Welltodo Today: A Sleep Hotel, $750M Invested In Mental Health In 2019, FIBO Postponed

Today’s key global wellness news articles from around the world, impacting the industry and influencing the business of wellness.

Well+Good TALKS: How Women are Advancing the Wellness Start-up Space | Well+Good

Female entrepreneurs are leading the way in wellness-launching and scaling innovative, sustainable companies (and workplace cultures) that are disrupting conventional industries. Alexia Brue, Well+Good’s co-founder, will moderate this special conversation in honor of Women’s History Month. You will learn from three founders & CEOs at various stages of their entrepreneurial journeys-from early boot-strapped days to …

New Research Shows Global Mental Health Investment Topped $750 Million In 2019

In February 2020, Octopus Ventures, one of the largest early stage investors in Europe and backers of mental-health-tech company Big Health, recently published results of new research showing that in 2019, VC investment in mental health technology reached £580 million ($750 million).

Plant-Based Meat Makers Compete on Price

Makers of plant-based meat alternatives are cutting prices, as startups compete with food-industry giants for slices of the rapidly growing market. Impossible Foods Inc. said Tuesday that it had reduced wholesale prices for its products by 15%. Big food companies-including Nestlé SA, Smithfield Foods Inc., Cargill Inc. and food distributor Sysco Corp.

The Hard-Knocks Restaurant World Discovers Wellness

Many employees are getting yoga, counseling and other benefits, as the industry tries to change an often unhealthy culture. Katie Button gives workers at her Asheville, N.C., restaurants an annual cash incentive of $300 if they get medical checkups and have their teeth cleaned.

Taco Bell is launching an all-vegetarian menu feature with 50 meat-free items

Taco Bell is continuing its push for vegetarian and veggie-loving customers with Veggie Mode, a 50-item, all-vegetarian menu available at its in-store kiosks. Customers using the kiosks can simply swipe a button to turn on Veggie Mode, and will only see vegetarian options.

Coronavirus Concerns Lead to Postponement of FIBO in Cologne

Update on March 5, 2020: FIBO has announced the new dates for its event will be Oct. 1-4 in Cologne, Germany.] | [Update on March 5, 2020: FIBO has announced the new dates for its event will be Oct. 1-4 in Cologne, Germany.]

Inside a sleep and wellness hotel that rents out minimalist ‘cocoons’

With the tagline “Your key to calm in the heart of London’s busy Piccadilly,” the Zedwell has been built entirely with sleep and wellness in mind.