Rootwise Holdings, LLC
Est. 2026  ·  Michigan

Changing the infrastructure
of the invisible illness experience

Rootwise Holdings, LLC is a multi-entity platform company operating five subsidiaries across commerce, media, consulting, technology, and wellness — built to serve a community that has long been underserved by conventional healthcare and consumer markets.

Mission

People living with chronic and invisible illness navigate a fragmented landscape — dismissed by clinicians, poorly served by consumer products, and isolated from communities who understand their experience.

Rootwise was built to change that infrastructure. Across every subsidiary, the mission is the same: connect this community to what they actually need.

Subsidiary Portfolio

Five companies. One mission.

Company
Entity
Focus
Domain
Rootwise MarketplaceFlagship
Rootwise Marketplace LLC
AI-powered product marketplace for the invisible illness community. Symptom-based search connects buyers to vetted products using the language of lived experience. Built on Sharetribe with Algolia and Airtable-powered taxonomy.
rootwise.market
Rootwise Media
Rootwise Media LLC
Content, patient narratives, and condition-specific education for chronic illness communities. Reducing isolation through storytelling and advocacy journalism.
rootwise.media
Rootwise Consulting
Rootwise Consulting LLC
Healthcare practice consulting at the intersection of clinical expertise, operational management, and patient advocacy. Strategy for practices serving complex patient populations.
rootwise.consulting
Rootwise App
Rootwise App LLC
Patient-facing digital health application for symptom tracking and communication. Built for the space between appointments, where most of the patient story unfolds.
rootwiseapp.com
Rootwise Botanicals
Rootwise Botanicals LLC
Curated botanical and wellness product line sold through Rootwise Marketplace. Selected for ingredient transparency and clinical plausibility in chronic illness contexts.
via rootwise.market
Founders

Clinical vision.
Operational execution.

Rootwise is built by a physician and a decorated Navy veteran — two people with fundamentally different skill sets and a shared commitment to the mission. Elise leads strategy, clinical direction, and platform vision. Steve runs operations, project deployment, and the daily infrastructure that keeps everything moving.

Elise Matichak
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
  • Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM)
    Clinical training & patient care
  • Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA)
    Healthcare operations & strategy
  • Master of Science, Medical Education (MSMEd)
    Applied linguistics & curriculum design
  • Platform Architecture & Venture Development
    Multi-entity corporate structure, product strategy
Stephen Matichak
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
  • Hospital Corpsman Chief, USN (Ret.)
    24 years, Navy Medicine
  • Clinical & Operational Specialties
    Oncology · Emergency Medicine · Mental Health · Education & Training · Field & Expeditionary Medicine · Pharmacy · Senior Medical Department Representative · Supply & Logistics · Safety Inspections · Medical Records Review · Program Management
  • Veteran Community Liaison
    VA systems navigation, veteran-owned business development
Strategic Pipeline

Future expansion.

Under Consideration
Rootwise Retreat

Immersive wellness programming designed around the realities of invisible illness — pacing, accessibility, and evidence-based recovery.

Under Consideration
Rootwise Mobile Clinic

Clinical services delivered directly to underserved and homebound patients in the invisible illness community.

Under Consideration
Rootwise MediPedi Spa

Medical-grade podiatric spa services integrated within the Rootwise ecosystem — clinical care meets restorative experience.