woo michael brandt headquarters san francisco area served united states canada united kingdom mexico spain website nootrobox.com the rise daily nootropic from nootrobox nootrobox is an american company that offers nootropics . 1 the company is headquartered in san francisco and currently offers three nootropic stacks rise sprint and yawn and a chewable coffee gummy called go cubes 2 3 via an online storefront and a subscription service . 4 contents 1 history 2 culture 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was first founded in 2014 by stanford alumni geoffrey woo and michael brandt . while forming the company woo was an entrepreneur in residence in the entrepreneur in residence program of foundation capital 4 while brandt worked as a google employee a freelance photographer and an adjunct professor at the academy of art university . 5 6 nootrobox acquired a following in silicon valley and in february 2015 the company expanded its market to include canada . 7 8 nootrobox was recognized as a top 15 brand for 2015 by the uk design firm identica . 9 nootrobox is also known for advocating intelligent regulatory and safety reforms for the broader nootropics industry . 10 on october 13 2015 the company announced that prominent silicon valley angel investors and executives including marissa mayer and mark pincus have invested in a 500 000 angel round for the company . 11 in december 2015 andreessen horowitz led a 2 million venture capital round in the company . chris dixon who has experience at biohacking companies like soylent led the investment for andreessen horowitz . 12 the new funds will be used to accelerate clinical research and product research & development . in august 2016 nootrobox rolled out its first major retail partnership for go cubes with 7 eleven locations in san francisco . 13 the go cubes are prominently featured at the counter at the point of purchase . culture edit the company gained notoriety in silicon valley in 2016 for instituting a weekly staff intermittent fasting day . 14 eschewing unlimited snacks often typical in a silicon valley startup office the nootrobox staff instead opts for 36 hour weekly fasts where they avoid all caloric intake . other silicon valley tech workers are adopting this regimen to improve productivity . 15 see also edit nootropics biohacking dietary supplement human enhancement intermittent fasting references edit castro vicky . the brain enhancing drugs that are sweeping silicon valley . inc.com . retrieved 9 march 2015 . about nootrobox . nootrobox . retrieved 23 july 2015 . don t have time to drink your coffee chew it with go cubes . cnet . retrieved 14 september 2015 . a b perez sarah . nootrobox launches its smart drugs subscription service . techcrunch . retrieved 9 march 2015 . d onfro jillian . this twenty something ditched his dream job at google and now he has a startup that sells brain enhancing pills . business insider . retrieved 9 march 2015 . a pair of entrepreneurs focuses on nutrients for your brain . wework . june 18 2015 . retrieved june 18 2015 . roose kevin . i tried silicon valley s favorite brain enhancing drugs . fusion . retrieved 9 march 2015 . thomas knowlton . nootrobox launches smart drugs subscription service in canada . techvibes . retrieved 9 march 2015 . identica fifteen brands for twenty fifteen identica feb 1 2015 nootropics international headlines focus attention on silicon valley workers use of smart drugs nbc may 29 2015 marissa mayer and mark pincus invested in a startup that makes brain drugs and chewable coffee business insider october 13 2015 andreessen horowitz to invest in nootropics start up new york times december 3 2015 more money is being poured into start ups that hack the human brain cnbc august 4 2016 hacking the brain silicon valley entrepreneurs turn to fasting and smart drugs mercury news july 9 2016 silicon valley tech workers are trading unlimited snacks for fasts and l.s.d. vanity fair july 14 2016 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nootrobox & oldid 743699391 categories companies established in 2014companies based in san franciscoonline retailers of the united states2014 establishments in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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