In January 2025, Guava was honored to be selected as one of five winners of the Panasonic Well Family Wellness Innovation Challenge. Panasonic Well's CEO, Yoky Matsuoka, announced the winners during the Panasonic keynote presentation at CES in Las Vegas.
About the Panasonic Well Challenge
The challenge was announced in October 2024 in collaboration with AARP's AgeTech Collaborative, seeking innovative startups whose products support family wellness across generations. Winners received cash prizes, an all-expenses-paid trip to CES where they were showcased in Panasonic's exhibition booth, and membership in the Panasonic Partner Collective.
How Guava's Innovation Addresses Family Wellness
Guava supports family wellness by providing a unified platform where caregivers can manage health information for all family members. Our solution recognizes that healthy families need tools that grow with them through every life stage—from tracking children's health and vaccination records to managing aging parents' medication schedules.
By centralizing health records, wearable data, symptoms, and medications in one intuitive interface, Guava eliminates the fragmentation typically experienced when coordinating care across multiple family members. This integration allows families to prepare for medical appointments more effectively and discover meaningful health insights based on comprehensive data. The result is reduced stress for caregivers, improved communication with healthcare providers, and better health outcomes for the entire family.
Joining the Panasonic Partner Collective
As described in the press release for the event:
"The Partner Collective, launched at CES, already includes several partners including Aaptiv, Precision Nutrition, SleepScore Labs, Addition Wealth, BlueApron, Calm and more. These brands will be working with Umi and/or future Panasonic Well businesses to enrich the experience for end users, allowing families to access premium content and services and enabling them to care for themselves and each other while improving their family's wellness outcomes."
This partnership opens exciting new opportunities for Guava to scale our impact and reach more families who can benefit from our solution. You can also check out Panasonic Well’s post on LinkedIn highlighting Guava in the Partner Collective.
Our Experience at CES 2025
We had an incredible time at CES with the Panasonic team. The experience provided us with valuable opportunities to:
- Connect with industry leaders and potential partners from around the world
- Showcase our innovation to thousands of attendees interested in family wellness technology
- Attend thought-provoking panels including "Champions for Women's Health and Innovation" and "Tech on the Frontlines: Adapting Tech for Healthcare"
- Explore cutting-edge technologies across the exhibition halls (check out our article on the accessibility tech we saw at CES)
- Participate in networking events and industry mixers that helped us build valuable relationships
The recognition from Panasonic Well and the connections made at CES have energized our team and created momentum for what promises to be an exciting year ahead. We're grateful for this opportunity and look forward to leveraging this partnership to further our mission of empowering people to understand and improve their health.