01 / detected channel mix
partners 35%
other 25%
programmatic seo 20%
Industry association partnerships 35%Sales-led demo / RFP funnel 25%Programmatic content SEO 20%Conferences & trade shows 10%Press, awards & founder brand 10%
// mix weights are our estimate from detected signal volume
01b / strategy evolution
Started 2022 as HomeField.fit — direct-to-consumer virtual fitness for people with I/DD, "a tiny gym with 5 people and a dodgeball" → rebranded to Kibu and repositioned up-market as B2B software for disability-provider organizations → scaled through the I/DD association circuit (ANCOR Gold Partner, CQL exhibitor) behind a sales-led demo/RFP funnel → Forbes 30 Under 30 (2026): $5.1M raised, 275 provider orgs across 39 states, 30,000+ people with I/DD served.
02 / channel claims — with receipts
RANK 1
Industry association partnerships
third-partyGold Partner of ANCOR, the national I/DD provider association — ANCOR's own partner page says Kibu "already serves over 40 ANCOR members across 18 different states". The association is the market's watering hole, and Kibu pays to stand at it.
high confidence
RANK 2
Sales-led demo / RFP funnel
detectedNo self-serve signup, no public pricing: the dominant CTA is "Get a demo", and the site carries a dedicated /rfp page for institutional procurement. 375 subscriptions at $625/mo average — contract-sized accounts, sales-closed.
high confidence
RANK 3
Programmatic content SEO
detectedThe on-demand class catalog is exposed as an indexable surface: 630 /content pages (one per class, e.g. "how to fold laundry") plus 11 per-state pages and 51 compliance/DSP-retention blog posts — 713 URLs in the main sitemap, over 1,000 in the /content child sitemap.
high confidence
RANK 4
Conferences & trade shows
third-partyWorks the I/DD event circuit: listed exhibitor at the 2025 CQL (Council on Quality and Leadership) Conference, and the CEO is a 2026 Behavioral Health Tech speaker. Booth presence confirmed; revenue attribution unverified.
good confidence
RANK 5
Press, awards & founder brand
third-partystatedForbes 30 Under 30 Social Impact (class of 2026) for the CEO — the profile pegs $5.1M raised and 275 provider orgs in 39 states — amplified by PR-wire syndication and the founder origin story on X and podcasts.
good confidence
03 / abandoned channels — stated by founder
- D2C virtual fitness (HomeField.fit)The original product — an online fitness platform sold directly to individuals with I/DD — was rebranded to Kibu and repositioned as B2B software sold to provider organizations ("HomeField.fit Rebrands to Kibu" press release, 2023).
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