Success Story

Max Marchione, CEO of Superpower, on how coaching helped him 100x ARR

Two years ago Superpower was five people. Now it is 80, revenue is up 100× and members 600×. His coach has taken twelve companies past a billion in revenue. Max explains how his coach has changed the way he spends his time as CEO.

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Max Marchione
Co-Founder/CEO
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Superpower

A great coach can drive millions in enterprise value at the scale Superpower is operating.

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ARR Growth
100×
Member Growth
600×
Team Growth
5 → 80
Background

The founder and the company

Who is Max Marchione?

Max Marchione is the co-founder and CEO of Superpower, the preventive health membership built on annual blood testing. He studied law and mathematics at the University of Sydney and attended UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Before Superpower he worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and founded Next Chapter, a community for early-career talent.

Who founded Superpower?

Superpower was founded in 2023 by Max Marchione, Jacob Peters and Kevin Unkrich. Max Marchione is the CEO. The company's legal name is Superpower Health, Inc.

What is Superpower?

Superpower is a health membership that tests more than 100 blood biomarkers a year and turns the results into a personal health plan. Members also get an AI health layer and round-the-clock concierge care. Testing runs at more than 2,000 Quest Diagnostics locations in the United States.

How much funding has Superpower raised?

Superpower has raised more than $40 million. Forerunner Ventures led the $30 million Series A in April 2025, and Susa Ventures led the $4 million pre-seed in 2024. The company was reported at a valuation above $500 million in July 2026.

Does Max Marchione work with an executive coach?

Yes. Max Marchione works with an executive coach from Titan, which matches Series A to C founders with coaches who have built or coached companies at scale. In his Titan interview he says a great coach can drive millions in enterprise value at Superpower's scale. He reports 100× ARR growth and a team that grew from 5 to 80.

The interview

From the conversation

Why did you start looking for a coach?

I have always believed that as a founder, the impact you can have can be really exponential if you're making the right decisions. Therefore the obvious thing for a founder to do is to upskill, to work with coaches.

What changed your mind about coaching?

I've always thought, oh, a coach is just an expensive therapist. But really great coaches, like I found now, can do far more and can meaningfully change the trajectory of the company.

What makes your coach right for this stage?

He's a brilliant pattern recognizer. He's very, very quick. His intuition is very strong. And he's coached over 12 companies from basically zero to over a billion dollars valuation.

How do you think about the return?

Coaching sessions could drive millions in enterprise value. If you find a coach who genuinely has good decision-making, their ability to guide some of the most important decisions can have really outsized impacts.

What has changed since?

Since working with a coach, I've noticed Superpower's revenue has really shot up. We've raised a large amount of money. The team is working far more effectively together.

Full transcript

Max Marchione, Co-Founder and CEO of Superpower, in conversation with Titan. Lightly edited for clarity.

Why Superpower was founded

I'm Max, CEO of Superpower, and we're building a new health system that focuses on preventing disease and enhancing human capability. From age 10 to 14, I had chronic migraines. So I was medicating every single day with painkillers. I saw 20-something doctors, and all of them thought my problem was their specialty. And then I finally found one genius doctor who solved it. Ever since then, I've been obsessed with this idea of how can everyone have access to that kind of genius doctor. Superpower is an all-in-one health membership. We take high-end concierge care and make that available to the masses.

Early challenges building the company

I knew nothing at the start, and company building in the early days is brutal. It's hard to hire. I'd just moved to the U.S. I knew no one. For the first two years of the company, I lived in the office.

Why he chose coaching

I have always believed that as a founder, the impact you can have can be really exponential if you're making the right decisions. Therefore, the obvious thing for a founder to do is to upskill. To work with coaches. I've always thought, oh, a coach is just an expensive therapist. But I think really great coaches, I've found now, can do far more and can meaningfully change the trajectory of the company. And that's what I've seen in the past six months.

How Titan improved Superpower

Since working with a coach, I've noticed Superpower's revenue has really shot up. We've raised a large amount of money. The team is working far more effectively together. The coach I have through Titan is really great for our current stage of Superpower because he's a brilliant pattern recognizer. He's very, very, very quick. His intuition is very strong. He's coached over 12 companies from zero to over a billion dollars valuation. Coaching sessions could drive millions in enterprise value. And the reason there is really simple, which is if you find a coach who genuinely has good decision-making, their ability to guide some of the most important decisions can have really outsized impacts.

Superpower's growth and ambition

Today, Superpower has around 100 people on our team, tens of thousands of members and tens of millions in revenue. One in three of our members say we changed their life. In the first 12 to 18 months, we're on track to do over $100 million in revenue, which is really a testament to the team and the product we've built. What we're working on can be one of the most consequential companies on earth. And really, we're just getting started.

Max Marchione and Superpower: quick facts

RoleCo-founder and CEO, Superpower
Company founded2023
Co-foundersJacob Peters, Kevin Unkrich
EducationUniversity of Sydney (law, mathematics); UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
PreviouslyInvestment banking, Goldman Sachs; founder of Next Chapter and Ultraviolet Ventures
Total raisedMore than $40 million
Latest round$30 million Series A (April 2025)
InvestorsForerunner Ventures, Susa Ventures, Day One Ventures
LinksLinkedIn · maxmarchione.com · superpower.com · Crunchbase
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