12 health and fitness startups that will boom in 2019, according to VCs

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Health and fitness are two very personal areas that many people cannot manage on their own.
It's become a big focus of tech companies with apps and devices that can be your workout buddy, calm your mind, and help you manage an illness.
Here's a list of health tech startups on track to boom in 2019 according to the startup experts — the venture capitalists that watch, advise, and invest in them.

As part of our comprehensive coverage of the startups that will boom in 2019, we asked the startup experts — venture capitalists — to name the startups they think are going to be hot this year.

We asked them to tell us about companies within their portfolio as well as ones they haven't invested in but are hearing good things about.

One group of startups came up over and over again: health and fitness tech. Their picks ranged from companies that are defeating diabetes to those that are improving mental health.

Alma: Coworking for therapists

Company Name: Alma

Funding: $4.5 million

What it does: Alma is a coworking office space specifically for mental health providers that includes access to the tech they need to power their practices. It opened its first facility in New York.

VC: Hayley Barna, First Round

Relationship: Investor

Why it's hot in 2019: "60 million people suffer from mental illness," Barna says and Alma offers therapists a "beautifully designed space, friendly digital tools and a supported community of therapists."

Arterys: AI for medical imaging

Startup: Arterys

Total raised: $44 million

What it does: Arterys offers AI-enabled medical imaging software as a cloud service.

VC: Alfred Lin, Sequoia Capital

Relationship: Investor

Why it's hot in 2019: "It shows the power of technology to help humanity. The company brings the convergence of cloud computing, big data, image processing, and AI applied to healthcare," says Lin.

Benchling: Collaboration for life science professionals

Startup: Benchling

Total raised: $27 million

What it does: Benchling is a data management and collaboration tool for life science, pharma and biological researchers.

VC: Eric Vishria, Benchmark

Relationship: Investor

Why it's hot in 2019: "Benchling provides a platform to accelerate the pace of biotech research, helping researchers track candidates, design experiments, and share results. They're working with over 100,000 scientists and larger organizations like the FDA," says Vishria.

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