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Cymbiotika

Premium liposomal liquid supplements in single-serve packets (glutathione, vitamin C, magnesium, sea moss, NAD+), sold by subscription mostly to women, with beauty-from-within as a core angle.

Supplement ad machines★ our pickFit: BI-SU ✓✓Live Meta ads: ~790Seen 2026-09-30cymbiotika.com ↗

Cymbiotika on a phone, first screen — **First screen** on a phone, as a new visitor sees it (Sep 30, 2026; cookie banner declined)

Cymbiotika homepage, scrolled — **Scroll** — the top of the homepage, pop-ups hidden

Live Meta ads today

~790own page 790 · US, Sep 30

Revenue

$150M annual (late 2025)^18,212025-11 / 2026-01

Revenue (other report)

$200M in sales over the last 12 months²³2025-10

Revenue expected

$200M gross in 2026¹⁸2026-01-28

Hero product: Liposomal Glutathione (the brand's #1 beauty / 'master antioxidant' product)^{1,2,3,11,12,13,15,23}

FormatLiquid packets, 26 pouches per box = 1-month supply. 12-pack starter kit also sold.

One-time$88.00 per box. 12-pack starter kit $32 on site; Target 12-packs $29.99.

Subscription$79.20 recurring (10% off). First subscription order 30% off. 'Pause, skip, or cancel anytime. Free shipping, every time.'

Other offersMore subscriptions = bigger discount: 1 item 30%, 2 items 34%, 3 items 38%, 4+ items 40% (first order). '20% off Solution Stacks' (2-product outcome bundles). Free gift unlocked at $110 cart ('Choose one of the three starter kits'). Hundred Health blood test + 1-year app for $49 (normally $199) added to a subscription. Gary Brecka protocol pages give 'an extra 30% off'.

Guarantee'60-day money-back, happiness guarantee': first product only, one per customer/household, no need to return the product; direct website orders only (not Amazon or retail). 'Exclusions apply.'

Founded2018 by Chervin Jafarieh; husband-and-wife Shahab Elmi (CEO) and Durana Elmi (COO, later also Chief Experience Officer) joined as co-founders in 2019. Beauty Independent says it launched January 2019.^18,19,23

BaseSan Diego, California.²⁴

CMOAndrei Najjar (Dec 2025).²⁰

FormatLiquid liposomal 'rip and sip' packets; 12-pack starter kits; about 50 products in the site feed incl. merch.^15,18

Hero productsLiposomal Glutathione, Liposomal Vitamin C, Magnesium Complex, Irish Sea Moss (the 4 launched at Target). Newer: Liposomal NAD+, Beauty Peptide Complex, Liquid Colostrum, Advanced Creatine.^1,15,22

FundingBootstrapped about 5 years, then a $25M seed round led by David Grutman (Nov 2025). Investors include The Weeknd, Post Malone, Jonas Brothers, Daymond John, Gunna, Peso Pluma and 40+ others.^18,21

CustomersAbout 80% female (Dec 2025). Site says 'Trusted by 60k+ subscribers'.^1,20

Team100+ people.¹⁸

Their system how they get and keep customers

Ads^{5,7,10,14,17,27}

Medium-volume Meta testing built around one idea — absorption — sold through beauty and wellness outcomes; landing pages are coded by angle and funnel stage.

Motion counts 300 active Meta ads and about 27 new creatives per week. Top formats: Demo 12%, Headline 11%, feature/benefit point-out 9%.
Hooks seen: '7 Days to Better Sleep' (magnesium), 'Feeling sick?' (vitamin C), founder videos on purity, 'us vs them' liposomal absorption comparisons, morning-routine / travel / fitness lifestyle.
Positioning (per Motion): premium ingredients plus 'vanity outcomes' (skin glow, anti-aging, gut), with liposomal absorption used to justify the price.
Page names show structured angle testing: problem-absorption-av1 / av2 / av3, authority-delivery-av2, proof-outcome-av2 (angle × version).
Page titles show funnel stage labels: 'TOF - Beauty Listicle', 'TOF Gut Health Listicle LP - 6/11/26'.
A job post says UGC creators' content is collected 'for the Paid Social ads, organic social, website'.

Landing pages & funnel^{1,5,6,8,9,10,14}

Top-of-funnel listicles, outcome-with-a-timeline pages, 2-product 'stack' pages and expert protocol pages, all ending in a subscription buy box.

