Hey Everyone,

The last few months were all legal….. LPA redlines, entity filings, the unglamorous scaffolding that has to be right before a single dollar moves. That part's done. The fun part started.

We officially opened fundraising for Momentum Fund I, and in just the first couple of weeks we're already roughly 50% committed.

Welcome to Issue 4.

The fund is live and moving faster than we expected. Getting here wasn't glamorous … months of LPA redlines with counsel, entity filings in two states, SEC paperwork that makes your eyes cross by page forty. But that grind is exactly why we think we're building something different. We're not trying to be a generalist fund that happens to have a health and wellness slide in the deck. We're operators first, people who've built gyms, run brands, and lived inside this category, investing alongside founders who are doing the same. That's the whole bet.

We've also spent the last few weeks on calls with people who believe in the same thesis we do, that health, wellness, and human performance are one of the most durable categories to build and invest in. Getting to talk through the fund with each of you, hearing how you think about this space, has honestly been the best part of this process so far.

And here's something we're genuinely excited about: we've been in deep conversations with NFL, NBA, college, and Olympic coaches about building what we believe will be the first true athlete advisory board in venture. Not the usual playbook of slapping a famous athlete's name and likeness on a deal sheet….we mean the people in the background. The strength coaches, performance directors, and trainers who actually test the gear, run the protocols, and have final say on what makes it onto a field, court, or training room. If a product can earn that group's approval, that's a signal no amount of marketing spend can fake.

We've also closed our final SPV ahead of the fund, and we're proud to bring it into the family:

🍦 Frozen One
Chance is a certifiable ice cream fanatic, so this one's personal. Frozen One is doing for protein ice cream what Halo Top tried a decade ago… except built to actually taste like the real thing.

Since our investment, the company raised a $2 million seed round led by Supernatural Ventures, the venture capital arm of The Angel Group, with backers who've previously funded names like Siete Foods, Poppi, and OLIPOP. The growth is the real headline: Frozen One went from roughly 700 stores in Q1 2026 to a nationwide rollout into about 1,464 Target locations across all 50 states, plus additional placements at Kroger Texas, Fresh Thyme, Lunds & Byerlys, Kowalski's, and Earth Fare, the brand is in roughly 2,300 doors total. There's more product innovation in the pipeline we can't wait to share.

A portfolio update that's too good not to share:

Plantiga — The team's wearable movement tech is showing up everywhere this season, and the press is following. Plantiga's sensors are helping keep elite athletes on the field and on the ice, and the company is racking up sports tech award nominations as the category takes notice. Recent coverage detailed how the AI-driven platform helps players in the NFL, WNBA, and MLB prevent injuries with wearable technology — and that's on top of its work with NBA and NHL athletes. This is exactly the kind of category-defining performance tech we want more of in the portfolio.

We named it Momentum because that's exactly what this category — and this fund — has. Health, wellness, and human performance aren't trends we're betting on; they're a shift that's already underway, and we want to be the fund that backs the founders building inside it.

We're roughly halfway to our target with two weeks of active fundraising behind us, and we're not slowing down.

If you've been on the fence or just haven't found the time to connect — let's get fifteen minutes on the calendar.

Hit reply. We mean it.

Beyond the portfolio, a few spaces have our full attention right now:

HY.Q — Seed. A smarter hydration drink for a different kind of athlete. No plastic bottles, no artificial junk, just a sweat-replacement electrolyte blend (385mg per serving) at 30 calories and 5g of organic sugar. It's already turning heads with coverage in Forbes and Dieline, and the early reviews read like people are genuinely ditching Gatorade for it. We like brands with this much conviction in the formulation and the positioning.

Orion Sleep — Seed Extension. The other half of the sleep thesis: temperature. Orion's smart cooling/heating mattress cover uses dual-zone thermoregulation and embedded biometric sensors to personalize each side of the bed, hitting a cooling range of 50–115°F. The company raised an $18M seed and is positioning as a more accessible alternative to the category's incumbent. Founder-market fit here is strong, and we like the price-to-performance story.

Everyday Athlete — Seed. A performance gel system built for the every day, not just race day, energy gels for pre-training and recovery gels for post, with steady-release carbs designed to avoid the GI distress that plagues most sports nutrition. Founded by repeat consumer-brand operators out of San Diego's No Name Track Club, this is exactly the kind of founder-led, athlete-tested CPG brand we look for.

Every month you'll get a look at what we're closing, who we're backing, and what's on our radar. No jargon, no fluff, just honest updates from a team that's deep in the work. Fund I fundraising kicks off this month, and we have some genuinely fun ideas for how we're bringing people along for the ride.

Building something worth building means actually having fun with it. We are. See you next month.

— The Other Health Ventures Team