Elaine Shi

#intros - January 24, 2026 at 05:53 PM

Hi Destinee! Hope all is well!

#asks-offers-advice - January 22, 2026 at 09:26 PM

I know some of the folks at https://www.biolinq.com/ - new CGM device entirely. Not sure where they are on path to commercialization, but they did get FDA greenlight late last year. May be one to keep an eye on

#intros - January 22, 2026 at 09:24 PM

Hi all! Great to meet everyone!

Name: Elaine Shi
🎸 Location: Austin, TX
💼 Current Role: Co-Founder & CEO at BodySpec (www.bodyspec.com)
Focus Areas: BodySpec democratizes access to gold standard health data for health-conscious consumers. We're known best for the highest quality, fastest, and most affordable DEXA scans in the county, at roughly $50/scan.
🐯 Hobbies: Asian tiger mom to my 3 kids (7, 5, and 2), and trying to keep on top of my health as a soon-to-be 39 yo (lifting, managing blood sugar, chasing zone 2 cardio opportunities, etc).
💬 Some Topics I’m Interested in Connecting About:
• wellness / longevity / menopause
• women's health in general
• i LOVE learning about new products and services that support healthy aging, bone health, strength, etc
🤝 How I Can Help WGM:
• Do you want a DEXA scan? I can get you a DEXA scan, in 8 cities and growing!
• Connections to investors and brands adjacent to us, as well as local facilities (we know a ton of gyms and clinics that we work with).

• I also bootstrapped for a decade before raising VC funding and can discuss both.

• If you're a founder also navigating parenthood, I have LOTS of perspectives (my first call 21 days after giving birth to my 3rd kid ended up being my Series A lead).

• If you are scaling a service org, we dealt with 5 years of stagnation due to cultural issues before we finally figured it out and broke through. Happy to discuss operator-type stuff like this
• Do you work with your spouse? So do I. Happy to vent/commiserate
✨ How WGM Can Help Me:
• Intros to Series B investors
• Looking for leads to physical spaces that would be interested in hosting a BodySpec DEXA clinic!
• Happy to discuss partnerships with clinics / companies / brands that would benefit from extremely scalable gold-standard body comp measurement, esp if working with GLP-1s, HRT, longevity, or general health tracking
• I'll need to hire people as we grow and would love referrals, especially quantitative minded folks that nevertheless ended up in marketing
• Events in and around Austin, TX
Excited to be here, and can't wait to get to know you all!