Listicles: '5 Reasons Your Skin's Not Improving (Even Though You've Tried it All)'; '7 Reasons You're Still Bloated - and What Actually Works'; 'Losing Weight Is Changing Your Skin. Here's How to Stay Ahead of It.' (8 points); plus 'still exhausted' and 'millennials are wired and tired' pages.
Each listicle has an expert block: quotes from Gary Brecka ('Cheap supplements with poor absorption are just expensive pee'), Shilpa Raut, Ph.D., and co-founder Chervin Jafarieh — then a 'week by week' progress section.
Outcome-timeline pages: 'Liposomal Glutathione - 10 Weeks to Younger Looking Skin', 'liquid colostrum 4 weeks stronger gut', 'magnesium complex trouble sleeping'.
Stack pages sell 2 products for 1 goal: 'Beauty from Within' = Glutathione + Vitamin C ('Glutathione clears. Vitamin C builds.'), $150 → $120 one-time or $112.50 subscription. Seven 'Solution Stacks' (9-to-5, Radiance, Defense, Rise & Unwind, Repair & Renew, Debloat & Glow, Foundation).
Homepage hero is a quiz: 'Discover your personalized wellness routine'.
Launch pages: waitlist + livestream pages for new products (e.g. NAD+ waitlist, creatine livestream, brain complex livestream).

Offer & subscription^{2,3,8,11,13,19}

Subscription-first with discounts that grow with the number of subscribed items, a cart gift threshold, bundles, and a partner add-on.

First subscription order 30% off; multi-subscription ladder 30% / 34% / 38% / 40%.
Recurring price on the glutathione PDP is 10% below one-time ($79.20 vs $88).
Cart gift: at $110 the shopper picks 1 of 3 starter kits for free.
Solution Stacks at 20% off push average order value; Fortune reports AOV of $100+.
Partner add-on: Hundred Health blood test + 1 year of the app for $49 (normally $199) when you start a subscription.
Guarantee is broad in headline (60 days, no return needed) but limited to one product per household, first product, direct site only.

Creators & ambassadors^{12,16,20,26,27,28,29,34}

A tiered affiliate 'Collective', a separate UGC creator program, one big expert partner (Gary Brecka) and celebrity investors used for culture moments.

'Cymbiotika Collective' affiliate program: commission 'starts at 10%' on one-time purchases and first subscription orders; tiered; free gifts at milestones; monthly challenges; webinars; link-only sharing ('no codes').
Superfiliate case study: 1,200+ affiliates enrolled, 77,000+ unique clicks, 7,000+ conversions; co-branded landing pages, one-time-use codes, gifting workflows and a UGC library.
Separate UGC creator program with its own application; UGC is pulled into paid social, organic and the website.
Gary Brecka partnership (April 2026): featured supplement partner in his 'Ultimate Human' ecosystem; podcast integrations; 5 'Gary Brecka protocol' pages (glutathione, colostrum, sea moss, creatine, NAD+).
Culture: Gunna's Wunna Run Club / Wellness Tour — Miami event 1,000 runners, 200M+ impressions in 24 hours (per Glossy). After the Gunna tie-in, 60% of new followers were male.
CEO podcast (Nov 2025) lists 'organic celebrity endorsements vs paid sponsorships' as a topic; Bethenny Frankel's site lists Cymbiotika Magnesium Oil in 'sleep essentials' (no paid deal found).

Channels^{18,19,20,22,23,26,30}

DTC first; national retail since late 2025, plus live events and an expert-podcast partner. TV exists but is not active now.

Target: all stores and Target.com; 4 hero products in $29.99 12-packs made for retail; about 1,900–2,000 stores; launched mid-Nov 2025 with educational end caps. Glossy says Target named it No. 1 wellness partner of 2025.
Other retail: Sprouts (select stores, spring 2025), Erewhon, Whole Foods, Ulta.
Physical: a Cymbiotika Wellness Bar at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas; run clubs and a Wellness Tour.
TV: iSpot lists 3 creatives ('Always Searching', 'No Shortcuts', 'Win Your Day', 2023–2024) and 0 national airings from 31 Aug to 30 Sep 2026.
US and Canadian storefronts, each with its own affiliate program.

Retention^{4,19,25,29,35}

Loyalty that grows with months subscribed, heavy email automation, and churn as the main success metric.

