Longevity has become a story about me. We think it's a story about us.
Have we lost sight of the interconnectedness of the systems that sustain us: our bodies, our communities and our world? Can anything be truly good for me if it disregards others or, worse, comes at their expense?
We believe in collective wellbeing: our own wellbeing cannot be separated from the wellbeing of others and the world around us.
That is why our focus is the bigger picture: what marine microorganisms can do for human health, now and in the future, and what else they might make possible. We never set out to be only a supplement company.
Alone, a single cell is invisible. Together, in bloom, they can be seen from space.
Nourish yourself.
Nurture our world.
phytovive was founded by Daniella Hunter, a food innovator, restaurateur and hotelier with a long track record of bringing pioneering natural ingredients to a wider audience. Through The Real Coconut Kitchen, Sana Foods, her lifestyle brand By Daniella Hunter, and the wellness-led hospitality of Sanara, one question has guided her path: how can we nourish ourselves at a deep level, while caring for each other and nurturing our world?
That belief, that real wellbeing starts with how we choose to live, individually and collectively, and how gently we treat the systems that keep us well, is the foundation of everything she builds.
The longer story+
Her bond with the ocean began early, and personally. A childhood of serious health challenges and compromised breathing left her searching for answers, and drawn, again and again, to the water.
That search became her work: in kitchens, in food, in hospitality, and in a cookbook written along the way, Nourish Yourself, Nurture Our World. Underneath all of it ran one question. How do we nourish ourselves at the deepest level, while caring for the world we share?
More than a decade ago, that question narrowed to something very small. She became fascinated by marine microorganisms, among the oldest and most resilient life on earth, and by what they had learned to do long before we arrived.
phytovive is where that instinct met the evidence: one master strain, honed and DNA-mapped, backed by two decades of marine science and a human trial.
A small circle who believe it.
A founder, a small and committed team, our scientific advisers, and the researchers behind the strain, guided by the same care and discernment.
Luca Hunter
Operations
Builds and runs phytovive's technical and operational backbone, an AI-native company, lean by design.
Kasey Kumaran Stark
Advisor · Technology
Co-founder and CEO of a YC-backed AI company working with global CPG brands. Advises on technology.
David Kumaran
Advisor · Growth & partnerships
A serial founder and investor in high-growth technology. Advises on growth and partnerships.
The scientific advisory team.
A group of clinicians and scientists in functional and longevity medicine. Announcing soon.
Announcing soon
Scientific advisor
Scientific sign-off on our clinical and endpoint strategy, across our trials and citizen-science work.
Announcing soon
Advisory team
A founding group of clinicians and scientists in functional and longevity medicine.