Walking on Earth is a technology company.
Walking on Earth has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round.
Walking on Earth has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Walking on Earth has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Walking on Earth's investors include 186 Ventures, Atomico, Backed VC, BoxOne Ventures, Founders Future, Heartcore Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Mayfield, MMC Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Olima Ventures, #SecretFund.
Walking on Earth (WONE) is a technology company building an AI-powered digital wellness coach that serves enterprises and employees by addressing workplace stress through personalized, science-backed interventions.[1][2][3][6] It creates bespoke wellness regimes blending neuroscience, AI, behavioral science, and ancient wisdom to prevent chronic diseases linked to stress, offering a B2B2C subscription model with platform access, data dashboards, and optional coaching.[1][2][3] The company solves the gap in preventive healthcare—where stress is a leading risk factor for over 70% of chronic diseases but is under-addressed—by providing micro-moments of recovery via an app, helping users regulate stress, boost focus, and improve team performance; it has raised $10M in seed funding, launched v1, and secured initial corporate clients.[1][2][3]
Founded in 2020 by Reeva Misra, Walking on Earth emerged from her neuroscience research at Oxford, where she studied brain perception, followed by a shift to tech as VP Strategy at BenevolentAI, an AI healthcare firm.[1][3] There, Misra identified a critical flaw: healthcare prioritizes treatment over prevention for chronic diseases, despite stress as a key driver, prompting her to combine AI advancements, neuroscience, and her Indian heritage's ancient practices into WONE.[1][3] Early traction included a seed round from investors like Octopus Ventures, Notion Capital, and Wisdom Ventures, v1 product launch, and onboarding of first corporate clients amid rising workplace mental health demands.[2][3]
Walking on Earth rides the surging demand for workplace mental health tech, fueled by alarming rises in anxiety, stress, and burnout, where corporates seek preventive tools amid chronic disease epidemics.[2][3] Timing aligns with AI's maturation in health—enabling real-time stress diagnostics—and post-pandemic shifts prioritizing employee wellbeing, with market forces like hybrid work amplifying needs for scalable, data-driven platforms.[1][3][6] It influences the ecosystem by setting standards in stress science, partnering with enterprises for population-level insights, and expanding to schools, healthcare, public sectors, bridging consumer wellness apps with enterprise precision health.[3][4]
Walking on Earth is poised to dominate AI stress coaching by enhancing its AI Stress Coach with burnout prediction, richer datasets for chronic disease research, and broader reach beyond enterprises to public sectors and individuals.[3] Trends like AI personalization in preventive health and regulatory pushes for workplace wellbeing will accelerate growth, potentially evolving WONE into the default stress management platform. As the pioneer blending ancient wisdom with modern tech, it redefines resilience from reactive treatment to proactive empowerment—closing the prevention gap Misra first spotted at BenevolentAI.[1][3]
Walking on Earth has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $4.0M Seed in July 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2021 | $4.0M Seed | 186 Ventures, Atomico, Backed VC, BoxOne Ventures, Founders Future, Heartcore Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Mayfield, MMC Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Olima Ventures, #SecretFund, Seven Seven Six, Baron Davis, Biz Stone, Charlie Songhurst, Harry Hurst, Hugues De Braucourt, Ian Hogarth, Jason Robins, Mandeep Singh, Michael Stoppelman, Tania Boler, Tobias Lutke |