase.

Kiwi Bio aims to free irritable bowel syndrome sufferers from restrictive diets

TechCrunch · Oct 2021

Seed-round announcement covering the founders, early product-market positioning, customer traction at the time, and the 2021 financing round.

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