We come from elite sport. Today we care for the teams that move Latin America.
Makana was founded by athletes who represented Chile at the Olympic Games. They learned firsthand that sustained performance is never improvised: you train for it, you recover, and you measure it. We bring that same logic to companies.
Wellbeing is a strategy, not window dressing.
Kai and Nadja Horwitz, Makana's founders, competing for Chile at the Olympic Games (alpine skiing and sailing).
Where we come from
What we learned competing for Chile, we now apply in companies across every industry.
In elite sport, no one questions that recovery, nutrition, mental health and data are part of the job. Inside companies, wellbeing usually shows up as a stray benefit that no one uses. Makana was created to close that gap, with the same rigor you bring to preparing for a competition.
The idea
Elite athletes who represented Chile at the Olympic Games spot the need: what keeps an athlete healthy and performing also works for someone on a worksite, at a port or in an office.
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First pilots
Validation with pioneering companies in Santiago. Recovery spaces, short routines that fit into the workday, and measurement from day one.
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Rollouts
Expansion across industries: mining, ports, salmon farming, banking, retail, services and offices. The app is born, with Alma and the ecosystem that connects the physical, the digital and the human.
The people behind Makana
Four teams, one goal: wellbeing that people use and feel.
Multidisciplinary development
The product is built by the people who know health and the people who know software, together.
Dietitians
Psychologists
Physical therapists
Strength and conditioning coaches
Software and data developers
Every module in the app, every Sala Makana protocol and every answer from Alma goes through professionals in the field before it reaches people.
Customer Success
A team close to the client, accountable for meeting the goals we set together.
Goal setting with the client
Launch and internal communications
Participation tracking
Reporting and regular reviews
We don't hand it over and walk away. We stay with the program, review the data with the client and adjust whatever needs adjusting.
Commercial team
We design the proposal together with the client; we don't sell a closed package.
Discovery with the client
Tailored proposal
Goals set together
Long-term relationship
We're not after the largest possible margin on each service: we size the program to what the team needs and what the company can sustain, because we want the relationship to last years, not one cycle.
On-site health team
Professionals who show up where your team works.
Physical therapy
Nutrition
Psychology
Recurring visits across Latin America
They complement the digital experience with in-person care, activities and support at the workplace.
Work with us: we're looking for people who want to care for others.
We're athletes, health professionals, developers and people who work on the ground. If you care about wellbeing showing up in people's lives, this is your place.
Open roles
Job postings are written by our recruiting team and are currently listed in Spanish.
We have no roles posted right now, but we always read open applications.