Ombre (formerly Thryve) is a San Francisco-based wellness company that merges science and wellness to deliver individualized self-care. Its offerings include at-home microbiome tests, probiotic subscription services, and tailored lifestyle and diet recommendations. The company recently appointed Elise Contarsy as CEO. Contarsy has prior consumer product branding and merchandising leadership at Bonnier Consumer Products, Meredith Corporation, Bed Bath & Beyond, Martha Stewart Living and Calvin Klein Home. Ombre raised $3M in a Seed round, bringing total funding to $9.5M. The team includes microbiome specialist Kimberly Griffith, Chief Product Officer Piotr Kuczynski, VP B2B Michael Preininger, and merchandise operations manager Liza Wallace. Thryve sells an at-home microbiome testing kit and a monthly subscription that delivers individualized probiotics and a Gut Wellness Score. The company’s core product combines stool-based microbiome analysis with personalized diet and lifestyle recommendations backed by thousands of studies. Samples are processed at a partner laboratory at the University of Chicago Argonne National Laboratory. Subscribers receive monthly boxes (probiotics and reports); subscriptions start at $59.95 per month. Thryve also offers an option for users to contribute anonymized data to support microbiome research and expand scientific knowledge. Company leadership has stated plans to expand Thryve’s products and services and to leverage crowdsourced data for research.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Nov 2021