The problem
Obesity is one of the modern age’s biggest health problems, yet diet advice stays generic: restrictive plans with no feedback on whether your own body responds. People cannot see the link between eating habits and metabolic health.
How it works
Avokadio’s handheld device samples the breath and measures metabolic gases — ketones, ammonia, hydrogen, methane and other volatile compounds — using nanotechnology sensors. Connected over IoT, the readings flow into Avokadio’s AI models, which assess metabolism and return personalised, data-based nutrition advice: a pocket nutritionist starting from a single breath.
Pain points
Yo-yo dieting, generic meal plans that ignore individual metabolism, and clinical metabolic tests that are expensive and inaccessible.
Business model
Hardware sale of the breath device with an ongoing subscription for personalised coaching and insights; an early-stage concept incubated at İTÜ Çekirdek, recognised with a 290,000 TL Big Bang Start-up Challenge award.
Challenges
Sensor readings must survive clinical scrutiny before doctors or dietitians trust them; hardware means tooling, certification, and unit economics far harsher than software; and the team must prove users keep paying after the novelty of the first breath test fades.
Funding
- Raised: MISSING (pre-seed incubator stage; Big Bang award 290,000 TL, not equity funding).
- Valuation: MISSING.
Latest — February 2023
In February 2023 Avokadio’s AI breath-analysis nutrition launch was covered in the AI press, positioning the device as a pocket-sized nutritionist that optimises health starting from a single breath.