Our story
It started with two friends and a better idea.
Founder-led, conviction-first, and built on a delivery technology we believe changes the category.
The origin
A no-brainer handshake.
Two school mates — one who had spent his life inside health and wellness, one who had spent his building brands and businesses — met for a drink. Both were curious about new technology. The conversation turned to oral dissolvable strips and the molecules they could carry.
By the end of the evening it was obvious. This was going to change how the wellness industry evolves, and it needed to be in India. Shaking hands on Fortivo took no persuading at all.
Everything since has followed from that: the licences, the imports, the research we cite, and the promise that we only say what the data supports.
The science side
Decades spent on one question: bioavailability.
Two perspectives came together around a simple idea: bring smarter health technology to India, and make it accessible to everyone.
Co-founder
Dr. Vivek Vikram
Master’s in Health Sciences · Director, Hydrogen Project Pvt Ltd & Asterion Star Pvt Ltd
Dr. Vikram’s research spans molecular hydrogen therapy, nanotechnology for drug delivery and bio-remediation, Ayurvedic and plant-based formulation, and cannabinoid therapeutics. A hydrogen inhalation device he pioneered went on to inspire a wave of portable wellness technology in Japan.
What connects his work is a focus on getting the right molecule to the right place, in a form the body can actually use. That same thinking led him to oral dissolving film technology — a way to rethink how wellness compounds can be delivered.
“The future of human optimisation is not more molecules. It is smarter delivery of fewer, better-understood ones.”
Co-founder
Dr. Banjul Badil
Entrepreneur · Brand Builder · Business Strategist · Visionary · Co-founder, Fortivo Health
The science side
Decades spent on one question: bioavailability.
Two perspectives came together around a simple idea: bring smarter health technology to India, and make it accessible to everyone.
Vision
Every Indian with access to the world's latest wellness science.
Breakthrough health products should not stop at the borders of a few countries or the doors of a few clinics. We exist so that anyone here can reach the same molecules, the same delivery technology and the same standard of evidence — and live a healthier life for it.
Mision
10 crore people on Fortivo Health within one year.
An audacious number, chosen deliberately. It forces us to build for scale from day one — pricing, supply, education and distribution that reach households, not just early adopters.
Milestones
How Fortivo got here
Peptides are signals, not stimulants. Here is the honest arc of a Fortivo protocol.
01
A drink and a question
Two school friends — one in health and wellness, one an entrepreneur — met for a drink and started talking about a new way to deliver molecules through oral dissolving strips.
02
The right technology
The idea was simple: deliver molecules across the oral mucosa instead of sending them through the gut. A smarter route for better bioavailability.
03
Winning the territory
We convinced our US partners of our vision and passion — earning the rights to bring Fortivo across a large set of territories.
04
Bringing it to India
From licences and imports to building the brand, we set out to make Fortivo accessible to Indian households — not just early adopters.
Why now
Three things had to line up
Right market
India's wellness demand is outgrowing what capsules and powders can deliver.
Right technology
Oral dissolvable film — no water, no needles, absorption in seconds.
Right time
Peptide science, consumer awareness and film manufacturing all matured at once.