'Arise' rewards by subscription length: Member (1–2 months, extra 10% off), Insider (3 months, extra 10% + free domestic shipping), Elite (4–5 months, extra 15%), VIP (6+ months, extra 20%, $25 gift card on anniversaries). Leave and you lose status unless you reactivate within 2 days.
Arise also gives community access, monthly wellness challenges with badges, birthday gift, partner-brand perks.
Klaviyo: 15+ automated flows; email drove $13M revenue in 2024 (per the Signifyd case study).
CEO calls churn rate 'the ultimate success metric' (Fitt Insider podcast show notes).
Fortune: average customer stays 6+ months; AOV $100+.

All the numbers as reported by each source, with its date — ad counts from Motion are an older snapshot than the live count above

What	Number	Date
Revenue	$150M annual (late 2025)^18,21	2025-11 / 2026-01
Revenue (other report)	$200M in sales over the last 12 months²³	2025-10
Revenue expected	$200M gross in 2026¹⁸	2026-01-28
Growth	596% revenue growth 2022–2024 (Inc. Pacific list, No. 10)²⁴	2025-04-02
Packets sold	100M+ (Oct 2025); 200M+ (July 2026)^19,22	2025-10 / 2026-07
Meta ads (Motion)	300 active; about 27 new creatives per week¹⁷	2026 (data refreshed ~4 months before 2026-09-30)
Email revenue	$13M from email in 2024; 15+ Klaviyo flows²⁵	2025-02-13
Affiliates	1,200+ enrolled; 77,000+ clicks; 7,000+ conversions²⁶	undated case study
Target stores	1,900+ (launch)²³	2025-11
AOV / retention	AOV $100+; average customer 6+ months¹⁹	2026-07-20
Seed round	$25M led by David Grutman (first outside equity)²¹	2025-11-06
Customer mix	80% female²⁰	2025-12-12

What makes them different

One mechanism sold everywhere: 'liposomal absorption' is the reason to buy in every ad, listicle and expert quote.

Outcome 'Solution Stacks' + a discount ladder for more subscriptions (30→40%) + a $110 gift threshold push AOV to $100+.

Loyalty rewards time, not spend: the discount grows the longer you stay subscribed.

Disciplined page testing: angle-coded pages (problem / authority / proof × version) and 'TOF' listicles dated in the page title.

What we could add copy the structure, never their assets or claims

For MIRANEST

Add a time-based subscriber ladder (e.g. month 3 free shipping, month 6 extra discount + gift) — rewards staying, which fits a slow hair-regrowth product.
Add a 2-product 'stack' page per goal (e.g. Coat & Skin: jelly + paw cream/lotion) at a set bundle discount.
Add a free-gift unlock at a cart threshold (pick 1 of 3 small gifts).
Name and run landing pages as angle tests (problem / authority / proof, v1–v3) so results can be compared.
Add an 'X months to a fuller coat' timeline page built only from owner-reported, dated cases.
Add a tiered affiliate program for dog creators with milestone gifts and monthly challenges, using link-only tracking.

For BI-SU

Add a 'Beauty from Within' stack page (e.g. BI-SU jelly + Enzyme) with one outcome and one bundle price, in Cymbiotika's structure.
Add a TOF beauty listicle ('5 Reasons Your Skin Isn't Improving…') with an expert/founder quote block and a week-by-week section, using BI-SU's own facts.
Add a 'weight loss is changing your skin' angle page for women on weight-loss journeys — BI-SU facts only, no borrowed claims.
Add a subscription loyalty ladder that grows with months subscribed, plus a birthday gift.
Add a run-club / wellness-event style offline activation with sampling as a later test (Cymbiotika's Miami run club).

Watch out

Prop 65 settlement (California, 2023): Plant Protein allegedly had lead without a warning; $27,500 total ($2,000 penalty + $25,500 fees); Cymbiotika denied wrongdoing.³¹
Young v. Cymbiotika (S.D.N.Y., filed 27 Feb 2026): class action under the ADA (disability / website access type). Some SEO sites describe a 2026 false-advertising class action — not confirmed.³²
Revenue figures conflict: $150M (several outlets) vs '$200M over the last 12 months' (Beauty Independent, Oct 2025). Beauty Independent also says '$20M raised' vs $25M elsewhere.^18,21,23
Guarantee headline is wider than the policy: first product only, one per household, direct site only.³
Absorption claims ('3x higher absorption', '50% increase in glutathione blood levels') come from company-run studies.²
BBB: A+ and accredited; 36 complaints closed in the last 3 years.³³

Where to look

Website ↗Meta Ad Library — Cymbiotika page (live ads) ↗TOF beauty listicle ↗Beauty from Within stack ↗All landing pages (sitemap) ↗Motion creative library ↗Affiliate program ↗Superfiliate case study ↗

