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Papaya Wellness: Gut Health for Pain-Free Periods
Bootstrapped
Health & Bio

❓ Business Model
- Papaya wellness aims to eliminate menstrual pain by improving women’s gut health through ready-to-eat meals delivered to your doorstep
- Ready-to-eat meal delivery with fermented foods and tracking user’s habits through an app.
📈 Traction
- £600+ MRR in first month of launching
- 140+ customers on a waitlist to test Papaya
- 19.2% ordered 3 or more weeks in a month
🌱Founding Team
- Tanya Mehta Founder and CEO
- Conceptualized 3 businesses under the age of 18
- Her startup won the health-tech vertical at Google HQ

📖 Story
After Tanya was diagnosed with PCOS, the doctors only gave her one option. The pill. She refused and decided to look deeper into her symptoms and diagnosis. She decided to change her diet and through this process, uncovered the power of our gut health. Within 6 months, she eliminated all her symptoms, including period pain entirely. She had this need to help all the women that are dependent on painkillers each month, which wreck their gut-health and don’t provide any long term solution.
👀 Reasons to watch
- A business driven by a personal story will mean I have the stronger drive than anyone else.
- Extremely resilient and fail fast to achieve success faster.
- Conceptualised 3 businesses under the age of 18.
- One of the youngest founders to be accepted into Kickstart Global - largest student-led incubator with 4% acceptance rate.
➕Further reading
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tanyaamehta_papaya-wins-the-health-tech-vertical-at-google-activity-7307027040799510529-w-dj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAEInPRwBpDot19mSkUbzHcfIajCyfAqy5a4
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7UKV6DIlk3/?igsh=MTU3NGgxYTBlemNraw==
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stevevarsano_when-youve-spent-as-many-years-as-i-have-ugcPost-7304481137198813184-Hi2g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAEInPRwBpDot19mSkUbzHcfIajCyfAqy5a4