Noom

Healthtech · New York, US

Behavior-change weight-loss/health coaching app

Founders

Saeju Jeong (South Korea · ♂) — Born to a family of doctors in South Korea and moved by his father's death from preventable illness, the former heavy-metal label founder dropped out of college, moved to the US, and convinced Artem Petakov to leave Google to build Noom as a behavior-change health platform.
Artem Petakov (Ukraine · ♂) — A Google engineer who led the user-created map content team and had a lifelong love of data and psychology, he left Google after meeting Jeong to co-found Noom and apply science to helping people live healthier lives.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
May 2021	Series D Plus Noom, the US weight-loss/health app, raised a $540M Series F led by Silver Lake with Oak HC/FT, Temasek, Novo Holdings and Sequoia at a $3.7B valuation; cumulative funding reached $657.3M.	$540M

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