PULSE Podcast Series | Episode 13

A very engaging discussion with Ara Katz, the co founder and co CEO of SEED, an inspiring, unique and growing consumer health company focused exclusively on the microbiome. Founded 2017, and in Los Angeles, SEED is paving the way for a healthier gut, a vital driver in human wellness and self-care.

Episode Description:

A highly engaging talk with Ara Katz, the co founder and co CEO of SEED (Seed Health), a fascinating, important, and successful company focused on medical solutions for the human gut. SEED is setting new industry standards around self care, far behind the typical conversation of what we eat, or how we sleep, but actually how we employ our own bodies to become stronger from within. As a hard working founder driven to excellence, Wisdom Board appreciates her dedication to continued self-care, enabling optimal leadership from a position of personal physical and mental strength. Ara reminds us there is “no such thing as a career” [alone]; there is only a life”, and that success may never be at the sacrifice of health”. Ara and her co-founder, Raja, are doing wonderful work. SEED now has support from some of the world’s top investors, with tens of millions funded. And its SEED LAB is a robust center of scientific creativity.

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Ara’s breastfeeding experience led her to the microbiome and inspired a personal mission to explore the importance of microbes and how they can impact the health of our bodies, our children and our planet. A serial entrepreneur, Ara previously Co-Founded and served as CMO of Spring, mobile commerce marketplace. Ara was also on the Founding Team of social commerce company, BeachMint, where she launched six direct-to-consumer, influencer subscription brands.

Ara has been a fellow at the MIT Media Lab’s Center for Future Storytelling and CCA’s DesignMBA program, and was named in Marie Claire’s “The New Guard: The 50 Most Influential Women in America”, listed on Business Insider’s “Silicon Alley Top 100” and “36 Rockstar Women in NYC Tech”, and was recently included in Create + Cultivate’s 100 List for STEM.

Ara also advises various startups across the health, tech, and consumer verticals. She lives in Venice, California with her husband and two-year-old son, Pax–without whom Seed wouldn’t exist. Oh, and she’s the proud owner of several tardigrades who now live at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History.