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Four Sigmatic

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Four Sigmatic
Company typePrivate
IndustryHealth & Wellness
Founded2012
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California
Websiteus.foursigmatic.com

Four Sigmatic is a Finnish-American[1] functional foods company.[2][3][4][5][6] The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.[7][8] Four Sigmatic sells various coffee products, plant-based proteins, wellness supplements, beauty products, and other so-called superfood products.[9]

History

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The company's predecessor LUONTOlife was founded in 2011 by Finnish entrepreneurs Tero Isokauppila, Mikko Revonniemi and Mika Rantanen.[10][11][12][13] LUONTOlife was based in Hong Kong, and sold blenders, mushroom elixirs, herbal extracts, and raw honey under the Four Sigma Foods brand name. In 2014, Isokauppila founded a new US based company Funguys, Inc.[14][15][16][17]

In 2015, alongside original LUONTOlife employees Mikael Makinen and Markus Karjalainen, the company launched in the U.S.[18][19] In the same year, the company launched its flagship Mushroom Coffee[20] product and moved its headquarters to Santa Monica, CA. In 2016, the company rebranded as Four Sigmatic.

In 2018 the company received a round of private funding from investors.

As of 2021, the company's products are available in 65 countries.[21]

Isokauppila was chosen twice as one of the world's Top 50 Food Activists by the Academy of Culinary Nutrition.[22]

References

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  3. ^ Williams, Geoff. "Mushroom Mania? Mushrooms Are Turning Up In Coffee, Bacon And Almost Everything Else Imaginable". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  4. ^ "In Los Angeles, mushroom tonics are the new latte". Well+Good. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  5. ^ "Much room for mushrooms? Functional food interests stoking demand for fungus". Food Dive. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  6. ^ Medaris Miller, Anna (14 December 2017). "Mushroom Coffee, Tea and Tinctures: What to Know About This Superfood". Us News.
  7. ^ Malinsky, Rebecca (2018-10-05). "Entrepreneur Tyler Haney on her Best Beauty Hacks". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  8. ^ "Four Sigmatic: An Interview with Tero Isokauppila [+exclusive promo code]". LoveWildLiveFree. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  9. ^ Clifford, Catherine (2019-06-07). "Meet the 34-year-old founder who naps on a nail bed and is selling millions of dollars of mushroom products". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  10. ^ Isokauppila, Tero. "Council Post: How To Move Your Overseas Startup To The U.S." Forbes. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  11. ^ "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Using Mushrooms For Gut Health, Immunity & More". mindbodygreen. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  12. ^ "Are Medicinal Mushrooms the New Kale? - Life by Daily Burn". Life by Daily Burn. 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  13. ^ "Meet the Founder of Four Sigmatic". Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  14. ^ Isokauppila, Tero. "Council Post: How To Move Your Overseas Startup To The U.S." Forbes. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  15. ^ "The 'Shroom Boom: Will Trendy Medicinal Mushrooms Go Mainstream In 2018?". Fast Company. 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  16. ^ "10 Life-Changing Things To Try In May". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  17. ^ "4 ways to make your coffee more buzz-worthy | Produced by Advertising Publications". The Seattle Times. 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  18. ^ Isokauppila, Tero. "Council Post: How To Move Your Overseas Startup To The U.S." Forbes. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  19. ^ "Moving Offline: How Brands That Succeed on Amazon are Moving onto Whole Foods Shelves". Food+Tech Connect. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  20. ^ "Health Benefits of Mushroom Coffee".
  21. ^ "Origins x Four Sigmatic at Sephora | The Beauty Influencers". The Beauty Influencers. 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  22. ^ "Top 50 Food Activists". Academy of Culinary Nutrition. 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2022-01-25.