Open questions not verified yet — for the deep research

'500+ micro-influencer gifting outreaches per week' — no source found.
'250K+ influencer network' — no source found.
UGC recycled into paid ads: a job post confirms the process, but no volume numbers were found.
Drew Barrymore link to Cymbiotika — nothing found.
Bethenny Frankel — only a product listing on her site; no paid partnership found.
Klaviyo case 'revenue +44% with 31% fewer emails' — not found on Klaviyo's site. Found only: $13M email revenue in 2024 (Signifyd) and Cymbiotika speakers at Klaviyo K:BOS 2026.
Which revenue number is right ($150M vs $200M trailing, Oct 2025) and whether the $200M 2026 target is on track.
A search snippet mentions $30M of debt financing — not verified.
Superfiliate URL says '4,200 affiliates' and '$750K revenue' but the page text says 1,200+ affiliates — which is current?
The sitemap has an 'upcoming Arise program changes' FAQ page — the Arise tiers above may be changing.
Subscription share of revenue and DTC vs retail split: not found.
Resolved 2026-09-30: live Meta ads counted directly in the Ad Library (US, active): ~790 — Cymbiotika 790.

Sources · 35

Cymbiotika homepage · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika Liposomal Glutathione product page · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika refund policy (60-day guarantee) · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika Arise rewards · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika 'TOF - Beauty Listicle' (5 Reasons Your Skin's Not Improving) · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika 'Liposomal Glutathione - 10 Weeks to Younger Looking Skin' · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika 'Problem and Absorption' page (av1) · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika 'Beauty from Within' stack page · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika 'Losing Weight Is Changing Your Skin' · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika 'TOF Gut Health Listicle' (7 Reasons You're Still Bloated) · 2026-09-30
Hundred x Cymbiotika page · 2026-09-30
Gary Brecka's Glutathione Protocol page · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika stack pages (Debloat & Glow, Everyday Women's Wellness) — cart gift and subscription ladder · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika sitemap (pages list) · 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika Shopify product feed · 2026-09-30
The Cymbiotika Affiliate Program · 2026-09-30
Motion creative library: Cymbiotika · data refreshed ~4 months before 2026-09-30
NutraIngredients: Cymbiotika scales to millions while tapping into the modern wellness movement · 2026-01-28
Fortune: How Durana Elmi grew Cymbiotika to $150 million revenue · 2026-07-20
Glossy Pop Newsletter: As run clubs replace nightclubs, Cymbiotika rides the trend · 2025-12-12
BeautyMatter: Cymbiotika secures $25 million seed round · 2025-11-06
PR Newswire: A new era of supplements is here — Cymbiotika arrives at Target · 2025-10-14
Beauty Independent: Cymbiotika launches chainwide at Target as it hits $200M in sales · 2025-10-14
Cymbiotika ranks No. 10 on Inc.'s Pacific fastest-growing list (press release, Yahoo Finance) · 2025-04-02
Signifyd case study: How Cymbiotika increased approval rate to 98% · 2025-02-13
Superfiliate case study: Cymbiotika affiliates · undated
Cymbiotika job post: Influencer Marketing Specialist (Vaia listing) · seen 2026-09-30
Cymbiotika joins forces with Gary Brecka and The Ultimate Human (press release, Yahoo Finance) · 2026-04-06
Fitt Insider podcast #315: Shahab Elmi, Co-Founder & CEO of Cymbiotika (show notes) · 2025-11-18
iSpot: Cymbiotika TV commercials · 2026-09-30
California AG Prop 65 settlement: Parseghian v. Cymbiotika (Plant Protein, lead) · 2023
Law360 case page: Young v. Cymbiotika LLC (1:26-cv-01625) · filed 2026-02-27
BBB profile: Cymbiotika · 2026-09-30
Bethenny.com: 15 best sleep essentials · undated, seen 2026-09-30
Klaviyo newsroom: K:BOS 2026 preview (Cymbiotika among speaking brands) · 2026-08-13

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Profile researched 2026-09-30 from the brand’s own site and product pages, company filings and press releases, founder/CMO interviews, vendor case studies and trade press — every point links to its source; agency/blog teardowns are marked as weaker; anything unconfirmed is under Open questions. Live ad count: Meta Ad Library, United States, active ads on the brand’s own page(s), counted 2026-09-30. Phone captures: iPhone-size browser, 2026-09-30. Notes: fuma-hk/research/brand-study/cymbiotika.json